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February 27, 2026

Breaking News

[ February 27, 2026 ] Live coverage: SpaceX planning pre-dawn Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral of 29 Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ February 25, 2026 ] SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs Artemis
[ February 25, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 500th Starlink satellite in 2026 during Wednesday Falcon 9 flight Falcon 9
[ February 24, 2026 ] SpaceX’s Tuesday twilight Falcon 9 rocket launch sends 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Falcon 9
[ February 21, 2026 ] SpaceX’s most-flown Falcon booster launches on record 33rd flight Falcon 9

SpaceX failure adds another kink in station supply chain

June 29, 2015 Stephen Clark

Managers in charge of International Space Station say the massive orbiting laboratory and its residents can keep going despite Sunday’s failure of a SpaceX resupply launch, which destroyed a new docking adapter critical to NASA’s commercial crew program, a spacesuit, and a part to repair the lab’s water purification system.

Falcon 9 rocket destroyed in launch mishap

June 28, 2015 William Harwood

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station — including a critical docking adapter needed by future U.S. crew ships — broke apart in a shower of debris shortly after launch Sunday.

Falcon 9’s launch failure viewed from KSC press site

June 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

Spaceflight Now’s camera at the Kennedy Space Center’s Complex 39 press site captured this view of the Falcon 9 rocket’s high-altitude anomaly Sunday.

Video: SpaceX supply mission explodes just after launch

June 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket failed approximately 2 minutes, 20 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday. Watch a video of the dramatic launch failure, plus a slowed-down high-definition version at one-tenth normal speed.

Photos: Falcon 9 breaks apart en route to ISS

June 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke apart just after launch on a commercial resupply run to the International Space Station. Here are a few images from NASA TV’s launch broadcast.

Photos: SpaceX supply ship poised for blastoff

June 28, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, standing 208 feet tall, is mounted on a Cape Canaveral launch pad for liftoff with a fresh package of supplies and research experiments for the International Space Station.

China sends up remote sensing satellite

June 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

China launched a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite Friday on top of a Long March 4B rocket, according to state media reports.

Falcon 9/SpaceX CRS-7 launch timeline

June 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX’s seventh operational resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 disintegrates after launch

June 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday, dealing a blow to the entrepreneurial space company and NASA’s supply chain to the International Space Station.

Shuttle memorial honors crews, orbiters

June 27, 2015 William Harwood

In the first memorial of its kind, NASA and the families of the 14 men and women who lost their lives aboard the shuttle Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 have joined together to remember the astronauts with pictures, personal mementos and, in an emotional first, iconic wreckage from both orbiters.