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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.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket fires into orbit with Paz, Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Feb. 22 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the Spanish Paz radar observation satellite and two prototypes for a planned broadband Internet network.
Recycled SpaceX rocket boosts Paz radar satellite, first Starlink testbeds into orbit
Launching with a Spanish radar observation craft and the first two experimental satellites for SpaceX's planned global broadband network, a Falcon 9 rocket fired away from California's Central Coast shortly before sunrise Thursday after several days of delays.
Photos: Falcon 9 on the eve of launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket and lifted it vertical atop its launch pad ahead of a planned blastoff Wednesday with a Spanish radar observation satellite and two test probes for a planned global broadband Internet network.
Test satellites for SpaceX’s broadband ‘megaconstellation’ set for launch
SpaceX is set to launch two prototype probes Wednesday to begin testing spacecraft and antenna technology the company hopes will eventually power a network of thousands of satellites blanketing planet Earth with broadband Internet coverage.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Paz
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with the Paz Earth observation payload for Hisdesat, operator of Spain's governmental satellites.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with three satellites
Running several days late after a series of technical and weather delays, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:17 a.m. PST (9:17 a.m. EST; 1417 GMT) with the Spanish-owned Paz radar observation satellite and two prototype payloads for SpaceX's planned Starlink broadband satellite network.
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.