![Last-second computer glitch scrubs Sunday’s launch of Intelsat satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9]()
The countdown was proceeding as planned until a guidance computer triggered an abort 10 seconds before the scheduled 7:36 p.m. Eastern liftoff from Florida.
![Iridium plans to launch four more sets of next-generation satellites this year]()
CEO Matt Desch said the next batch of 10 Iridium Next satellites is scheduled for launch June 29.
![SpaceX launches first spy satellite after 24-hour hold]()
The company successfully landed the first stage booster after fairing separation of the NRO payload.
![Static firing of SpaceX reused Falcon Monday clears way for launch Thursday]()
The launch will be the first to use a previously flown first stage, in this case a stage that launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft last April.
![SpaceX Leases Florida Launch Pad for Falcon Landings]()
SpaceX plans to convert a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, into a landing pad for the reusable rocket boosters it is developing to power its Falcon family of rockets.
![Planetary Society Sets May Launch for Solar Sail Experiment]()
Hoping that the third time is the charm, the Planetary Society announced Jan. 26 that it will launch a solar sail experiment in May as a secondary payload on an Atlas 5 rocket.
![Falcon 9 Crash-landing Video Loop is Mesmerizing]()
There's something downright mesmerizing about this six-second video loop SpaceX posted Jan. 16 showing the Falcon 9's first stage crash land on the company's “autonomous spaceport drone ship.”
![Next Falcon 9 Launch Could See First-stage Platform Landing]()
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will attempt to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean on its next mission.
![AsiaSat 6 Launch on Falcon 9 Delayed until Further Notice]()
SpaceX said it would take one to two weeks to re-examine potential failure modes of its Falcon 9 rocket.
![Falcon 9 Test Vehicle Destroyed in Accident]()
An experimental version of a Falcon 9 first stage used to test technologies for future reusable versions of that launch vehicle was destroyed during a flight Aug. 22 at SpaceX’s Texas test site.
