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Falcon 9 rocket performs static fire test
Held down by heavy-duty restraints, a Falcon 9 rocket fired up its nine Merlin engines for more than three seconds Thursday evening in a key readiness test before launching with a commercial television broadcast satellite next week.
Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired ahead of EchoStar 23 launch
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was test-fired at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A on Thursday evening, a few days before its scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite.
Live coverage: SpaceX readies next Falcon 9 for liftoff
SpaceX is preparing for the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, set for blastoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the EchoStar 23 television broadcast satellite destined to cover Brazil. The rocket's static fire test, a major milestone in any SpaceX launch campaign, was performed Thursday.
Auto-destruct system seen as a key to ramping up launch tempos
The U.S. Air Force says the demonstration of an automated safety system on last week's Falcon 9 rocket launch will slash and costs and hasten turnarounds between missions from military-operated ranges in Florida and California.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A
Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday's blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
VideoDrone’s view of Sunday’s SpaceX rocket landing
Check out a dazzling drone's-eye view of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster returning to an on-target landing at Cape Canaveral a few minutes after launching Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of space station cargo.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from launch pad 39A, a historic facility under lease from NASA, and delivered to orbit an uncrewed supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The first stage booster returned to a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first such recovery on land in daylight.
VideoHistoric launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX
SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon.
Concern with steering mechanism scrubs Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX called off the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday less than 15 seconds before liftoff to investigate the "slightly odd" behavior of the vehicle's upper stage engine steering system, company chief Elon Musk said.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket on the eve of its first launch from pad 39A
These photos follow the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft through a final rehearsal, the late stowage of cargo, and finally the lifting of the launcher vertical atop pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.