News Archive
Browse every article published on Spaceflight Now, from launch reports and mission previews to spacecraft development coverage. Use the filters to narrow by topic or search by keyword.
Matching Articles
1,824 articles
Flown Falcon 9 booster hoisted off landing platform
SpaceX rocket technicians offloaded the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket from its landing platform Tuesday, beginning a pioneering test campaign to verify its readiness for another launch later this year.
New views of Falcon 9 landing from on-board SpaceX’s drone ship
SpaceX has released new photos of last week's thrilling rocket landing aboard a floating drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, showing the 15-story Falcon 9 first stage slowing to a hover just as it touched down on the platform.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returns to port
Riding into port aboard a floating platform before dawn, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket booster arrived back at Cape Canaveral early Tuesday after sticking a historic landing at sea last week, kicking off a series of inspections and tests before engineers ready it for launch again.
VideoDragon arrives at space station with inflatable habitat in tow
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship executed a laser-guided rendezvous with the International Space Station early Sunday, delivering an experimental expandable enclosure for attachment to the complex later this month for tests to verify the inflatable design's suitability for future space habitats.
Photos: Dragon completes rendezvous with the station
The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with supplies, crew provisions, new science experiments and an experimental expandable module for the International Space Station arrived Sunday morning for rendezvous, capture and berthing.
Video: Space station’s robot arm captures Dragon cargo ship
The commercial SpaceX Dragon cargo-delivery craft with the experimental BEAM module -- the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module -- arrives at the International Space Station two days after launching from Cape Canaveral.
Photos of the Falcon 9’s Friday afternoon flight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon, sending a Dragon cargo freighter on the way to the International Space Station as the launcher’s first stage booster returned to Earth aboard a floating platform.
Video: Press conference following Falcon launch and landing
NASA and SpaceX hold the post-launch and -landing press conference from Kennedy Space Center on April 8 after the successful flight of the Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX lands rocket on ocean-going drone ship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster descended under engine power to a floating landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, notching the first-ever rocket landing at sea minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a supply ship hauling 3.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.
Video: Falcon 9 rocket’s flight from liftoff to orbit
This video replay shows the Falcon 9 rocket's flight from liftoff until deployment of the Dragon supply ship, including the dramatic touchdown on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.