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{{short description|Historic launch pad operated by NASA and SpaceX}}
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{{Infobox launch pad
| name             = Launch Complex 39A
| image            = Axiom-3 Launch (KSC-20240118-PH-CMS01 0022) Cropped.jpg
| caption          = The pad in January 2024 during the launch of [[Axiom Mission 3]] with the [[SpaceX Starship]] launch tower in the background
| site             = [[Kennedy Space Center]]
| location         = [[Merritt Island, Florida]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|28|36|30|N|80|36|16|W|type:landmark_region:US}}
| utc_offset       = −05:00
| time_zone        = [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]]
| utc_offset_DST   = −04:00
| time_zone_DST    = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| pads            = 4 (2 are Falcon landing zones)
| operator         = {{Unbulleted list|[[NASA]] (owner, operator 1967–2014)|[[SpaceX]] (tenant since 2014)}}
| inclination      = 28.5–55, 66–145°<ref name="falconusersguide">{{Cite web |date=September 2021 |title=Falcon User's Guide |url=https://www.spacex.com/media/falcon-users-guide-2021-09.pdf |publisher=[[SpaceX]] |page=11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004140326/https://www.spacex.com/media/falcon-users-guide-2021-09.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2021 }}</ref>
| paddetails       = {{Infobox launch pad/pad
  | designation   = Pad 39A (main)
  | status         = Active
  | launches       = 219
  | first_launch   = November 9, 1967 
  | first_details  = [[Saturn V]] ([[Apollo 4]])
  | last_launch    = December 17, 2025 <!--Also edit the infobox at [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39]]-->
  | last_details   = [[Falcon 9 Block 5]] ([[Starlink]] G6-99)
  | rockets        = {{plainlist|
* '''Existing''': [[Falcon 9]], [[Falcon Heavy]]
* '''Retired''': [[Saturn V]], [[Space Shuttle]]
* '''Plans cancelled''': [[Ares V]]
}}
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* '''Future''': [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]]
}}}}{{Infobox launch pad/pad
  | designation   = LZ-x
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  |landing         = yes
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* '''Future''': [[Falcon 9]], [[Falcon Heavy]]
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  {{Infobox NRHP
| embed    = yes
| name     = Launch Complex 39--Pad A
| locmapin = Florida#USA
| built    = 1964–1968
| added    = January 21, 2000
| area     = {{convert|160|acre}}
| mpsub    = [[John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS]]
| refnum   = 99001638<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Cape Canaveral launch pad map|highlight=2}}
'''Launch Complex 39A''' ('''LC-39A''') is the first of [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|Launch Complex 39]]'s three [[launch pad|launch sub-complexes]], located at [[NASA]]'s [[Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Merritt Island]], [[Florida]]. The main launch pad, along with [[Launch Complex 39B]], was built in the 1960s to accommodate the [[Saturn V]] launch vehicle, and has been used to support NASA [[Human spaceflight|crewed space flight]] missions, including the historic [[Apollo 11]] moon landing and the [[Space Shuttle]]. Since 2014 the site has been leased by [[SpaceX]] and supports launches of the [[Falcon 9]] and [[Falcon Heavy]] rockets.<ref name="verge-20150906">{{Cite news |last=D'Orazio |first=Dante |date=September 6, 2015 |title=After delays, SpaceX's massive Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch in spring 2016 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/6/9270317/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-scheduled-launch-spring-2016 |work=[[SpaceNews]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125034708/https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/6/9270317/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-scheduled-launch-spring-2016 |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |via=[[The Verge]] }}</ref><ref name="spacenews-20160204">{{Cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=February 4, 2016 |location=Washington |title=Spacex seeks to accelerate falcon 9 production and launch rates this year |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[SpaceNews]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160209152801/http://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/ |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |access-date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref> As of November 2025, SpaceX is expanding the site to support [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] operations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A {{!}} Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship_ksc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727190040/https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship_ksc |archive-date=July 27, 2025 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=www.faa.gov |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Other plans include adding two [[SpaceX landing zone|landing zones]] for [[Falcon 9]] and [[Falcon Heavy]] rockets to conduct "Return-to-launch-site" landings.<ref name="floridatoday-20250423">{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Brooke |date=April 24, 2025 |orig-date=April 23, 2025 |title=SpaceX proposes increase in rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and new landing zone |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2025/04/23/spacex-seeks-more-falcon-9-cape-canaveral-launch-complex-faa-rocket-launches-booster-landings/83126800007/ |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250823110030/https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2025/04/23/spacex-seeks-more-falcon-9-cape-canaveral-launch-complex-faa-rocket-launches-booster-landings/83126800007/ |archive-date=August 23, 2025 |access-date=August 1, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ePermit |url=https://permitting.sjrwmd.com/ep/#/prmtInfo?curId=&hdr=1&usrId=0&offclId=229232&seqNo=1 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=permitting.sjrwmd.com}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Apollo program ===
In 1961, U.S. [[John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]] proposed to the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] the goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. Congressional approval led to the launch of the [[Apollo program]], which required a massive expansion of NASA operations, including an expansion of launch operations from the Cape to adjacent Merritt Island to the north and west.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceline.org/capehistory/3a.html|title=The History of Cape Canaveral, Chapter 3: NASA Arrives (1959–Present)|publisher=Spaceline.org|access-date=2009-07-06|archive-date=September 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917031235/http://www.spaceline.org/capehistory/3a.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

First named Launch Complex 39C,<ref>Launch Complex 39.</ref> Launch Complex 39A was designed to handle launches of the [[Saturn V]] rocket, the largest and most powerful launch vehicle, which would propel the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. The first launch from Launch Complex 39A occurred in 1967 with the first Saturn V launch, which carried the uncrewed [[Apollo 4]] spacecraft. The second uncrewed launch, [[Apollo 6]], also used Pad 39A. With the exception of [[Apollo 10]], which used Pad 39B (due to the "all-up" testing resulting in a 2-month turnaround period), all crewed Apollo-Saturn V launches, commencing with [[Apollo 8]], used Pad 39A.

=== Skylab program ===
Launch Complex 39A was used for the uncrewed launch of the Skylab space station on May 14, 1973. This used a modified Saturn V [[Canceled Apollo missions#Surplus hardware|originally built]] for the cancelled Apollo 18 mission. The subsequent Skylab crewed missions launched from Launch Complex 39B using Saturn IB launch vehicles.

=== Space Shuttle ===
With the advent of the [[Space Shuttle program]] in the early 1980s, the original structure of the launch pads was remodeled for the needs of the Space Shuttle. The first usage of Pad 39A for the Space Shuttle came in 1979, when [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']] was used to check the facilities prior to the first operational launch. Since then, Pad 39A hosted all Space Shuttle launches until January 1986, when {{OV|99}} would become the first to launch from pad 39B during the ill-fated [[STS-51-L]] mission.

During the launch of ''Discovery'' on [[STS-124]] on May 31, 2008, the pad at LC-39A suffered extensive damage, in particular to the concrete trench used to deflect the SRBs' flames.<ref name="damage">{{Cite news |last=Moskowitz |first=Clara |author-link=Clara Moskowitz |date=June 3, 2008 |title=NASA Eyes Launch Pad Damage for Next Shuttle Flight |url=https://www.space.com/5445-nasa-eyes-launch-pad-damage-shuttle-flight.html |work=[[Space.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618000111/https://www.space.com/5445-nasa-eyes-launch-pad-damage-shuttle-flight.html |archive-date=June 18, 2025 |access-date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref> The subsequent investigation found that the damage was the result of carbonation of epoxy and corrosion of steel anchors that held the [[refractory brick]]s in the trench in place. The damage had been exacerbated by the fact that [[hydrochloric acid]] is an exhaust by-product of the solid rocket boosters.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lilley |first=Steve K. |date=August 2010 |title=Hit the Bricks |url=http://pbma.nasa.gov/docs/public/pbma/images/msm/STS-124FlameTrench_SFCS.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=System Failure Case Studies |publisher=NASA |volume=4 |issue=8 |pages=1–4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928091534/http://pbma.nasa.gov/docs/public/pbma/images/msm/STS-124FlameTrench_SFCS.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Just as for the first 24 shuttle flights, LC-39A supported the final shuttle flights, starting with [[STS-117]] in June 2007 and ending with the [[Space Shuttle retirement|retirement of the Shuttle fleet]] in July 2011. In total, Pad 39A hosted 94 launches from 1967 to 2011, including 12 Saturn V rockets and 82 space shuttles.<ref name="spacecom-20170217">{{Cite news |last=Pearlman |first=Robert Z. |author-link=Robert Pearlman |date=February 17, 2017 |title=The Milestone Space Missions Launched from NASA's Historic Pad 39A |url=https://www.space.com/35736-nasa-greatest-space-launches-from-pad-39a.html |work=[[Space.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250717083833/https://www.space.com/35736-nasa-greatest-space-launches-from-pad-39a.html |archive-date=July 17, 2025 |access-date=December 23, 2023 }}</ref> Prior to the SpaceX lease agreement, the pad remained as it was when ''Atlantis'' launched on the final shuttle mission on July 8, 2011, complete with a [[mobile launcher platform]]. The pad was originally going to be modified for the [[Ares V]] rocket for the [[Constellation program]] in the mid 2010s, looking identical to LC-39B with the three lightning towers.<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA – Kennedy Prepares to Host Constellation |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/exploration/Constellationfacilities.html |access-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521194140/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/exploration/Constellationfacilities.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Ares I was planned to launch on the adjacent 39B but in 2010, the Constellation program was cancelled.

