Kennedy Space Center

Musk sets expectations low for maiden Falcon Heavy launch

July 25, 2017 Stephen Clark

When SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket finally takes off for the first time, a debut now scheduled this fall, there’s a good chance the commercial heavy-lifter will falter short of reaching orbit, company founder and chief designer Elon Musk said last week.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket makes evening ascent from pad 39A

July 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

Look back on last week’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, capping a busy two weeks for the launch company with a successful satellite deployment flight for Intelsat.

Pence vows to renew American space leadership

July 6, 2017 William Harwood

Vice President Mike Pence, chairman of the recently re-established National Space Council, toured the Kennedy Space Center Thursday and vowed to renew American leadership on the high frontier, telling spaceport workers “our nation will return to the moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars.”

Watch live: Vice President Pence visits Kennedy Space Center

July 6, 2017 Stephen Clark

Vice President Mike Pence is visiting NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, where he is expected to give remarks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and tour the spaceport.

SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweight Falcon 9 mission

July 6, 2017 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into the sky Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, flexing the rocket’s muscles and lofting a massive Intelsat satellite to orbit supporting wireless communications, television broadcasting and trans-Atlantic data relays.

Musk sets expectations low for maiden Falcon Heavy launch

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket makes evening ascent from pad 39A

Pence vows to renew American space leadership

Watch live: Vice President Pence visits Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweight Falcon 9 mission

Video replay of the Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff with Intelsat 35e

Video: Press site view of the Falcon 9’s launch with Intelsat 35e

Launch of Falcon 9 rocket scrubbed second day in a row

SpaceX scrubs Sunday launch attempt with Intelsat relay satellite

Video: SpaceX aborts launch countdown in final seconds