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Previously flown Falcon 9 rocket lifted upright in readiness for launch
Watch a time-lapse video of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket being lifted into place on pad 39A in readiness for the launch of the SES 10 communications satellite. This will be a major milestone for SpaceX as it will mark the first time a flown Falcon 9 first stage has been reused.
Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 engine test
The Falcon 9 rocket's main engines briefly ignited at launch pad 39A in a standard pre-launch test. This is the second time this booster has test fired its engines on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
Watch Falcon 9 go upright on the launch pad in time lapse video
A Falcon 9 rocket is moved into the position for a static test firing of its nine Merlin 1D engines. This time lapse video runs at 20 times normal speed.
Watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch the EchoStar 23 satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, carrying the EchoStar 23 commercial television broadcast satellite into orbit.
4K video: Wide-angle view of Falcon 9 hotfire
A wide-angle view of the Space X Falcon 9 rocket test firing at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A during final preparations for it scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite.
Watch a time-lapse of the Falcon 9 rocket going vertical
A Falcon 9 rocket is lifted into position for a planned countdown dress rehearsal at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket is being readied for launch early Sunday with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite.
Watch the Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A
Watch Falcon 9 lift off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on a space station resupply mission. The rocket's first stage then returned to land at neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Video: Last minute technical problem scrubs Falcon 9 launch
Watch as the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on a space station resupply run is aborted 13 seconds before liftoff when ground controllers were alerted to a potential problem with the vehicle's second stage steering system.
SpaceX CRS-10 pre-launch news conference video replay
Watch a replay of the pre-launch news conference for the SpaceX CRS-10 space station resupply mission is held at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site on February 17, 2017.
Watch as Falcon 9 launches with 10 Iridium satellites and its first stage lands
Watch the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch since a catastrophic launch pad explosion at Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 first stage was successfully recovered after landing on a floating platform in the Pacific.