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Dragon cargo craft reaches port at International Space Station
A commercial resupply freighter owned and operated by SpaceX wrapped up a two-day trip to the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering a new docking port and two tons of other equipment to research laboratory more than 250 miles above Earth.
Gallery of photos from Monday’s Falcon 9 flight
Taking off and landing in the middle of the night at Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered a Dragon supply ship to orbit for the International Space Station as the launcher's first stage booster swooped to a spectacular touchdown.
SpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket
Rising into a midnight sky lit by the full moon, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral early Monday with a commercial cargo craft on the way to the International Space Station, then returned to Florida's Space Coast for a dramatic nighttime landing.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifted vertical for cargo launch
SpaceX hoisted its Falcon 9 rocket upright Sunday evening, hours before launching on a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Technicians installed time-sensitive supplies into the Dragon cargo capsule earlier in the day.
Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch
Track the major milestones of Monday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with a Dragon cargo craft heading for the International Space Station.
Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday, with astronaut Jeff Williams grappling the unpiloted spacecraft with the research lab's robotic arm at 6:56 a.m. EDT (1056 GMT) after an automated rendezvous.
Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday's launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, favorable conditions for the booster's liftoff and landing at Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX ‘on track’ to launch astronauts in late 2017
SpaceX is on schedule to fly two NASA astronauts on a test flight to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, but there is a lot of work to do to ensure the company's new Crew Dragon spaceship is up to the task and ready in time, a SpaceX manager said Tuesday.
Cargo-carrying Dragon spaceship returns to Earth
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship departed the International Space Station on Wednesday, fired rocket thrusters to brake out of orbit, and parachuted to a picture-perfect splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with approximately 3,461 pounds of experiment samples and equipment.
Live coverage: Dragon supply ship back on Earth
SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft departed the International Space Station on Wednesday at 9:19 a.m. EDT (1319 GMT), concluding the commercial spaceship's eighth visit to the complex. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean occurred at 2:55 p.m. EDT (1855 GMT).