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Time lapse: Fully-assembed Falcon 9 rocket lifted atop launch pad 39A
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is again standing on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this time with a Dragon supply ship on top ready to head on a resupply run to the International Space Station.
Cargo manifest for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission
The 10th dedicated cargo delivery mission by SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, and the first to liftoff from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will carry more than 5,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station.
Weather could stand in way of Falcon 9 launch Saturday
Rainy weather expected across Central Florida this weekend has a 50-50 chance of preventing the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Saturday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, U.S. Air Force forecasters said Wednesday.
Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in Florida
Nine Merlin engines ignited and throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust Sunday during a brief hold-down firing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, sending a plume of smoke out of the flame trench at Kennedy Space Center's historic launch pad 39A as the company preps for a space station cargo mission next weekend.
Live coverage: SpaceX begins final launch preparations at historic launch pad
A Falcon 9 rocket is being readied for a space station resupply mission at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A . The rocket is scheduled to launch at 10:01 a.m. EST (1501 GMT) on Saturday, weather permitting. Watch live coverage.
SpaceX readies rocket for tests at historic pad 39A
SpaceX engineers are preparing to mount a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center's historic launch pad 39A for the first time this week as the company declares the modified facility ready to support a new era of commercial space missions.
Iridium to share Falcon 9 launch with NASA-German gravity satellites
Iridium has secured a launch for five more of its next-generation communications craft in a rideshare arrangement with two U.S.-German research satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket by early 2018.
VideoSpaceX rocket tagged for reuse test-fired in Texas
The Falcon 9 first stage booster assigned to launch as soon as March on SpaceX's first mission with a previously-flown rocket has been test-fired at the company's development facility in Central Texas.
Station cargo flight leapfrogs commercial satellite launch on SpaceX manifest
SpaceX said Sunday that the first Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A, a former shuttle-era complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is scheduled to send a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station in mid-February, deferring a mission with an EchoStar communications satellite that was set to take off this month.
VideoSES 10 telecom satellite in Florida for launch on reused SpaceX rocket
A European-built communications satellite has arrived at Cape Canaveral for fueling and final launch preparations ahead of a planned late February liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage booster.