When SpaceX switched from the Falcon 9 v1.1 to the upgraded Falcon 9 Full Thrust, they opted to construct a larger, partially-underground test stand for the first stages. This would solve multiple ...

In order to support landings on heavier and faster missions, and to allow the Falcon 9 to launch even heavier payloads, SpaceX developed the Full Thrust variant – sometimes incorrectly called ...

A Falcon 9 carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with ... passages through the extreme upper atmosphere. Even at full power, the thrust from onboard ion thrusters "is unlikely to be enough to ...

With the nearly full moon shining overhead ... sharing a sky-lighting ride to space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. lander, built by Austin, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and known ...

Elon Musk and SpaceX reminisced about the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket seven years ago on Thursday.

producing 3.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, compared to the 1.7 million pounds of thrust from the 230-foot-tall Falcon 9. So, New Glenn boosters will travel farther out over the Atlantic ...