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Photos: Falcon 9 rockets into dusky sky
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday after a 49-minute weather hold to wait for clouds to thin out overhead. The rocket finally lifted off into an overcast sky with a communications satellite built for Turkmenistan at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT). Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo credit: SpaceX Photo…
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Falcon 9 rocket powers into space with satellite for Turkmenistan
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 GMT) after a 49-minute weather delay. Credit: SpaceX A communications satellite for Turkmenistan soared into orbit Monday, climbing through gloomy skies over Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to give the Central Asian nation its first foothold in space. After waiting 49…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches its fifth Falcon 9 flight of the year
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX’s mission patch for the Falcon 9 launch with TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters will be watching clouds and rain showers during the countdown before Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Turkmenistan’s first communications satellite. The 22-story rocket is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral during a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:14…
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No time wasted in SpaceX’s rapid-fire launch campaign
Updated with new launch date. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Hours after launching a batch of cargo and provisions to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX ground teams wheeled another Falcon 9 rocket into the hangar at Cape Canaveral for a commercial satellite launch…
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Photos: Tuesday’s SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
A sun-splashed Florida afternoon was the setting for Tuesday’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket, which fired its nine-engine booster stage and climbed into space with a commercial cargo spacecraft en route to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Images from Falcon 9’s launch and landing
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, powering a commercial Dragon cargo ship into orbit while trying a dicey descent maneuver to return to landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says the booster touched down hard and tipped over after landing. Photo credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Photo credit:…
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Falcon 9 successfully launches, descends to off-balance landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 GMT). Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral with a 2.2-ton package of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station on Tuesday, but the booster toppled over after descending to a barge parked in the…
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Nearby storms keep Falcon 9 rocket grounded
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket awaits Monday’s launch attempt. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Hazardous anvil clouds approaching from a nearby thunderstorm forced SpaceX to abort the takeoff of a Falcon 9 launcher Monday, delaying the start of an International Space Station resupply mission and a bold attempt to recover the rocket intact on an ocean-going platform. The…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown, launch and rendezvous of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship for the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.