When it comes to clean tech, launching rockets into space by burning chemical fuel is not on the list, but we've only just ...

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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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Early risers along Florida’s east coast were treated to a striking sky show Thursday morning as SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX’s stalwart Falcon 9 rocket, which powers satellite launches as well as trips to orbit for astronauts, experienced a rare and troubling failure Thursday night as it attempted to haul a batch of ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

A piece of space debris, a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, is speeding toward the Moon and will crash into it. Astronomers say this four-ton object will hit the Moon on August 5, 2026, around 06:44 ...