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Launch timeline for Falcon Heavy’s first launch for the U.S. Air Force
SpaceX’s third Falcon Heavy rocket is set for liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the heavy-lift launcher will head on an easterly course over the Atlantic Ocean atop more than 5 million pounds of thrust.
Photos: Falcon Heavy reaches pad 39A for its first night launch
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then was raised vertical at the seaside launch complex early Monday in preparation for a late-night liftoff with two dozen weather observation and technology demonstration satellites.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lifts off from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) to begin a three-and-a-half hour mission to deliver two dozen satellites into three distinct orbits. The Falcon Heavy's two side boosters returned to Cape Canaveral for successful landings, but the center core stage crashed during a landing attempt on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
VideoFalcon Heavy to flex muscles on demanding demo launch for U.S. Air Force
On its third flight Monday night, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will fly to three different orbits with two dozen spacecraft on a mission set to last more than six hours, prompting SpaceX founder Elon Musk to declare it the company's "most difficult launch ever."
Watch NASA’s STP-2 technology briefing
Watch as NASA holds a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center on the four agency technology payloads that are part of the STP-2 mission flying into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Watch a 4K video replay of Falcon Heavy’s static fire test (members only)
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon Heavy rocket Wednesday night at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch June 24 with a stack of weather observation and technology demonstration satellites.
Watch time-lapse of Falcon Heavy going upright (members only)
In this time-lapse video, a Falcon Heavy rocket is lifted into position atop launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in readiness for a pre-flight test firing of its 27 Merlin main engines.
Live coverage: Falcon Heavy engines test-fired for launch next week
SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy launch for the U.S. Air Force took a major step closer to liftoff with a hold-down engine firing Wednesday night at launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff with a cluster of experimental satellites and weather monitoring craft is set for June 24.
Photos: Falcon 9’s fog-enshrouded launch and landing at Vandenberg
These photos show the June 12 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with three Earth-observing satellites for Canada's Radarsat Constellation Mission.
Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired through a dense shroud of coastal fog and climbed into orbit Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, deploying a trio of radar observation satellites to begin a $900 million mission surveying the Arctic, maritime waters, forests and farmland for the Canadian government.