WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded Thursday on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, dealing a blow to the California-based company's ambitious space exploration project, and even America's commercial space industry. The explosion, which occurred at 9:07 ...
SpaceX Starlink 12-12 launchJanuary 10 January 10, 1:05 p.m. EST (1805 GMT): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 21 Starlink satellites into orbit, including 13 with the direct-to-cell capability, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Blue Orig...
A SpaceX rocket may have exploded on its pad during a test ahead of a launch this weekend, reports say. ByMiriam KrameronSeptember 1, 2016 Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Flipboard The aftermath of the September 1 explosion.Credit: Ian Dawson ...
CAPE CANAVERAL (CBSMiami/AP) — Packed with more than two tons of supplies for the International Space Station, an unmanned SpaceX rocket is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral ready to go. The cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off Monday at 4:58 p.m. NASA spent much of the weekend ...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, meant to launch a satellite this weekend, exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida around 9:07AM ET. The explosion occurred during the preparation for the static fire test of the rocket's engines, and no one was injured, according to SpaceX. The ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA started the countdown Monday for this week’s planned liftoff of its new moon rocket, although hurricane damage could cause yet another delay for the test flight. Hurricane Nicole’s high winds caused a 10-foot (3-meter) section of caulking to peel away...
Abe Freels was athree-decade Titan veteran working as the Lockheed Martin senior programengineer at Cape Canaveral. He was one of 30 brought to Vandenberg to helplaunch the last vehicle, but died suddenly earlier this month. In an interview on the eve ofthe Cape's final Titan launch in Apr...
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA After replacing and recharging batteries in the Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA ground teams plan to roll the more than 30-story-tall Space Launch System rocket back to its launch pad early...
SpaceX has landed its fifth Falcon 9 rocket booster back on land after launching a spacecraft to orbit for NASA. In doing so, it became the first private company to launch the same cargo capsule into orbit more than once. The landing -- which took place at Cape Canaveral -- came about...
Watching the launch, "it was this elated feeling of something I touched is in space," Cross told ABC News today on the bus ride home from the launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. "And then hearing the news, it was devastating and disappointing." It was the second loss in recent ...