Rocket landings aren't the only aspect of SpaceX's reuse program. The company also commonly recovers and re-flies its payload fairings, the clamshell coverings that protect satellites during ...

It was an otherwise routine launch and deployment, save for the attempt to recover the rocket’s payload fairing—a feat that’s never been tried before. Normally, SpaceX tries to recover the ...

a payload fairing that protects the satellite during its transit through the atmosphere. SpaceX briefly studied recovering the second stage of the Falcon 9 but concluded it was not feasible ...

"View from the active and passive halves of a payload fairing during a recent Falcon 9 launch of Starlink," SpaceX said Monday on X. SpaceX did not specify which launch the footage was from ...

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket put on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics Sunday evening as the heavy lifter ferried two government payloads to space. Roughly eight minutes later, spectators were ...

Recycling the first-stage booster and payload fairing halves allows SpaceX to reduce the cost of its rockets and time between missions. It was the sixth launch of 2025 from Vandenberg, with all of ...

A Falcon 9 second stage and payload fairing is attached to the central booster. This will be the first launch for all three boosters as well as the upper stage and fairing. SpaceX shared a photo ...

A SpaceX first-stage booster launched ... Catching the two halves of the rocket fairing, which holds the rocket’s payload, has proved a trickier challenge, but this year it’s been having ...

"Fairing deployment confirmed ... This Sunday launch window lasts from 12:24 a.m. to 4:55 a.m. at pad 39A. Mission: SpaceX will launch another payload of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket into ...

The nose cone, or payload fairing, is designed to shield satellites during launch and break away from the vehicle after it ...

SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch ... if that name is indeed an acronym. And the fairing that surrounds and protects the RRT-1 payload apparently features no artwork or logos, a departure from ...