This launch will be SpaceX’s third in May, following a successful Falcon 9 Block 5 debut on May 11 and the ... to a brief firing of the first stage engines – meant to ensure that the rocket ...

A launch in March required a last-minute cancellation when the engines on another Falcon ... when a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will carry the Starlink 9-1 payload from Vandenberg Space Force ...

Liftoff of the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket occurred at 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 ... Seven minutes prior to launch, the nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage begin thermal conditioning in order to ...

The booster performed a landing burn using three of its nine Merlin rocket engines, touching down on SpaceX's "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship in the Pacific Ocean. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...