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Nine Merlin main engines propel a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into the sky over the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Trailing a brilliant orange flame, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into orbit Thursday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a Dragon…

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MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer June 3, 2021Updated: June 3, 2021 3:20 p.m. 1of21A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon 2 spacecraft lifts off on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for a re-supply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, June 3, 2021.John Raoux/APShow MoreShow…

by Jeff Foust — June 3, 2021 A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft after separation from the upper stage of its Falcon 9 rocket June 3. Visible in the trunk section of the Dragon are two solar arrays, in their rolled-up configuration, that will be installed on the space station. Credit:…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Thursday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 7,300 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 1:29 p.m. EDT (1729 GMT) Thursday from pad…

The US isn’t keeping up with the proliferation of new spacecraft in low-earth orbit, and the potential consequences are serious. Megaconstellations, like those developed by SpaceX and OneWeb, will add tens of thousands of new satellites to the environment around the planet. University of Southampton professor Hugh Lewis used data…

A Falcon 9 rocket is test-fired early Thursday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX ignited a Falcon 9 rocket for a 10-second test-firing early Thursday on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, clearing a pre-flight check before a mission set to blast off…

by Jeff Foust — June 3, 2021 Axiom Space's agreement with SpaceX covers the Ax-2, 3 and 4 missions, which will follow the Ax-1 mission launching to the International Space Station on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in early 2022. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — Axiom Space has signed a contract with…

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A brand new Falcon 9 rocket rolls out to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for liftoff on SpaceX’s 22nd resupply mission to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX In what’s become a rarity for SpaceX and its workhorse fleet of “flight-proven” hardware, a brand new Falcon 9…