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Photos: SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ship
An ocean-going cargo barge modified to serve as a landing pad for SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster is set to depart the Port of Jacksonville for a journey into the Atlantic Ocean ahead of Friday's launch of a space station cargo mission from Cape Canaveral.
Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19
The launch of SpaceX's next resupply mission to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for no earlier than Dec. 19 to make sure the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship are ready for flight.
VideoSpaceX hopes to recover rocket intact after next launch
SpaceX will test out new stabilizing fins that could help land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean after liftoff on a space station resupply mission in mid-December, according to Elon Musk, the company's billionaire leader.
Construction of Texas launch site to begin next year
SpaceX broke ground on a new commercial spaceport on the shores of South Texas, committing to the construction of the world's first privately-owned satellite launch pad scheduled to be operational as soon as late 2016.