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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket conducts static fire test
SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday in preparation for the company’s 17th launch of the year, a mission tentatively set for liftoff Wednesday with a secretive payload named Zuma for the U.S. government.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket conducts static fire test
SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday in preparation for the company's 17th launch of the year, a mission tentatively set for liftoff Wednesday with a secretive payload named Zuma for the U.S. government.
Engine for upgraded Falcon 9 rocket explodes on test stand
A Merlin engine designed for the version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts into orbit for NASA failed during testing Saturday in Texas, but the company said its upcoming launches will not be affected by the accident.
Photos from last week’s Falcon 9 launch with Koreasat 5A
Look back on the Oct. 30 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with this gallery of photos showing the 229-foot-tall launcher lifting off from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX to restore damaged Cape Canaveral launch pad to service in December
SpaceX is set to resume launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral in December with the liftoff of a space station-bound supply ship on top of a Falcon 9 booster, a major step in boosting the company's flight rate and readying for the debut of the long-delayed Falcon Heavy rocket.
SpaceX launches — and lands — third rocket in three weeks
Heading into the home stretch of a banner year, SpaceX launched its third Falcon 9 rocket flight of the month Monday with a Korean-owned commercial communications satellite built to connect customers across a swath from the Middle East to East Asia.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Koreasat 5A
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Koreasat 5A communications satellite into orbit around 36 minutes later.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX conducts third Falcon 9 launch of the month
SpaceX launched a Korean communications satellite from Florida on Monday aboard the company's third Falcon 9 rocket flight of the month. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center occurred at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT), and the Falcon 9's first stage landed on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.
Video: Falcon 9 rocket raised vertical at pad 39A
On the eve of liftoff with a Korean communications satellite, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was lifted upright Sunday at launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Korean communications craft installed on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
A multipurpose communications satellite owned by a South Korean telecom company is set for liftoff Monday from Florida's Space Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, and forecasters predict near-ideal conditions for a rocket launch.