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A Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 8 carrying NASA's PACE Earth science spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 placed a NASA Earth science satellite into orbit Feb. 8 ...

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On May 13, 2025, at 1:02 a.m. EDT (0502 GMT), SpaceX launched another mission to build out its Starlink network. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launching 28 ...

The malfunction, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches for the Falcon 9 rocket. By Kenneth Chang The second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sustained a rare but ...

The Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara, California, serves military space launch missions as well as launches for NASA and commercial entities like SpaceX. But how do all those launches ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft, launched Dec. 16, was developed by NASA and the French space agency CNES to study changing water levels in oceans and lakes. Credit: CNES ...

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch with 29 Starlink satellites. SpaceX prepares for Starship missions, potentially affecting Falcon 9 launch frequency.