ESA and the European Commission are considering the Falcon 9 as a backup launch option for Sentinel-1C, currently planned to launch on Vega C. Credit: Thales Alenia Space ORLANDO, Fla. — Europe may ...

A propellant leak was to blame for the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket crashing to Earth over Europe last week, SpaceX says. The Falcon 9 launched on Feb. 1 from California, carrying 22 Starlink ...

The European Union has reached an agreement with the United States that will allow for the launch of four Galileo navigation satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. According to Politico, the security ...

The Falcon 9 carrying ESA’s Euclid spacecraft hours before its July 1 liftoff. Europe will continue to use Falcon 9 for science and navigation spacecraft as it works to get Ariane 6 and Vega C in ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX has submitted its mishap report into why the second stage from last week’s ...

If wide population distribution is a sure sign of an animal’s evolutionary success, then the falcon is a clear winner. The roughly 40 types of falcons are distributed across every continent except ...

The Falcon 9 upper stage failed to deorbit as planned following its Feb. 1 launch. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A SpaceX ...