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Rocket Lab deploys experimental U.S. military smallsats on first night launch
On its first nighttime launch, Rocket Lab's Electron booster climbed into orbit Sunday from New Zealand with a trio of small U.S. military payloads, demonstrating the privately-developed rocket's ability to help meet the Air Force's growing demand for smallsat launches.
SpaceX launches space station resupply mission, lands rocket on drone ship
With a thundering, sky-lighting predawn blastoff from Cape Canaveral, a Falcon 9 rocket fired into orbit early Saturday with a Dragon cargo capsule in pursuit of the International Space Station. Minutes later, the rocket's first stage booster fell from the sky and executed a pinpoint propulsive landing just offshore, setting the stage for another resupply mission for NASA this summer using the same vehicle.
Video: Falcon 9 launch as seen from KSC press site (members only)
Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 rocket's liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site roughly 4 miles away.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches three U.S. military smallsats
Three experimental satellites sponsored by the U.S. military lifted off on an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab's commercial spaceport in New Zealand on Sunday at 0600 GMT (2 a.m. EDT).
Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by problem on landing ship
An electrical problem on SpaceX's drone ship parked just off the coast of Cape Canaveral prompted SpaceX to scrub a Falcon 9 launch attempt early Friday, delaying the start of a resupply mission to the International Space Station by 24 hours.
SpaceX clears cargo mission for launch, confirms destruction of crew capsule
While recovery teams continue combing through the test site at Cape Canaveral where SpaceX's first space-worthy Crew Dragon capsule was destroyed in an explosive accident last month, engineers a few miles away are pressing ahead with the company's 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station set for launch early Friday.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX cargo ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Two days after launching from Cape Canaveral with nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments, an automated SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approached the International Space Station Monday. The Dragon supply ship was grappled by the station's robotic arm at 7:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT).
Blue Origin ‘one step closer’ to human flights after successful suborbital launch
Taking another step toward flying space tourists to the edge of space, Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin again flew its New Shepard suborbital booster Thursday with a package of microgravity research experiments.
Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 17th space station resupply mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments.
Blue Origin readies reusable suborbital launcher for another flight
Blue Origin teams in West Texas are preparing for another launch of the company's reusable New Shepard suborbital rocket Thursday to loft dozens of microgravity research payloads to the edge of space.