SpaceX Unveils Falcon 9 Block 5

Credit: The Falcon 9 Block 5 rolled out at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A sporty-looking black-and-white Falcon 9 rocket was rolled out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 4 for a static engine hotfire before SpaceX’s newest booster, known as Block 5, lifts off on its debut flight. With new black landing legs and a black interstage...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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