F9/CRS-31: Dragon is now moving in for docking...

F9/CRS-31: CONTACT AND CAPTURE! At 9:52am EST (0252 UTC)

F9/CRS-31: 12 hooks have now engaged to form a "hard mate" with the Harmony module's forward docking mechanism; extensive leak checks now will be conducted to verify an airtight structural seal; hatches will be opened about 2 hours after that so the crew can begin unloading the 3

F9/CRS-31: Barry Wilmore: "Welcome aboard, Dragon. Nice to have you aboard." Suni Williams, referring to the successful docking in general and the food on board in particular: "Just want to say thank you to SpaceX, the International Space Station program, the Commercial Crew

CRS-31: NASA and SpaceX confirm a successful space station reboost test using the aft thrusters of the Cargo Dragon docked to the forward port of the Harmony module; the 12.5-minute burn was the first test of a Dragon's ability to help boost and maintain the station's

CRS-31: As expected, the change in the station's orbit was minimal - a 7/100 of a mile boost at apogee and 7/10 of a mile at perigee - but the test showed the Dragon can, in fact, provide reboost capability; equally significant, the data will be fed into SpaceX's development of a

CRS-31: BTW, that stunning view of the Crew Dragon docked to the space station's forward port that I posted earlier today was captured by the new 4K Sen Corp. camera, known as SpaceTV-1, part of a privately funded venture to livestream views of space to the public

Watch Falcon 9 launch 20 Starlink satellites to orbit from California, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

F9/Koreasat-6A: Good morning; SpaceX is setting up for back-to-back launches this afternoon, one from the Kennedy Space Center and the other from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; first up is launch of a Korean communications satellite from KSC pad 39A at 12:22pm EST (1722

F9/Koreasat-6A: The Koreasat-6A launch will mark SpaceX's 110th Falcon-family launch so far this year and its 393rd single-core F9 flight overall; 1st stage booster B1067 is making its 23rd flight, the 3rd to reach that level; it is expected to land at the Space Force station 8

F9/Koreasat-6A: The 3.9-ton Koreasat-6A, built by Thales Alenia Space, will replace an older relay station positioned at 116 degrees east longitude; Koreasat-6A is equipped with 26 transponders to provide television and data relay across South Korea

F9/Koreasat-6A: LIFTOFF! At 12:22pm EST (1722 UTC)

F9/Koreasat-6A: 1st stage engine shutdown, stage separatoin, 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; 1st stage booster B1067 is flipping around to reverse course, heading back to the landing zone at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

F9/Koreasat-6A: 1st stage landing, 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; Koreasat-6A deploy expected in about 26 minutes

F9/Koreasat-6A: A quick look back at a gorgeous launch

F9/Koreasat-6A: While it wasn't listed on SpaceX's ascent timeline, we're expecting a second upper stage engine firing around 12:50pm EST (1750 UTC); Koreasat-6A deploy should follow about 6 minutes later

F9/Koreasat-6A: Satellite deploy confirmed; this brings the Koreasat-6A launch to a close; SpaceX is now setting its sights on launch of 24 Starlink internet satellites from the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:28pm EST (2128 UTC)

F9/Starlink 6-69: I said earlier the Starlink 6-69 launch is targeted for 4:28pm EST (2128 UTC) today; that's based on data posted by CelesTrak (x.com/CelesTrak/stat…); the SpaceX website, which can be slow to update, says T-0 is 4:02pm; FYI

F9/Starlink 6-69: Staging its second F9 launch in four hours, SpaceX fired off a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:28pm EST (2128 UTC) to put another 24 Starlink internet relay satellites into orbit; deploy from the 2nd stage is expected

F9/Starlink 6-69: Starlink deploy confirmed; a look back at the day's second launch: