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[ October 20, 2026 ] Bad weather scrubs launch of 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
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[ October 15, 2026 ] SpaceX launches a classified payload for U.S. Space Force Falcon 9
[ October 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station Falcon 9
[ October 13, 2026 ] Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX to launch new solar arrays, 6,300 pounds of cargo to the space station Falcon 9

Watch as an Atlas 5 rocket is prepared for liftoff (members only)

January 17, 2018 Stephen Clark

Watch a live view of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad, where a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket awaits liftoff with the U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS GEO Flight 4 missile-warning satellite.

Live video of launch pad 39A (members only)

October 30, 2017 Spaceflight Now

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the Koreasat 5A communications satellite. Including a live view of the launch pad (members only).

Watch live: Astronauts head outside space station for maintenance

October 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei exited the International Space Station airlock Tuesday for the second of three spacewalks planned this month.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket fired up for hold-down test

August 31, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A on Thursday for a hold-down engine firing ahead of launch next week with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane. The brief engine ignition occurred at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT).

Watch live: Vice President Pence visits Kennedy Space Center

July 6, 2017 Stephen Clark

Vice President Mike Pence is visiting NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, where he is expected to give remarks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and tour the spaceport.

Atlas 5 rocket aims for Friday night launch to send supplies to space station

March 20, 2017 Justin Ray

Officials have accepted a Friday launch date for a commercial cargo ship to the International Space Station after Range availability scuttled notions of moving up the Atlas 5 flight by a day.

Favorable weather outlook for Friday’s twilight Delta 4 launch from Florida

March 14, 2017 Justin Ray

Air Force meteorologists are expecting good weather to launch the Delta 4 rocket with a military communications satellite when the sun goes down Friday evening at Cape Canaveral.

Watch live coverage: American and Frenchman to conduct spacewalk

January 13, 2017 Justin Ray

Expedition 50 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet will head outside the International Space Station today to continue battery replacement work.

Timeline: Atlas 5/GOES-R ascent profile

November 18, 2016 Justin Ray

This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the advanced GOES-R weather satellite for NASA and NOAA. Launch is scheduled for Saturday at 5:42 p.m. EST (2242 GMT).

Watch live as Elon Musk unveils his vision for missions to Mars

September 27, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk will unveil his plans for human missions to Mars on Tuesday in a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. Watch the speech live at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT).