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FAA grounds Falcon 9 after rare booster landing failure

For the second time in under two months, the Federal Aviation Administration has halted SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches, following a failed booster recovery that ended in a fiery destruction on the deck of ...
SpaceX’s recent launch involved another successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, but this time marked a Falcon Heavy center core booster launching and landing as a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket. The ...
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy sends final GOES-R satellite to orbit

The fourth and final spacecraft in NOAA’s GOES-R series began its journey to geostationary orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...
A double sonic boom sounded throughout Brevard County as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a payload to space and landed two boosters back on Earth. This was the rocket's first appearance on the Space ...
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is preparing to make a long-awaited return to the skies above Florida, ending an 18-month absence that began after the rocket’s most distant mission to date. The enormous ...
The 85th orbital launch from the Space Coast in 2025 also marked a milestone for SpaceX with the 500th successful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster. The early Thursday morning launch came as the ...
It's another end of an era for SpaceX, as one of its drone ships returns to Port Canaveral with a Falcon 9 booster for a final time — all in support of the next big rocket, Starship. The "Just Read ...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a significant increase in Falcon 9 launches from one Florida launch pad as it takes public input on plans for Starship launches from ...