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August 15, 2020

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[ August 15, 2020 ] Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket poised for launch from French Guiana today Ariane 5
[ August 14, 2020 ] NASA sets Oct. 23 as target launch date for first operational Crew Dragon mission Falcon 9
[ August 14, 2020 ] Penultimate piece of NASA’s first SLS rocket arrives at Kennedy Space Center Mission Reports
[ August 13, 2020 ] Ariane 5 rocket returns to launch pad for liftoff with commercial satellites Ariane 5
[ August 13, 2020 ] NASA asteroid explorer aces final rehearsal before sampling run Mission Reports

Watch the Falcon 9 light its engines for a static test fire (members only)

June 24, 2020

A Falcon 9 rocket ignites its nine Merlin first stage engines on June 24 for a routine static test fire ahead of the planned launch of the tenth batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites.

Live view of launch pad 39A (members only)

June 22, 2020

Live views of launch complexes 39A and 41 at Cape Canaveral where Atlas 5 and Falcon 9 rockets are being prepared for launch.

Time-lapse: Falcon 9 lifted vertical on pad 39A (members only)

May 22, 2020

This time-lapse video shows a view of launch pad 39A as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft were raised vertical at the historic seaside complex Thursday, May 21, in preparation for liftoff on a piloted test flight to the International Space Station.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket fires up engines on launch pad (members only)

May 22, 2020

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch two NASA astronauts into orbit May 27 test-fired its nine Merlin booster engines Friday, May 22, on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Time-lapse: Watch the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 roll to the launch pad (members only)

May 21, 2020

The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule climb the ramp to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of next week’s crew launch in this time-lapse video.

Video: Falcon 9 fires up engines on pad 39A (members only)

April 17, 2020

Nine Merlin main engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) Friday, April 17, during a hold-down test-firing on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Time-lapse: Falcon 9 goes upright at launch pad 39A (members only)

April 16, 2020

Watch a time-lapse video of the Falcon 9 rocket going upright at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares for the launch of the seventh batch of Starlink broadband Internet satellites.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A (members only)

March 18, 2020

With nine engines firing, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Wednesday morning from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with 60 Starlink satellites on-board.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 39A (members only)

March 13, 2020

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Friday in preparation for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit.

Watch the static test firing of a Falcon 9 prior to the fifth Starlink launch (members only)

February 14, 2020

A Falcon 9 rocket ignites its nine Merlin first stage engines on Feb. 14 in a routine pre-launch test firing prior to its planned launch with the fifth batch of Starlink broadband satellites.

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