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Falcon 9 rocket test-fired for California launch next week

August 19, 2017

A commercial Falcon 9 rocket in the final stages of launch preparations fired its nine Merlin main engines Saturday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, verifying its readiness for liftoff with a Taiwanese Earth-imaging payload Thursday.

SpaceX informed NASA of slowdown in its commercial Mars program

August 18, 2017

Confirming rumors and suspicions that SpaceX is adjusting its plans to begin dispatching robotic landers to Mars, NASA officials said the commercial space company has informed the agency that it has put its Red Dragon program on the back burner.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral

August 17, 2017

Look back on Monday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in this gallery of photos captured by remote cameras at the launch pad, plus views of the first stage returning to Cape Canaveral for a propulsive landing.

Station crew captures Dragon supply ship, gets early start on unpacking

August 16, 2017

Two days after departing from a launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 6,400 pounds of experiments and supplies after concluding an automated laser-guided approach.

SpaceX launches cargo capsule full of science experiments

August 14, 2017

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into space Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a column of gleaming exhaust, shooting a commercial resupply vessel toward the International Space Station with research projects looking into cosmic rays, the origin of Parkinson’s disease, the utility of small satellites and an experimental radiation-tolerant supercomputer.

4K video replay liftoff Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff on station cargo flight

August 14, 2017

Check out a 4K video clip of Monday’s Falcon 9 launch viewed from Spaceflight Now’s office at the Kennedy Space Center.

Watch a liftoff-to-landing replay of Monday’s SpaceX launch

August 14, 2017

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, then the launcher’s first stage returned to landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after sending a Dragon supply ship toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Falcon 9 rocket test-fired for California launch next week

SpaceX informed NASA of slowdown in its commercial Mars program

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral

Station crew captures Dragon supply ship, gets early start on unpacking

SpaceX launches cargo capsule full of science experiments

4K video replay liftoff Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff on station cargo flight

Watch a liftoff-to-landing replay of Monday’s SpaceX launch

Video: Falcon 9 launch viewed from KSC press site

Video: Time-lapse of Falcon 9 rocket raised for launch at pad 39A

Photos: SpaceX rolls out rocket for next station resupply flight