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Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying around 6,400 pounds of supplies and experiments.
SpaceX rocket readied for space station resupply run
Ground teams at the Kennedy Space Center were packing last-minute cargo into a commercial Dragon supply ship Sunday, a day before the automated freighter is set for liftoff on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.
SpaceX performs static fire, preps for Monday launch from Florida
Set to resume a brisk pace of launch activity after a nearly six-week respite, SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of a planned liftoff Monday with several tons of experiments and supplies for the International Space Station.
4K and HD video replays of SpaceX rocket undergoing static fire test at pad 39A
In one of its final preflight tests, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignited at pad 39A in Florida for several seconds Thursday, ramping up to full throttle in an end-to-end checkout of the booster before liftoff next week on a space station resupply flight.
Station-bound instrument to open new chapter in the story of cosmic rays
Physicists are gearing up to send a re-engineered science instrument originally designed for lofty balloon flights high in Earth's atmosphere to the International Space Station next week to broaden their knowledge of cosmic rays, subatomic particles traveling on intergalactic routes that could hold the key to unlocking mysteries about supernovas, black holes, pulsars and dark matter.
Shuttle-era structure dismantled piece-by-piece at pad 39A
A heavy-duty crane towering over launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in recent weeks has removed several large sections of a disused structure once needed to install satellites and space station modules into space shuttle cargo bays.
SES agrees to launch another satellite on previously-flown Falcon 9 booster
Six months after sending one of its communications satellites to orbit on the first re-flight of a SpaceX rocket, SES intends to launch a hybrid television broadcasting satellite owned in partnership with EchoStar on another previously-used Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast as soon as late September, industry officials told Spaceflight Now.
Anticipating upgraded spaceships, SpaceX builds final first-generation Dragon cargo craft
The Dragon supply ship set for liftoff from Florida next month was the last of SpaceX's first-generation cargo capsules off the production line, meaning future logistics deliveries to the International Space Station will fly on recycled spacecraft until a new Dragon variant is ready.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket makes evening ascent from pad 39A
Look back on last week's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, capping a busy two weeks for the launch company with a successful satellite deployment flight for Intelsat.
SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweight Falcon 9 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into the sky Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flexing the rocket's muscles and lofting a massive Intelsat satellite to orbit supporting wireless communications, television broadcasting and trans-Atlantic data relays.