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Launch Pad 39A

Falcon 9

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A

February 23, 2017 Stephen Clark

Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Falcon 9

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby

February 20, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from launch pad 39A, a historic facility under lease from NASA, and delivered to orbit an uncrewed supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The first stage booster returned to a landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first such recovery on land in daylight.

Falcon 9

Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX

February 19, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon.

Falcon 9

Watch the Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A

February 19, 2017 Spaceflight Now

Watch Falcon 9 lift off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on a space station resupply mission. The rocket’s first stage then returned to land at neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Falcon 9

Concern with steering mechanism scrubs Falcon 9 launch

February 18, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX called off the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday less than 15 seconds before liftoff to investigate the “slightly odd” behavior of the vehicle’s upper stage engine steering system, company chief Elon Musk said.

Falcon 9

Video: Last minute technical problem scrubs Falcon 9 launch

February 18, 2017 Spaceflight Now

Watch as the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on a space station resupply run is aborted 13 seconds before liftoff when ground controllers were alerted to a potential problem with the vehicle’s second stage steering system.

Falcon 9

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket on the eve of its first launch from pad 39A

February 18, 2017 Stephen Clark

These photos follow the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft through a final rehearsal, the late stowage of cargo, and finally the lifting of the launcher vertical atop pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Falcon 9

SpaceX CRS-10 pre-launch news conference video replay

February 18, 2017 Spaceflight Now

Watch a replay of the pre-launch news conference for the SpaceX CRS-10 space station resupply mission is held at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site on February 17, 2017.

Falcon 9

Final experiments added to SpaceX spaceship for station resupply flight

February 17, 2017 Stephen Clark

Engineers clad in clean suits finished stowing last-minute cargo into SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship Friday, including 40 mice and bacterial research specimens, a day before it is scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station in the first flight from the Kennedy Space Center’s historic Apollo-era launch pad 39A since 2011.

Falcon 9

Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission

February 17, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from the Kennedy Space Center to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments.

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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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  • SpaceX, NASA conduct static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch
    July 28, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
    July 26, 2025
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