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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX cargo capsule returns to Earth
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship returned to to Earth on Sunday with more than 3,800 pounds of NASA cargo, research specimens and other hardware. The commercial capsule was released from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 4:40 a.m. EDT (0840 GMT), and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. EDT (1415 GMT).
SpaceX informed NASA of slowdown in its commercial Mars program
Confirming rumors and suspicions that SpaceX is adjusting its plans to begin dispatching robotic landers to Mars, NASA officials said the commercial space company has informed the agency that it has put its Red Dragon program on the back burner.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral
Look back on Monday's blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in this gallery of photos captured by remote cameras at the launch pad, plus views of the first stage returning to Cape Canaveral for a propulsive landing.
Station crew captures Dragon supply ship, gets early start on unpacking
Two days after departing from a launch pad on Florida's Space Coast, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 6,400 pounds of experiments and supplies after concluding an automated laser-guided approach.
SpaceX launches cargo capsule full of science experiments
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into space Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center atop a column of gleaming exhaust, shooting a commercial resupply vessel toward the International Space Station with research projects looking into cosmic rays, the origin of Parkinson's disease, the utility of small satellites and an experimental radiation-tolerant supercomputer.
4K video replay liftoff Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff on station cargo flight
Check out a 4K video clip of Monday’s Falcon 9 launch viewed from Spaceflight Now’s office at the Kennedy Space Center.
Watch a liftoff-to-landing replay of Monday’s SpaceX launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, then the launcher's first stage returned to landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after sending a Dragon supply ship toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Video: Falcon 9 launch viewed from KSC press site
Watch a replay of Monday's Falcon 9 launch as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site, a viewpoint around three miles from pad 39A.
Video: Time-lapse of Falcon 9 rocket raised for launch at pad 39A
SpaceX's ground team hydraulically hoisted a 213-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket vertical at pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before dawn Monday ahead of a planned liftoff with a space station-bound robotic resupply craft.
Photos: SpaceX rolls out rocket for next station resupply flight
SpaceX's next Falcon 9 rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to launch pad 39A Sunday in preparation for liftoff on a two-day trek ferrying more than 6,400 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.