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SpaceX on track for cargo launch Monday
Weather forecasters will be on the lookout for rain showers and thunderstorms during Monday's scheduled launch of a SpaceX cargo craft to the International Space Station, but there is a 60 percent chance conditions at Cape Canaveral will permit liftoff.
SpaceX, Sierra Nevada get more time to finish flight tests
NASA has extended development agreements with SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp. past a March 31 deadline, giving the companies more time to complete delayed tests on commercial spacecraft intended to one day ferry astronauts into space.
SpaceX cargo launch now set for April 13
The launch of SpaceX's next resupply run to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for April 13, officials said Tuesday.
SpaceX swaps order of next two Falcon 9 launches
Confronted with pesky problems in the Falcon 9 rocket's helium pressurization system, SpaceX has shuffled the order of the next two launches, choosing to go ahead with the liftoff of a Dragon supply ship on a cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station around April 10.
NASA orders missions to resupply space station in 2017
NASA has ordered four additional launches to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in 2017 -- three from SpaceX and one from Orbital ATK -- to cover the research lab's logistics needs until a new set of resupply contracts take effect.
VideoFalcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A
SpaceX began erecting a new hangar at a former space shuttle launch pad in Florida last week, moving the historic facility closer to launching astronauts again.
Commercial Dragon supply ship returns to Earth
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship wrapped up a 29-day stay at the International Space Station on Tuesday, departing the complex with nearly 3,700 pounds of research specimens, a balky spacesuit and experimental 3D printed parts before re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoVideo: SpaceX Dragon departs space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the International Space Station's robotic arm to fly home Tuesday.
SpaceX nears pad abort test for human-rated Dragon capsule
SpaceX is finishing up preparations for a major test of a rocket-powered abort system for the company's new Dragon crew ferry spacecraft, targeting launch from Cape Canaveral in March after a pair of Falcon 9 missions in February.
SpaceX confirms first Crew Dragon flights will return to ocean landings
The human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft being developed by SpaceX will return to Earth under parachutes for splashdowns in ocean, and not execute helicopter-like propulsive touchdowns on land, a SpaceX official confirmed Monday.