The journey to the upper atmosphere and back again took the Falcon 9 first-stage booster just eight ... returning to Earth and conducting a vertical landing without any rapid unscheduled disassembly.

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...

SpaceX launched the Hisdesat SpainSat Next Generation I via a Falcon 9 rocket out of Kennedy Space Center Wednesday night.

This was the Falcon 9 first-stage booster's 21st flight. Due to the power needed to get to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, SpaceX did not attempt to land and recover the booster. When is the next ...

In August, another grounding was triggered by the failure of a Falcon 9 first stage to land back on Earth, a mishap that did not affect mission success. The company returned to flight three days ...

Just over eight minutes into the flight, the second-stage and satellite safely reached Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster used on this launch saw its 21st and final flight. SpaceX said ...