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Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday, with astronaut Jeff Williams grappling the unpiloted spacecraft with the research lab's robotic arm at 6:56 a.m. EDT (1056 GMT) after an automated rendezvous.
Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday's launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, favorable conditions for the booster's liftoff and landing at Cape Canaveral.
Iridium satellites rolling off assembly line in Arizona
Construction is complete on the first batch of 81 new satellites to overhaul Iridium's mobile communications network, and the data relay stations will soon head from their factory near Phoenix to California's hilly Central Coast for launch Sept. 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lofts satellites for Eutelsat and ABS
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into a brilliant morning sky over the Sunshine State on Wednesday, and these photos show the kerosene-fueled launcher climbing away from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.
SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Test Flight (December 8, 2010)
Watch a Falcon 9 rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral on December 8, 2010, at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) on the COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) Demo Flight 1. It was the first test flight of the Dragon cargo ship.
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.
SpaceX successfully fires satellites into orbit, but loses booster on landing
Two pioneering communications satellites purely powered by plasma rocket thrusters lifted off from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 launcher Wednesday, starting missions to broadcast video across Asia and Latin America, and improve navigation for airplanes crossing the United States.
Live coverage: Two telecom satellites launched by Falcon 9, booster recovery fails
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:29 a.m. EDT (1429 GMT) Wednesday with two Boeing-built communications payloads for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite. A secondary objective to recover the first stage offshore in the Atlantic Ocean failed.
Mission events timeline for Falcon 9’s launch for ABS and Eutelsat
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with the ABS 2A and Eutelsat 117 West B communications satellites.
SpaceX conducts static fire test for Wednesday’s Falcon 9 flight
Technicians planned to attach two Boeing-built communications satellites to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday, a day after launch controllers fueled the rocket and fired its nine Merlin first stage engines in a key preflight test.