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VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then lands at sea
For the second time this year, SpaceX has launched a commercial communications satellite for Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 1:26 a.m. EDT (0526 GMT) from Cape Canaveral with the JCSAT 16 satellite to relay data and video across Japan and the Asia-Pacific. The Falcon 9's first stage booster nailed a landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean a few minutes later.
VideoSpaceX shares eye-catching slow-mo rocket footage
SpaceX has released a new YouTube video showing up-close, slow-motion views of recent Falcon 9 rocket launches and landings at Cape Canaveral, and it's something you want to see.
VideoSpaceX fires previously-flown rocket in major stride toward reusability
Throttling up to more than a million pounds of thrust at SpaceX's Central Texas test facility, a Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered after a commercial satellite launch in May passed a key milestone Thursday as the company sets its sights on re-flying a used first stage on a mission this fall.
VideoPhotos: Progress MS-03 supply ship fires away from Kazakhstan
Russia's Progress MS-03 cargo crafted rode a Soyuz rocket into orbit Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, beginning a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.
VideoProgress cargo craft to launch space station supplies Saturday
A Russian automated cargo craft loaded with nearly three tons of fuel, supplies, water and air is set for launch from Kazakhstan at 2141 GMT Saturday on a mission to replenish stockpiles aboard the International Space Station.
VideoPhotos: Crew of three rides Soyuz into orbit
A veteran Russian cosmonaut and two spaceflight rookies rocketed into orbit from a Kazakh launch base Wednesday on the first flight of a new-generation Soyuz capsule, kicking off a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.
VideoPhotos: Soyuz rocket goes vertical for launch of next station crew
A Soyuz rocket is standing on the launch pad in Kazakhstan used on Yuri Gagarin's historic first human spaceflight in 1961, ready to send three people toward the International Space Station.
VideoVideo: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on dual-satellite delivery mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Wednesday at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT), launching with two Boeing-built communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.
VideoRe-engined Antares rocket completes ground test firing
Orbital ATK's upgraded Antares rocket, featuring newly-built RD-181 main engines, completed a 30-second test firing on a launch pad on Virginia's Eastern Shore on Tuesday.
VideoRide aboard the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage on descent
Take a virtual trip from space back to planet Earth with an sped up video clip showing the eye-popping on-board views from the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster as it plummeted back to Earth, opened aerodynamic steering fins and fired its engines for a final braking maneuver just before touchdown.