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SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018. (Image credit: SpaceX)

Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.

Related Topics: Falcon Heavy, NASA, NASA Space Launch System, Orion Spacecraft

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Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new 'aerobraking' maneuvers in orbit

By Andrew Jones published

The U.S. military's X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft.

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Starship, Starlink and more: SpaceX poised for huge 2024

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX smashed its own record last year, launching 96 missions to orbit. But 2024 will be even busier, if things go according to plan.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches mysterious X-37B space plane for US Space Force after delays

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane to orbit tonight (Dec. 28), kicking off the robotic vehicle's seventh mission.

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on the launch pad with clouds in the background for the X-37B OTV-7 mission

Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch a secretive X-37B military space plane  today after delays

By Josh Dinner last updated

The U.S. Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is poised to launch Dec. 28 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and you can likely watch it live when the time comes.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of X-37B space plane now targeted for Dec. 28

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is now targeting Dec. 28 for the launch of the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, after a delay of more than two weeks.

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SpaceX, US Space Force set to launch secretive X-37B space plane

By Mike Wall last updated

Final preparations are underway for a new launch opportunity, which will mark the first time the X-37B has lifted off atop SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket.

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SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy's X-37B space plane launch due to ground issue

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday's (Dec. 13) planned Falcon Heavy launch of the US military's X-37B space plane, citing a 'ground side issue.' The next launch opportunity has yet to be announced.

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A U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane, encapsulated ahead of a planned May 16, 2020, launch. That liftoff will kick off the sixth mission for the X-37B program.

U.S. Space Force delays launch of secretive X-37B space plane

By Josh Dinner published

The secretive spacecraft is likely launching farther than ever before.

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SpaceX will launch the Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane on a Falcon Heavy rocket Dec. 10

By Brett Tingley published

U.S. Space Force's X-37B reusable space plane is set to take off on its seventh mission on Dec. 10, 2023, its first launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Psyche asteroid mission on Oct. 13, 2023.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Psyche probe to bizarre metal asteroid (video)

By Josh Dinner published

NASA's Psyche mission launched Friday (Oct. 13) on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and is now bound for the largest metal asteroid in our solar system.

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