SpaceX closes out record year with 26th launch
The launch came two days later than planned because of higher-than-normal pressure in the rocket's second stage liquid oxygen tank that triggered a last-minute "auto abort" Thursday.
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The launch came two days later than planned because of higher-than-normal pressure in the rocket's second stage liquid oxygen tank that triggered a last-minute "auto abort" Thursday.
Under new management, OneWeb launches a fourth batch of internet satellites.
The launching was the 25th Falcon 9 flight this year as SpaceX continues a rapid-fire cadence.
SpaceX on Sunday shot off a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a powerful next-generation SiriusXM radio satellite, chalking up the California rocket builder's 25th flight to orbit so far this year. Watch the launch here.
The launching marked the first from the renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Despite the setback, an elated Elon Musk says valuable data was collected.
The Dragon 2 is the first U.S. cargo ship capable of autonomous docking at the International Space Station.
SpaceX on Sunday launched a revamped Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The redesigned Dragon will carry cargo and science experiments to the ISS crew. CBSN's Omar Villafranca reports.
The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage set a new record, making its seventh flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The Sentinel-6 satellite is the first of two in a billion-dollar program to monitor Earth's oceans.
Rookie astronaut Victor Glover calls the view from space "surreal."
Five astronauts, including four who launched Sunday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience," held a news conference Thursday from the International Space Station about how their mission is going. Watch their remarks from NASA TV.
Four astronauts lifted-off on a historic NASA mission. Mark Strassmann has more on the first team of astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket.
NASA aims to end reliance on Russia with first operational flight of Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX and NASA are teaming up to send "Crew-1" to the International Space Station. Four astronauts are set for launch Saturday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will include former Navy test pilot Victor Glover, a first-time flyer who will be the first Black astronaut to stay for a long-duration mission. Mark Strassmann reports.
After six years, two successful test flights and a multibillion-dollar investment in American enterprise, NASA launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first government-certified flight of a commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The historic joint effort between NASA and SpaceX, called Crew-1, to launch a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station has been delayed citing weather conditions. While there were no issues with the launch, the decision to delay was made out of concerns about the landing. Mark Strassmann reports.
A scheduled SpaceX launch is set to open a new era for America's space program, with crews routinely launching to the International Space Station using commercially developed spacecrafts. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
The launch was expected to give NASA the data needed to press ahead with the next Crew Dragon fight to space station.
SpaceX is replacing two suspect engines in the Falcon 9 rocket that will boost four astronauts to the space station.
The launch will mark the first operational flight by SpaceX's commercially developed Crew Dragon spacecraft.
With Saturday's launch, SpaceX has put 895 Starlinks into orbit, 180 of them — more satellites than any other company owns -- in less than three weeks.
It was the first of two planned Starlink launchings in just three days.
Launch delay will give engineers more time to resolve an engine turbopump issue on a different rocket
Shrugging off a Falcon 9 launch abort last week and a scrub Monday, SpaceX fired 60 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Tuesday, the 13th batch in a fast-growing global network of broadband relay stations. CBS Los Angeles reports.