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Watch the Falcon 9 rocket launch abort

October 3, 2020

A Falcon 9 rocket was just two seconds from launching the U.S. Space Force’s next GPS satellite on Oct. 2 when an automated abort halted the countdown.

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.

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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