Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces the successful completion of acceptance testing of both the Falcon 9 first and second stages in preparation for the first flight of Falcon 9.

It’s unclear yet how long SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket will remain grounded as engineers investigate a rare launch failure last week, but the next test flight of the company’s next-generation ...

There was some concern over the weekend that SpaceX would need to postpone its Falcon Heavy test program because of the US government shutdown, but the company got back on track very quickly after the ...

FALCON 9: Before the end of the year SpaceX plans a full-stage hotfire test of the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket it is building for NASA's COTS program. SpaceX has completed the primary structure ...

I think the drone ship landings got axed very early. The Falcon 9 has to have them because a huge part of the market exists between the RTLS and drone ship landing capacity - remember the F9 was ...