This rocket carries satellites and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to orbit. 229 feet Two stage core rocket with two additional side first stage boosters Falcon Heavy is SpaceX's current heavy lifter.

A camera on the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket captured a spectacular view of the Crew Dragon floating away against the limb of the Earth moments after reaching orbit. / Credit: NASA/SpaceX ...

Similar to its pad turnaround operations, SpaceX made great progress with its booster turnaround times in 2024. While in 2023 ...

The spaceflight company led by Elon Musk has so far conducted 129 Falcon 9 launches, two Falcon Heavy launches ... as it also sent Crew-8 and Crew-9 to the space station, along with crew attached ...

Rough seas caused Blue Origin to hold off a planned early Friday launch attempt with is debut of New Glenn, which is now ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites ... the International Space Station and four launches of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. SpaceX’s launches of the Crew-8 and Crew-9 missions as well ...

which launched 14 previous Crew Dragon missions from historic pad 39A at the nearby Kennedy Space Center. After boosting the Falcon 9 out of the dense lower atmosphere, the first stage, making its ...