SpaceX has scaled back the daring rocket-landing test that it plans to perform after it launches a space weather satellite today (Feb. 11). The private spaceflight company had intended to try landing the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an "autonomous spaceport drone ship" in the Atla...
On the afternoon of May 5th, 2021, at 05:24 PM local time, SpaceX made its fifth attempt at a high-altitude test flight and soft landing with a Starship prototype. Given the outcomes of the previous test, this event had many people on the edge of their seats. In all four at...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket sends NASA's Europa Clipper into space from its Florida launch pad. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) NASA’sEuropa Clipper spacecrafttoday began its six-year cruise to the Jupiter system, with the goal of determining whether one of the giant planet’s moons has ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new reusability record, on what may have been its final flight. The Falcon 9 launched 21 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites today (Aug. 28), lifting off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:48 a.m. EDT (0748 GMT). It was the ...
Following the launch, SpaceX successfully landed a Falcon 9 rocket booster onto a drone ship, named "Just Read the Instructions," in the Pacific Ocean. Monday marked SpaceX’s 17th landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster, which have taken place on both coasts and at sea and on land. ...
SEE ALSO: SpaceX misses its rocket landing on a drone ship... again The private spaceflight company founded by Elon Musk is also hoping to bring the first stage of the rocket back down to Earth, landing it on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean successfully for the first time....
SpaceX Rocket Launch Schedule: Live Video Feed, Trajectory, Location, Booster Landing Information Today & Upcoming - Space Launch Schedule
First stage fleet leader: B1062, 23 flights (booster lost on landing) California landings to date: 20 Florida landings to date: 54 Droneship landings to date: 267 (not counting today's flight) Successful booster landings overall: 341
Following a smooth cargo launch, a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster touches down successfully on a drone ship
SpaceX will try to land a rocket on a ship at sea for the third time in less than two months on Friday (May 27), and you can watch the exciting spaceflight action live.