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Falcon 9 launch delay sets up potential SpaceX ‘doubleheader’ next weekend
SpaceX has pushed back the liftoff of a Bulgarian television broadcast satellite on the company’s second previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket until at least Friday, giving ground crews time to replace a valve on the launcher inside a hangar at its Florida launch pad.
Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Monday after hold-down engine firing
The launch of a commercial Bulgarian television broadcast satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is set for Monday after SpaceX ran through a mock countdown Thursday and test-fired a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket's Merlin main engines.
Video: SpaceX’s second reused Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket ignited its nine Merlin main engines for several seconds Thursday at launch pad 39A in Florida, moving the previously-flown booster closer to a scheduled blastoff Monday with a Bulgarian communications satellite.
VideoBoeing, DARPA to base XS-1 spaceplane at Cape Canaveral
A reusable suborbital spaceplane the size of a business jet being developed by Boeing and the Defense Department's research and development arm could be launching and landing at Cape Canaveral in 2020, officials said after the defense contractor won a competition last month to design and test the vehicle.
U.S. Air Force taps SpaceX to launch next X-37B spaceplane mission
A month after an X-37B mini-space shuttle glided to a landing on Kennedy Space Center's runway in Florida, the U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the spaceplane's next mission will launch in August aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first time.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket takes flight with station-bound cargo craft
Here's another batch of photos from Saturday's Falcon 9 launch from Florida's Space Coast with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies heading for the International Space Station.
Dragon supply ship delivers to space station for second time
A commercial Dragon cargo craft wrapped up a two-day trip to the International Space Station on Monday with a glacial laser-guided final approach before astronauts grasped the supply ship with a robotic arm, completing the refurbished capsule's second journey to the orbiting research complex.
Photos: Falcon 9 rocket takes flight in 100th launch from pad 39A
Catching a break from nearby thunderstorms, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared through mostly cloudy skies into space Saturday on the 100th launch from historic pad 39A in Florida, sending a fresh batch of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.
Reused Dragon cargo capsule launched on journey to space station
A refurbished robotic Dragon spaceship rocketed into orbit from Florida on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, hauling nearly 6,000 pounds of crew provisions and biological, astrophysics and space technology experiments on a two-day trip to the International Space Station.
Watch a replay of the Falcon 9 launch with Dragon
Watch the launch of a commercial Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, as seen live on NASA Television.