Watch live coverage on CBSN this Saturday, May 30. Launch is scheduled for 3:22 p.m. EDT. But that improved safety margin comes at a cost. While a major booster malfunction during the climb to space ...

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 6 on a test of the spacecraft's abort system. Eight SuperDraco thrusters mounted on the Dragon propelled the vehicle on a brief ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut taxi successfully fired its launch-escape engines on the ground today (Nov. 13) at the company's facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...

SpaceX launched a major test today of the innovative rocket escape system for its manned Dragon spaceships, a critical system designed to save astronauts in a launch emergency. It was over in less ...