US FAA authorizes SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle for Monday flight
WEB1 day ago · The FAA on Sept. 30 said SpaceX must investigate why the second stage of its Falcon 9 malfunctioned after a NASA astronaut mission, grounding the launch vehicle for the third time in three months.
Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission - SpaceNews
WEB1 hour ago · Credit: SpaceX webcast. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Falcon 9 successfully launched a European asteroid mission Oct. 7 in a partial return to flight for the rocket. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape ...
SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage deorbit anomaly
WEBSep 29, 2024 · WASHINGTON — SpaceX is suspending launches of its Falcon 9 rocket after a problem with the deorbit burn of the upper stage on a crewed launch Sept. 28, the second upper stage anomaly in less...
SpaceX rocket grounded as two key human spaceflight missions loom - CNN
WEBAug 28, 2024 · SpaceX’s prolific Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded for the second time in two months after federal regulators said they wanted to review a wayward landing attempt that occurred Wednesday...
Falcon 9 - SpaceX
WEBFalcon 9 generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level. The nine Merlin engines on the first stage are gradually throttled near the end of first-stage flight to limit launch vehicle acceleration as the rocket’s mass decreases with the burning of fuel.
SpaceX bounces back from Falcon 9 failure with successful …
WEBJul 27, 2024 · The July 11 failure resulted from a leak of liquid oxygen, which prevented the Falcon 9's upper stage from performing an orbit-raising burn as planned. SpaceX's anomaly investigation...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 grounded after failure dooms batch of Starlink ...
WEBJul 13, 2024 · SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 18th mission
WEBNov 4, 2023 · A Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:37 p.m. EDT (0047 GMT on Nov. 4). It was the...
SpaceX is stretching the lifetime of its reusable Falcon 9 boosters ...
WEBJul 10, 2023 · The late-night liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of Starlink Internet satellites on Sunday set a new record for the most flights by a SpaceX launch vehicle, with a first-stage...
FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission - SpaceNews
WEB22 hours ago · In an Oct. 6 statement, the FAA stated it authorized a return to flight for the Falcon 9 solely for the Hera mission, scheduled to lift off no earlier than Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...