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Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon stand tall at pad 39A

March 1, 2019

These photos show the 215-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft at launch pad 39A, ready for liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on a critical test flight to the International Space Station.

Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon arrive at pad 39A for launch

March 1, 2019

SpaceX rolled the first Crew Dragon spacecraft out to a Florida launch pad Thursday for final preparations ahead of a test flight to the International Space Station.

Watch the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon arrive at the launch pad (members only)

March 1, 2019

The Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket roll to the launch pad on a foggy Florida morning before going upright shortly before sunset later in the day.

Live coverage: Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth

March 1, 2019

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft wrapped up its five-day stay at the International Space Station at 2:31 a.m. EST (0731 GMT) Friday with a smooth undocking, then nailed an on-target splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida at 8:45 a.m. EST (1345 GMT).

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ready for first test flight

February 28, 2019

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft, fixed to the forward end of a Falcon 9 rocket, emerged Thursday from the company’s hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the quarter-mile journey to its launch mount at pad 39A, where liftoff is scheduled early Saturday on a critical test flight before astronauts strap into the ship later this year.

Forecasters expect good weather for Crew Dragon test launch Saturday

February 26, 2019

The first official launch weather outlook issued Tuesday by U.S. Air Force meteorologists predicts an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for the predawn liftoff Saturday of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on a test flight to the International Space Station.

Take an aerial 4K video tour of the Crew Dragon atop Falcon 9

February 26, 2019

Take an aerial 4K video tour of the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 rocket on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center during earlier pre-launch testing.

Photos: Falcon 9 flight marks Cape Canaveral’s first launch of 2019

February 25, 2019

The first launch from Cape Canaveral this year placed into orbit an Indonesian communications satellite, a privately-funded Israeli moon lander, and an experimental space surveillance microsatellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Scorched SpaceX rocket returns to port in Florida, ready to launch a fourth time

February 25, 2019

Singed and blackened from three fiery trips to the edge of space and back, a Falcon 9 rocket returned to Cape Canaveral on Sunday after a mission last that week carried the Israeli Beresheet moon lander into orbit, ready for inspections before attempting a fourth — and likely final — launch this spring.

NASA, SpaceX clear Crew Dragon for critical March 2 test flight

February 23, 2019

NASA managers held a flight readiness review Friday and cleared SpaceX to press ahead with work to ready a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon commercial ferry ship for launch March 2 on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station.