SpaceX has successfully launched and landed a recycled Falcon 9 rocket for the second time, according to The Verge. The rocket’s first stage — the 14-story-tall core that houses the fuel and the rocket’s main engines — touched down on ...

For today’s launch, the craft was filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo including supplies, equipment, special telescopes to study neutron stars, mice, and even thousands of fruit flies. The craft launched from the historic Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad ...

The Falcon 9 is all set for a historic Thursday (June 1) launch from KSC’s famous Pad 39A that will send a used spacecraft skyward — a rare feat accomplished by just a few vehicles, including the Air Force’s robotic ...

The Inmarsat-owned satellite, built by Boeing, was originally scheduled to fly on a larger rocket, the Falcon Heavy, that SpaceX hopes to debut later this year, according to Quartz. Flying the big bird on a smaller rocket required some sacrifices ...

SpaceX has been promising to fly its next big rocket, the Falcon Heavy, for about four years now — but in a new video released Tuesday, the company revealed the vehicle may be finally getting ready for its maiden voyage, ...

Shortly after the main section of SpaceX’s first recycled Falcon 9 booster landed itself on a platform in the ocean, half of the rocket’s nosecone, which protected a communications satellite during launch, splashed down via parachute nearby, according to Reuters. ...

The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this evening, sending a communications satellite into orbit, and then landed on one of SpaceX’s drone ships floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was round two for this particular rocket, which already ...

Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company is going to take another swing at history today: for the first time, SpaceX plans to take a Falcon 9 rocket that successfully launched and landed in April 2016 and try to launch it to ...

The robotic Dragon cargo ship splashed down off the coast of Baja California where it could be swiftly retrieved by a recovery team, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Space.com. The space capsule left the station early Sunday after being released ...

The launch took place at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday, NRP reports. Shortly after the launch, the two-stage rocket detached its first stage, which subsequently landed safely on a platform in the Pacific Ocean. The Falcon 9 rocket ...

This was SpaceX’s fourth attempt to land the Falcon 9 post-launch on an autonomous drone ship floating in the ocean. CEO Elon Musk said the rocket “landed hard” on the drone ship, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Verge. The ...

As the company wrote in video’s description, “SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver SES-9, a commercial communications satellite for SES, to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SES is a world-leading satellite operator that provides satellite-enabled communications services to broadcasters, Internet ...

The first-ever yearlong mission to the International Space Station (ISS) wraps up on Tuesday, March 1, the same day that SpaceX aims to launch a communications satellite and land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a ship ...

The rocket landing attempt will come during the launch of the SES-9 commercial communications satellite for SpaceX customer SES. Liftoff is scheduled to take place today at 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida; ...