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Watch the Falcon 9 test fire its engines ahead of Starlink launch (members only)
Watch as a Falcon 9 rocket lights its nine Merlin first-stage engines at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the 18th launch dedicated to SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellite venture.
Live coverage: SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A
SpaceX has delayed the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center until Sunday. The two-stage launcher will carry with another batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit.
Falcon 9 rocket arrives on pad 39A for sunrise Starlink launch this weekend
SpaceX plans to deploy the next group of Starlink internet relay spacecraft Sunday with a liftoff on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the company's fourth satellite launch of the month.
Axiom reveals first all-private crew for trip to International Space Station
A four-man crew led by a former NASA astronaut intends to blast off early next year aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for a flight to the International Space Station, the first such purely commercial, non-government flight to orbit in space history, officials said Tuesday.
SpaceX sets new rocket reuse records with successful Starlink launch
SpaceX launched 60 more Starlink satellites Wednesday into a sunny sky over Florida's Space Coast, adding more capacity and coverage to the company's commercial broadband network while setting new records for the pace it is reusing Falcon 9 rocket boosters.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The broadband stations lifted off at 8:02 a.m. EST (1302 GMT) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission
SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for liftoff with the next 60 Starlink internet satellites, but officials have pushed back the launch until Wednesday.
Officials forecast than 50 launches from Florida’s Space Coast this year
Military officials in charge of the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral project more than 50 launches from Florida's Space Coast this year, with SpaceX responsible for most of the launch activity, the vice commander of the 45th Space Wing said this week.
French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged French wine.
Boeing says assembly complete on first set of new space station solar arrays
Engineers from Boeing and a team of subcontractors have finished building the first pair of six new solar arrays to bolster the International Space Station's aging electrical system ahead of their launch to the orbiting outpost as soon as May aboard SpaceX's next Cargo Dragon mission.