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VideoVideo: Falcon 9 nose shroud falls back to Earth
SpaceX has released another jaw-dropping video from a camera fastened to a piece of a Falcon 9 rocket's payload fairing, showing the nose cone spinning through space after its separation on a recent launch.
Launch of U.S.-French oceanography satellite postponed
The launch of a U.S.-French oceanography satellite from California has been postponed from July 22 after engineers discovered contamination in one of the spacecraft's thrusters at its factory in France.
SpaceX cleared to launch U.S. national security satellites
The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that SpaceX is now eligible to compete for launches of U.S. national security satellites, closing a tumultuous chapter in the U.S. rocket industry and ending the Pentagon's sole reliance on United Launch Alliance to haul military payloads into orbit.
SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions
NASA has formally certified SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch all but the space agency's most costly robotic science missions, beginning with a a U.S.-French oceanography satellite set for liftoff from California in July.
ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch of a next-generation GPS navigation satellite for the first in a series of competitive rocket procurements between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, service officials announced Wednesday.
Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky sky
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday after a 49-minute weather hold to wait for clouds to thin out overhead. The rocket finally lifted off into an overcast sky with a communications satellite built for Turkmenistan.
Falcon 9 rocket powers into space with satellite for Turkmenistan
A communications satellite for Turkmenistan soared into orbit Monday, climbing through gloomy skies over Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to give the Central Asian nation its first foothold in space.
Turkmenistan’s first satellite braced for liftoff
SpaceX ground crews transferred a Falcon 9 rocket to its seaside launch mount at Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening in preparation for liftoff Monday with Turkmenistan's first satellite.
Live coverage: SpaceX launches its fifth Falcon 9 flight of the year
Turkmenistan's first satellite has blasted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida after a weather delay. Liftoff occurred at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT).
Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch
Forecasters will be watching clouds and rain showers during the countdown before Monday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Turkmenistan's first communications satellite.