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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 15th space station resupply mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,900 pounds of supplies and experiments.
Commercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch Friday
A Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship, primarily using previously-flown hardware, are scheduled for liftoff before dawn Friday at Cape Canaveral on SpaceX's 15th cargo launch to the International Space Station under contract to NASA.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station
A SpaceX-owned Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of cargo arrived at the International Space Station on Monday after a three-day trip from Cape Canaveral. The station's robotic arm grappled the cargo capsule at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 GMT).
SpaceX test-fires reused rocket in preparation for space station cargo mission
A rocket booster SpaceX used to launch a planet-hunting NASA observatory two months ago fired again Saturday at Cape Canaveral, clearing a major pre-flight checkout before blastoff June 29 with a space station supply ship.
SpaceX plans new facilities at KSC to support more launches, landings
An airport-like viewing tower standing up to 30 stories tall is the centerpiece of SpaceX's planned rocket refurbishment and operations base proposed for vacant land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
New photos illustrate progress in SpaceX’s fairing recovery attempts
Photos released by SpaceX this week show how close the company's payload fairing retrieval ship got to catching two halves of a nose shroud jettisoned from a Falcon 9 rocket that launched May 22 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Photos: Blues skies make for spectacular Falcon 9 launch in California
A threatening layer of clouds stayed away from SpaceX's launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, allowing for clear viewing of a spectacular Falcon 9 launch carrying commercial and scientific satellites into polar orbit.
Rideshare launch by SpaceX serves commercial and scientific customers
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage climbed into orbit Tuesday from California's Central Coast, carrying five satellites to upgrade Iridium's global messaging service and two research craft to study Earth's water cycle.
Video: Falcon 9 lifts off with Iridium and GRACE-Follow On satellites
SpaceX's tenth launch of the year took off Tuesday from California's Central Coast on a unique ridehsare mission to add satellites to Iridium's communications network and replace two Earth science satellites which ended their observations last year.
VideoLive coverage: Iridium satellites, climate research craft lift off from California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Tuesday with five communications satellites for Iridium's commercial voice, data relay, and tracking network, and a pair of U.S.-German research craft to probe Earth's climate and water cycle. Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, occurred at 12:47 p.m. PDT (3:47 p.m. EDT; 1947 GMT).