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Tropical storm could be a factor in SpaceX launch Saturday
Weather forecasters at Cape Canaveral are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Hermine in the Gulf of Mexico in case winds and thick clouds from the cyclone threaten the scheduled launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday.
SES agrees to launch satellite on ‘flight-proven’ Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX and SES, an international communications satellite operator based in Luxembourg, have agreed to place the SES 10 television relay craft aboard the first launch of a reused "flight-proven" Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral as soon as October, the companies announced Tuesday.
Dragon spacecraft splashes down with station research specimens
A SpaceX-owned Dragon cargo craft left the International Space Station on Friday and flew back to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with a dozen mice and more than 3,000 pounds of experiment specimens and space hardware.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX supply ship returns to Earth
A SpaceX-owned Dragon cargo craft departed the International Space Station at 1011 GMT (6:11 a.m. EDT) Friday, and made a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 1547 GMT (11:47 a.m. EDT) with more than 3,000 pounds of cargo, research specimens and other hardware.
SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display
Crews outside the SpaceX's headquarters in California on Saturday positioned the booster that stuck the first Falcon 9 rocket landing for vertical display, and now the launcher is an unmistakable Space Age trophy visible to passersby on nearby streets and freeways.
Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral
The sixth Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered by SpaceX has returned to Port Canaveral after an up-and-down flight Aug. 14 that sent a commercial Japanese broadcasting satellite toward orbit.
VideoSpacewalkers attach docking adapter to space station for commercial vehicles
Two spacewalkers attached a new docking port to the International Space Station Friday, clearing the way for U.S. crew ferry ships being built by Boeing and SpaceX to begin test flights to the lab complex next year.
VideoLong-awaited station spacewalk on tap Friday
Astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins ventured outside the lab complex Friday for a long-awaited spacewalk to attach a new docking mechanism, the first of two that will be used by U.S. crew ferry ships being built by Boeing and SpaceX to carry astronauts to and from the outpost, ending NASA's sole reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Photos: Falcon 9 climbs away from Cape Canaveral with JCSAT 16
The Falcon 9 rocket's eighth flight of 2016 took off from Cape Canaveral early Sunday with the Japanese JCSAT 16 communications satellite, setting a new mark for the most launches made by SpaceX in a single year.
Falcon 9 rocket launches Japanese satellite, then nails bullseye landing
Vaulting into a starry sky over Florida's Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off early Sunday with a Japanese video and data relay satellite, then stuck a landing on a barge stationed nearly 400 miles east of Cape Canaveral.