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VideoThrottle valve blamed for Falcon 9’s unsuccessful landing
SpaceX engineers have narrowed the cause of last week's unsuccessful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean on a commanding issue with an engine throttle valve, according to Elon Musk, the company's founder and chief executive.
Astronauts share views of Dragon cargo capsule
The International Space Station got a new shipment of supplies Friday, and astronauts living on the outpost shared their photos of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft during the rendezvous.
Photos: SpaceX’s debris-strewn landing barge back in port
Returning to port late Thursday under the cover of darkness, SpaceX's rocket recovery platform has moored at a dock in Jacksonville, Florida, for unloading of charred debris from Tuesday's crash landing of a Falcon 9 booster.
SpaceX supply ship joins up with space station
Packed with an array of experiments and provisions, including a custom-made Italian espresso maker, SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo capsule reached the International Space Station on Friday after a precise laser-guided rendezvous more than 250 miles above Earth.
Pluto and Charon seen in color by New Horizons
Barreling toward a July 14 flyby of Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned its first color image of the distant world and its moon Charon, whetting the appetites of scientists as the probe prepares to begin taking the best-ever photos of the Pluto system beginning next month.
No time wasted in SpaceX’s rapid-fire launch campaign
Hours after launching a batch of cargo and provisions to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX ground teams wheeled another Falcon 9 rocket into the hangar at Cape Canaveral for a commercial satellite launch set for April 27.
Photos: Tuesday’s SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
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
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.
VideoFalcon 9 successfully launches, descends to off-balance landing
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.
Images from Falcon 9’s launch and landing
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, powering a commercial Dragon cargo ship into orbit while trying a dicey descent maneuver to return to landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says the booster touched down hard and tipped over after landing.