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Photos: Military mini-shuttle transferred to SpaceX launch pad
Cocooned inside the nose cone of its Falcon 9 rocket booster, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B spaceplane journeyed from a former space shuttle hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, past the Vehicle Assembly Building and toward launch pad 39A last week ahead of liftoff Thursday.
Falcon 9 rocket fired up for launch of military mini-shuttle
Running through a practice countdown and hold-down engine firing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket passed a key checkpoint Thursday ahead of liftoff next week with the U.S. Air Force’s fifth X-37B spaceplane flight, a mission that will come with several firsts.
Video: SpaceX rocket runs through hotfire test at pad 39A
SpaceX's next Falcon 9 rocket ignited its Merlin main engines for several seconds Thursday at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A ahead of a planned launch next week.
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.
Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 launch and landing
Watch a replay of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California carrying Taiwan’s Formosat 5 Earth observation satellite.
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.