SpaceX launches from Florida, retires first-stage booster because of extra power needed
SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 shuts down swiftly after engines ignite Friday; no new launch date set
Falcon 9 rockets are propelled by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel. Upon its eventual launch ...
SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?
With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched ...
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SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
An awesome view of entry burn on the first stage. During entry burn, Falcon 9 is decelerating by firing its Merlin engines, but we're still moving really fast. And if you look at the bottom left ...