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Elon Musk says SpaceX will try to launch his Tesla Roadster on new heavy-lift rocket
SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted Friday that his red Tesla Roadster will head for deep space on the maiden flight of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket as soon as next month, and do it to the tune of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”
NASA agrees to launch station supplies on reused SpaceX rocket
SpaceX will launch a space station-bound cargo ship with nearly 2.5 tons of supplies and experiments next Friday, Dec. 8, with a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster after winning NASA approval for the reuse plan, agency officials said Wednesday.
Debut of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket now planned early next year
SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket is expected to roll out to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the first time next month for a hold-down firing of its 27 Merlin main engines, but the mega-rocket's inaugural test launch will slip into January, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Space station cargo flight next on SpaceX’s launch schedule
In a reshuffling of SpaceX's launch schedule, a Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff no earlier than Dec. 8 on a mission to deliver several tons of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station and return to service a Cape Canaveral launch pad damaged in a catastrophic rocket explosion last year.
SpaceX delays launch to study data from recent payload fairing test
SpaceX has postponed its next launch from the Kennedy Space Center indefinitely to examine data from a recent payload fairing test for another customer.
Top secret ‘Zuma’ mission puzzles satellite trackers
A top secret payload developed in secrecy for the U.S. government is set to ride into orbit from Florida's Space Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday.
Falcon 9 flight timeline for the Zuma mission
SpaceX's next Falcon 9 booster is being readied for liftoff from Cape Canaveral, but most of the launcher's ascent into orbit will be under a news blackout at the request of the U.S. government customer that owns the top secret Zuma payload fastened to the top of the rocket.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launch put on hold
SpaceX has postponed the launch of its next Falcon 9 rocket indefinitely. The rocket was originally scheduled take off Wednesday from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a top secret U.S. government payload named Zuma. A few minutes after launch, the Falcon 9's first stage will return for a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Rocket test-fired for launch of secretive U.S. government payload
SpaceX moved closer to its next launch with a successful hold-down engine firing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sailing through a readiness check for a planned liftoff Wednesday with a clandestine U.S. government payload named Zuma.
Video: Engines ignited for hold-down test on SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket
Nine Merlin main engines at the base of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired at launch pad 39A Saturday, passing a major test before the company's next launch, a secretive mission slated for liftoff Wednesday night.