Normally, the first-stage boosters for Spacex's Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9 rockets reserve enough fuel to perform landing burns for recovery and reuse on future launches.. NASA's Psyche asteroid ...

Sequel to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy can carry three times as much cargo, up to 53 metrics tons a pop. That’s 117,000 pounds in the trunk, or twice what you might cram into a Boeing 737 jet.

A Delta IV Heavy rocket stands inside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex-37 in this photo from 2014. SpaceX is set to demolish all of the structures seen here.

SpaceX said 29 of the booster's 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines are flight-proven. "The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight," SpaceX wrote on X.

Including California launches, SpaceX has now flown 64 Falcon 9s so far this year, surpassing the total flown in 2022. ... although no Falcon Heavy mission have flown so far in 2025.

It’s the second try for SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy. K Kenneth Chang Follow; The planned launch of the giant rocket — the most powerful now in operation on Earth — was postponed Wednesday ...

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its ninth test at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 27, 2025. Joe Skipper / REUTERS ...

Most recently, SpaceX has recovered three Super Heavy boosters in four attempts. SpaceX has a wealth of experience with recovering and reusing Falcon 9 boosters.

The day after losing another Starship during a test launch, SpaceX was back to its normal routine with a Falcon 9 launch from the Space Coast on Wednesday.