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For the first time ever in Florida, SpaceX was able to land one of its Falcon 9 rockets just minutes after lifting off from an adjacent launch pad. It also means that NASA’s four Crew-12 members are on their long commute to the International Space Station.
SpaceX halted Falcon 9 launches for a week while it investigated that issue, which was traced to a fuel leak in one of the booster's nine Merlin engines. This leak led to a fire shortly after touchdown, which weakened a landing leg and caused the vehicle to tip over.
The understaffed International Space Station will soon have four new crew members to bring the team size back up to seven, thanks to the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday. The rocket carried a SpaceX Dragon capsule with Crew-12 aboard,
After previous weather delays, SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to launch NASA's Crew-12 mission Friday at 5:15 a.m. EST, visible across portions of the Eastern U.S.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit tonight from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. [...]
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SpaceX restarts Falcon 9 flights with massive Starlink launch
SpaceX has restarted its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket with a high profile Starlink mission, restoring a launch cadence that underpins both the company’s business model and its satellite internet ambitions.
NASA and SpaceX sent a crew to the International Space Station in the pre-dawn hours of Friday in the Florida coast’s first human spaceflight of the year.