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NASA hopes to replace cargo lost on Antares failure this year
NASA officials say the International Space Station's logistics chain was designed to absorb a launch failure like the mishap that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Corp. cargo craft in October, but pressure is on SpaceX to deliver supplies on time this year.
24 launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral this year
Up to 24 launches are planned from Cape Canaveral in 2015, thanks to jam-packed manifests for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to send up satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and commercial telecom operators.
Astronauts eager to dig in to fresh delivery of supplies, gifts
Astronauts on the International Space Station are eager to begin unpacking 2.6 tons of supplies and experiments -- including a package of belated Christmas gifts -- after delivery aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule Monday.
Photos: SpaceX’s rocket landing platform back in port
SpaceX's ocean-going rocket landing pad -- dubbed the autonomous spaceport drone ship -- is back in port after a Falcon 9 rocket booster crashed on the platform during an experimental flyback maneuver following Saturday's successful liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral
Crowned with a commercial cargo capsule with 5,100 pounds of provisions and experiments, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, sending the Dragon supply ship on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. See photos of the predawn liftoff.
VideoDespite botched landing, a lot went right with SpaceX’s booster flyback
SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster accomplished a delicate maneuver after a glowing predawn launch from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, autonomously navigating its away to a modified barge the size of a football field hidden in darkness beneath a blanket of low clouds, before it crashed and broke apart.
Dragon successfully launched, rocket recovery demo crash lands
A commercial Dragon spaceship soared into orbit from Cape Canaveral on Saturday in pursuit of the International Space Station, but the automated craft's Falcon 9 booster crash landed after flying back to Earth in a daring test of futuristic reusable rocket technologies.
SpaceX cargo rocket ready for another launch attempt
SpaceX is counting down to liftoff Saturday of a Falcon 9 rocket with a commercial cargo craft heading for the International Space Station after engineers replaced a component in an upper stage steering system that grounded the launcher Tuesday.
GAO reaffirms NASA’s commercial crew decision
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Sierra Nevada Corp. challenging NASA's selection of competitors Boeing and SpaceX to build commercial human-rated space capsules to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
NASA ‘leaning on’ SpaceX to keep ISS supply lines open
The Dragon spaceship poised for launch Tuesday will carry more than 2.5 tons of equipment for the International Space Station's six-person crew, making the first U.S. supply delivery to the orbiting research complex since the crash of an Antares cargo rocket in October.