Mission Reports – Page 472

May 9, 2025

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Photos: Tuesday’s SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral

April 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

A sun-splashed Florida afternoon was the setting for Tuesday’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket, which fired its nine-engine booster stage and climbed into space with a commercial cargo spacecraft en route to the International Space Station.

Video: SpaceX rocket booster crash lands on barge

April 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket booster — under the power of a single Merlin 1D engine — descends toward a specially-outfitted ocean landing platform off Florida’s East Coast on Tuesday in a brief video clip released by SpaceX.

Falcon 9 successfully launches, descends to off-balance landing

April 14, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral with a 2.2-ton package of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station on Tuesday, but the booster toppled over after descending to a barge parked in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ariane 5 launch postponed by faulty connector

April 14, 2015 Stephen Clark

Arianespace has postponed this week’s launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with two European communications satellites to replace a faulty fluid connector between the launcher and its mobile launch platform, officials said Tuesday.

Nearby storms keep Falcon 9 rocket grounded

April 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

Hazardous anvil clouds approaching from a nearby thunderstorm forced SpaceX to abort the takeoff of a Falcon 9 launcher Monday, delaying the start of an International Space Station resupply mission and a bold attempt to recover the rocket intact on an ocean-going platform.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch from Florida

April 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s 20-story Falcon 9 rocket counts down to launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday with 2.2 tons of gear and experiments for the International Space Station.

SpaceX drone ship in position for daring rocket landing

April 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

Buoyed by lessons from past attempts and a forecast for calm seas, SpaceX engineers expect a good shot at landing a Falcon 9 booster on a stationary platform in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.

Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station

April 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

Loaded with mice, plant specimens and the International Space Station’s first espresso machine, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the complex Friday with a fresh delivery of supplies. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti grappled the spacecraft with the station’s robot arm at 6:55 a.m. EDT (1055 GMT).

Falcon 9 rocket fires engines for prelaunch test

April 11, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX engineers ran through a customary prelaunch countdown test Saturday and fired the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin main engines at Cape Canaveral ahead of liftoff Monday with 2.2 tons of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station.

SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13

March 31, 2015 Stephen Clark

The launch of SpaceX’s next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday.