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SpaceX's next Starlink launch to mark biggest rocket reusability milestone yet [webcast]

If everything goes as planned, SpaceX's next 60-satellite Starlink launch will soon push the Falcon rocket family to the halfway…

SpaceX's next rocket launch on track to break a 20-month-old booster reusability record

Scheduled as early as next week, SpaceX's next rocket launch could see the company break a 20-month-old record that is…

SpaceX’s first ever Block 5 booster gives one last hurrah, in photos

After helping SpaceX enter a new era of routine rocket reusability, the very first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster is…

SpaceX skips Falcon 9 landing leg retraction on record-breaking booster

Four days after it returned to port, SpaceX quickly brought its latest recovered Falcon 9 booster horizontal, the last step…

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster returns to port on a drone ship for the first time in six months

On November 15th, Falcon 9 booster B1048 returned to port aboard a SpaceX drone ship, the first such return in…

SpaceX’s upcoming Starlink launch will set a record for Falcon 9 booster reuse

SpaceX's next launch will fly on a Falcon 9 Block 5 booster with three flights in its history, making the…

SpaceX executive says Falcon 9 is waiting for customer satellites for the first time ever

Speaking on a panel at 2019's World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), SpaceX COO and President says that the company and…

SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 booster destined for Crew Dragon’s astronaut launch debut

SpaceX announced that it has successfully completed a routine static fire acceptance test of the Falcon 9 booster that will…

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster spotted in Southern California on journey to Florida

On August 20th, a member of a local California Facebook group happened to spot a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster in…

SpaceX teases extreme Falcon 9 launch cadence goals in Starship planning doc

Published as part of an August 2019 environmental assessment (EA) draft for Starship's prospective Pad 39A launch facilities, SpaceX revealed…

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5’s second expendable launch a bittersweet success

Likely some 10 minutes after lifting off for the third time from a SpaceX launch pad, Falcon 9 Block 5…

SpaceX sends Falcon 9’s West Coast drone ship to the Panama Canal in surprise move

In a surprise turn of events, SpaceX has decided to send Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) - one of the…

SpaceX delays expendable Falcon 9 satellite launch for an unprecedented second static fire test

First reported by NASASpaceflight.com, SpaceX has delayed Falcon 9 B1047.2's third and final launch due to issues with the booster's…

SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 for expendable Block 5 launch as bad weather threatens delays

SpaceX has fired up twice-flown Falcon 9 booster B1047 ahead of Block 5's second expendable launch ever, but the company…

SpaceX transports Falcon 9 to launch site ahead of Block 5’s second expendable launch ever

Photos published on July 28th by customer Spacecom show a sooty SpaceX Falcon 9 booster and fresh upper stage on…

SpaceX retracts Falcon 9 booster’s landing legs a second time after speedy reuse

Following the Falcon 9 booster's second successful NASA launch in less than three months, SpaceX recovery technicians have once again…

SpaceX Falcon 9 nears NASA’s first flight-proven Block 5 launch after static fire delays

After multiple days of delays, many a finger is crossed that SpaceX will be able to perform a critical static…

SpaceX sets new Falcon 9 Block 5 reusability milestones for second half of 2019

Speaking at 2019's Asia-Pacific Satellite (APSAT) Conference, SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller - squeezed into a sea…

SpaceX’s first flight-proven Falcon Heavy Block 5 launch and landing in photos

Aside from center core B1057's unfortunate demise, Falcon Heavy's third launch was a huge success, placing two dozen satellites into…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Falcon Heavy’s center core missed the drone ship

Some 12 hours after Falcon Heavy successfully completed what Elon Musk described as the SpaceX's "most difficult launch ever", the…