Tag: Kennedy Space Center
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SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satellite
Story updated at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) with SpaceX statement. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at pad 39A before a launch earlier this year. Credit: SpaceX Liftoff of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a European-built television broadcast satellite has been pushed back from Saturday until at…
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Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is test-fired Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX test-fired a reused Falcon 9 booster Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, checking the rocket’s readiness for a planned liftoff Saturday with an Airbus-built commercial communications satellite. The two-stage rocket, featuring a previously-flown first stage booster,…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off and lands at Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on Thursday, then its first stage booster touched down on a nearby landing target after sending a U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane toward orbit. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 39A at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with the…
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Live coverage: Irma knocks out power at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of Hurricane Irma’s impacts on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 45th Space Wing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Hurricane Hurricane Irma Kennedy Space Center Mission Status Center Weather
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Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s liftoff with X-37B spaceplane
Video credit: Spaceflight Now Watch a replay of Thursday morning’s Falcon 9 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this view recorded from the press site around 3 miles from pad 39A. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 39A at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 blasts off with X-37B mini-shuttle
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Watch on a mobile device.
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Video: Falcon 9 fires away from pad 39A
Video credit: Spaceflight Now This zoomed-in shot shows SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket firing off launch pad 39A Thursday with the U.S. military’s X-37B spaceplane. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from pad 39A at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane, a robotic miniature space shuttle that can operate without…
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Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Irma
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An aerial view of the Vehicle Assembly Building and surrounding facilities, including the Space Launch System’s mobile launch platform. Credit: NASA/KSC With an eye on fast-moving Hurricane Irma, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday while NASA and contractor personnel rushed to prepare…
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SpaceX beats hurricane with smooth launch of military’s X-37B spaceplane
Credit: SpaceX Succeeding on a one-shot launch attempt before Hurricane Irma shuts down the Cape Canaveral spaceport, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into orbit Thursday with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane, a reusable robotic mini-shuttle that could stay aloft for years with clandestine on-board experiments. Burning a super-chilled mixture of kerosene and liquid…