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Video: Press site view of SpaceX resupply launch (members only)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral with nearly three tons of hardware and supplies for the International Space Station.
Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,800 pounds of supplies and experiments.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space station
A day-and-a-half after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Dragon supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 5,800 pounds of experiments, provisions and other hardware to support the orbiting lab's six-person crew. The cargo capsule was captured by the station's robotic arm at 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT).
VideoEliminating space junk could take step toward reality with station cargo launch
European engineers who developed a small satellite hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX supply ship Monday are gearing up for a first-of-a-kind experiment to examine ways to snare a chunk of space junk and tug it back to Earth.
VideoNASA releases summary of investigation into SpaceX’s 2015 launch failure
NASA's independent review team that investigated the destruction of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship shortly after liftoff in June 2015 concluded a design error led to the loss of more than two tons of provisions and equipment heading for the International Space Station.
End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operations
NASA and the U.S. Air Force are expected to return to normal operations Tuesday after lawmakers passed a budget bill Monday evening, ending a government funding lapse that threatened to cut off live television coverage of an International Space Station spacewalk and interrupt SpaceX launch operations in Florida and California.
Lawmakers question safety, schedule for Boeing/SpaceX commercial crew ships
Boeing and SpaceX hope to launch commercial crew ferry ships on long-awaited test flights later this year, but both companies face major challenges getting the spacecraft certified before late 2019 when seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft will no longer be easily available for NASA space station crews, officials told lawmakers Wednesday.
Photos: Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, returns for landing
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket closed out a busy 2017 Cape Canaveral launch schedule on Dec. 15 with a successful liftoff on a space station resupply mission. The Falcon 9's first stage booster, making its second launch, returned to Florida's Space Coast for an on-target landing.
Watch the Falcon 9 launch and 1st stage landing from every angle
Watch replays of the launch and landing of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station.
SpaceX’s 50th Falcon rocket launch kicks off station resupply mission
A cache of cargo bound for the International Space Station lifted off on a commercial SpaceX launcher Friday, thundering into mostly clear skies over Florida's Space Coast aboard a reused booster that made a bullseye landing back at Cape Canaveral accompanied by a crackling sonic boom.