SpaceX launched Qatar’s Es’hail-2 spacecraft Thursday, using a Falcon 9 rocket to place the communications satellite into orbit. Falcon lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at the start of a 101-minute window that opened at 15:46 Eastern Time (20:46 UTC). Thursday’s mission used a flight-proven Falcon 9 booster, making its second mission.
SpaceX is finishing its years-long campaign to return Launch Pad 39A to crew operations. Following…
Just two weeks after the announcement of the NASA astronauts who will fly the company’s…
Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is preparing for a return to crew…
In a year that should see both SpaceX and Boeing conduct the uncrewed test flights…
SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand…
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch the…
Engineers have begun to install the new Flame Deflector into the Flame Trench of Pad…
A moment nearly six years in the making. Fire and flame returned to the historic…
SpaceX has officially announced a mission swap, resulting in the Falcon 9 launch of the…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted her Static Fire test on Monday, a dress rehearsal milestone…
SpaceX has conducted a rollout of its giant Transporter/Erector strongback system at the Kennedy Space…
Both of the iconic pads at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) are being revamped for…
SpaceX’s new rocket system, the Falcon Heavy, is continuing preparations for her 2015 debut, with…
One of the final upgrades to Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B will begin in earnest,…
SpaceX has confirmed it is now into the construction phase of converting Kennedy Space Center’s…
Following the recent success of the Falcon 9 launch with six ORBCOMM spacecraft, SpaceX is…
Major pad modification work is continuing to take place at Pad 39B, ahead of hosting…
Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is fast returning to the status of an active launch…
Following was Atlantis’ last – and rather eventful – final full day at Launch Pad…