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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket fired up for hold-down test
SpaceX's next Falcon 9 rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A on Thursday for a hold-down engine firing ahead of launch next week with the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane. The brief engine ignition occurred at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT).
Photos: SpaceX rocket climbs into orbit from Vandenberg
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 24 from California delivered Taiwan's Formosat 5 Earth-imaging satellite to orbit, and the Falcon's first stage booster returned to landing on a drone ship downrange in the Pacific Ocean.
Taiwanese satellite rides SpaceX rocket into orbit
Flying with an exceptionally lightweight payload, a Falcon 9 rocket delivered a multipurpose research satellite into a nearly 450-mile-high orbit Thursday for Taiwan following a smooth countdown and liftoff from California's Central Coast.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Formosat 5
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with the Formosat 5 Earth observation satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space from California
SpaceX launched its 12th Falcon 9 rocket of the year Thursday from California with Taiwan's Formosat 5 Earth observation satellite. The two-stage rocket lifted off at 11:51 a.m. PDT (2:51 p.m. EDT; 1851 GMT) and deployed the Taiwanese-built spacecraft into polar orbit. The Falcon 9's first stage booster successfully landed on a drone ship downrange in the Pacific Ocean.
Falcon 9 rocket test-fired for California launch next week
A commercial Falcon 9 rocket in the final stages of launch preparations fired its nine Merlin main engines Saturday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, verifying its readiness for liftoff with a Taiwanese Earth-imaging payload Thursday.
SpaceX informed NASA of slowdown in its commercial Mars program
Confirming rumors and suspicions that SpaceX is adjusting its plans to begin dispatching robotic landers to Mars, NASA officials said the commercial space company has informed the agency that it has put its Red Dragon program on the back burner.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral
Look back on Monday's blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in this gallery of photos captured by remote cameras at the launch pad, plus views of the first stage returning to Cape Canaveral for a propulsive landing.
Station crew captures Dragon supply ship, gets early start on unpacking
Two days after departing from a launch pad on Florida's Space Coast, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 6,400 pounds of experiments and supplies after concluding an automated laser-guided approach.
SpaceX launches cargo capsule full of science experiments
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into space Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center atop a column of gleaming exhaust, shooting a commercial resupply vessel toward the International Space Station with research projects looking into cosmic rays, the origin of Parkinson's disease, the utility of small satellites and an experimental radiation-tolerant supercomputer.