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Next Falcon 9 launch rescheduled for Feb. 8
The next liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been reset for no earlier than Feb. 8, NOAA and NASA officials said Tuesday, apparently to give the launch provider more time to prepare for the mission.
NASA outlines why it passed over Sierra Nevada
NASA cited the complexity of Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane and an uncertainty of when the proposed crew transport craft would be ready to fly astronauts to the International Space Station as the primary reasons the agency picked Boeing and SpaceX for lucrative contracts to develop commercial space taxis.
SpaceX shares dramatic video of Falcon 9’s crash landing
SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk has shared images of the Falcon 9 booster's crash landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the rocket's successful Jan. 10 liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station.
NASA hopes to replace cargo lost on Antares failure this year
NASA officials say the International Space Station's logistics chain was designed to absorb a launch failure like the mishap that destroyed an Orbital Sciences Corp. cargo craft in October, but pressure is on SpaceX to deliver supplies on time this year.
24 launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral this year
Up to 24 launches are planned from Cape Canaveral in 2015, thanks to jam-packed manifests for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to send up satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and commercial telecom operators.
Astronauts eager to dig in to fresh delivery of supplies, gifts
Astronauts on the International Space Station are eager to begin unpacking 2.6 tons of supplies and experiments -- including a package of belated Christmas gifts -- after delivery aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule Monday.
VideoVideo: Dragon arrives at space station
The cargo-carrying SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station and is grappled by Canadarm2 to complete a two-day journey since launch.
Photos: SpaceX’s rocket landing platform back in port
SpaceX's ocean-going rocket landing pad -- dubbed the autonomous spaceport drone ship -- is back in port after a Falcon 9 rocket booster crashed on the platform during an experimental flyback maneuver following Saturday's successful liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral
Crowned with a commercial cargo capsule with 5,100 pounds of provisions and experiments, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, sending the Dragon supply ship on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. See photos of the predawn liftoff.
VideoDespite botched landing, a lot went right with SpaceX’s booster flyback
SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster accomplished a delicate maneuver after a glowing predawn launch from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, autonomously navigating its away to a modified barge the size of a football field hidden in darkness beneath a blanket of low clouds, before it crashed and broke apart.