SpaceX to launch space station docking port for NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX aims to launch another load of space station supplies for NASA, including a critical docking port needed by new U.S. crew capsules set to debut next year. The...
View ArticleSpaceX launches ISS docking port for NASA, nails 2nd ground landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a critical space station docking port for astronauts early Monday, along with a DNA decoder for high-flying genetic research. As an extra treat, the company...
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon delivers docking port to space station after destroying first one
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX finally made good on its delivery of a space station docking port Wednesday morning. A Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station, bearing more than 2...
View ArticleFacebook’s first satellite destroyed in SpaceX explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Facebook’s first satellite was destroyed when a massive explosion rocked a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a test for the weekend’s launch. There were no injuries, but the...
View ArticleBest weather satellite ever built rockets into space
var _ndnq = _ndnq || []; _ndnq.push([’embed’]); CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to...
View ArticleSpaceX’s 1st launch since rocket blast now bumped to January
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s first launch since a rocket explosion at the pad has slipped to January. The company said Wednesday it needs more time. So instead of launching in mid-December, SpaceX...
View ArticleSpaceX launches communication satellite on third try
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has launched a communication satellite on the third try. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off Wednesday evening from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It successfully...
View ArticleSpaceX boss Musk: First launch of big new rocket will be risky
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s chief says the first launch of its big new rocket is risky and stands “a real good chance” of failure. Founder Elon Musk told a space station research conference...
View ArticleSpaceX 1st: Recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX racked up another first on Friday, launching a recycled rocket with a recycled capsule on a grocery run for NASA. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted...
View ArticleNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft visits farthest object ever explored
LAUREL, Md. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has survived humanity’s most distant exploration of another world. Ten hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter 4 billion miles (6.4 billion...
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