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The Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" moon lander captured views of the SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage and Earth post deployment. Credit: Intuitive Machines / SpaceX | edited by Space.com
Californians could soon be able to see another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on a Starlink mission. Where are some spots to catch liftoff?
See a SpaceX Falcon 9 fairing separate and expose a batch of Starlink satellites to the vacuum of space. Cameras aboard both halves of the fairing captured the footage. Credit: Space.com | footage cou
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from California on a TRACERS satellite mission for NASA. What time is liftoff, and will it be visible in Arizona?
A Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Vandenberg SFB on Friday,
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Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets have now notched 249 consecutive successful missions dating back to a pre-flight explosion in 2016 of a Falcon 9 on its launch pad in Florida.
The payload is listed as "Commercial GTO-1," which the company hasn't used before. The Dror-1 satellite uses mostly Israeli technology.
The commercial spaceflight company is headquartered at Starbase in South Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. The site, which is where SpaceX has been conducting routine flight tests of its 400-foot megarocket known as Starship, was recently voted by residents to become its own city.
The Falcon 9, which is the smallest vehicle among SpaceX's fleet of rockets, is the linchpin of the US rocket industry. Already in 2024, it has carried out more than 60 missions.
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has noted that it scrubbed a SpaceX launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base. This is a developing story. It will be updated as additional details become available.