=== SpaceX ===
[[File:PAD 39A lease announcement.jpg|thumb|KSC Director [[Robert D. Cabana|Bob Cabana]] (at podium) announces the signing of the pad 39A lease agreement on April 14, 2014. [[NASA Administrator]] [[Charles Bolden]] (far left) and [[SpaceX]] COO [[Gwynne Shotwell]] stand nearby.]]

Talks for use of the pad were underway between NASA and [[Space Florida]]—the [[State of Florida]]'s [[economic development agency]]—as early as 2011, but no deal materialized by 2012, and NASA then pursued other options for removing the pad from the federal government inventory.<ref name=nsf20141117/>

By early 2013, NASA publicly announced that it would allow commercial launch providers to lease LC-39A,<ref>[http://www.americaspace.com/?p=30313 "NASA not abandoning LC-39A" January 17, 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118221726/http://www.americaspace.com/?p=30313 |date=January 18, 2013 }}, accessed February 7, 2013.</ref> and followed that, in May 2013, with a formal solicitation for proposals for [[private spaceflight|commercial use]] of the pad.<ref name=nsw20130520>[http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/nasa-requests-proposals-for-commercial-use-of-pad-39a.html NASA requests proposals for commercial use of Pad 39A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701052646/http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/nasa-requests-proposals-for-commercial-use-of-pad-39a.html |date=July 1, 2020 }}, ''NewSpace Watch'', May 20, 2013, accessed May 21, 2013.</ref> There were two competing bids for the commercial use of the launch complex.<ref name=leasedoc/> [[SpaceX]] submitted a bid for exclusive use of the launch complex, while [[Jeff Bezos]]' [[Blue Origin]] submitted a bid for shared non-exclusive use of the complex, so that the launchpad would handle multiple vehicles, and costs could be shared over the long-term. One potential shared user in the Blue Origin plan was [[United Launch Alliance]].<ref name=os20130818>{{cite news|last=Matthews|first=Mark K.|title=Musk, Bezos fight to win lease of iconic NASA launchpad|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2013/08/18/musk-bezos-fight-to-win-lease-of-iconic-nasa-launchpad/|access-date=2013-08-21|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=2013-08-18|archive-date=August 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827223013/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-08-18/news/os-fight-over-ksc-launchpad-20130818_1_spacex-elon-musk-christina-ra|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to the end of the bid period, and prior to any public announcement by NASA of the results of the process, Blue Origin filed a protest with the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S.]] [[General Accounting Office]] (GAO) "over what it says is a plan by NASA to award an exclusive commercial lease to SpaceX for use of mothballed space shuttle launch pad 39A".<ref name=pa20130910/> NASA had planned to complete the bid award and have the pad transferred by October 1, 2013, but the protest "will delay any decision until the GAO reaches a decision, expected by mid-December".<ref name=pa20130910>{{cite news|last=Messier|first=Doug|title=Blue Origin Files Protest Over Lease on Pad 39A|url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/09/49934/|access-date=2013-09-11|newspaper=Parabolic Arc|date=2013-09-10|archive-date=September 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925185437/http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/09/09/49934/|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 12, 2013, the GAO denied the protest and sided with NASA, which argued that the solicitation contained no preference on the use of the facility as multi-use or single-use. "The [solicitation] document merely asks bidders to explain their reasons for selecting one approach instead of the other and how they would manage the facility".<ref name=pa20131212>{{cite news|last=Messier|first=Doug|title=Blue Origin Loses GAO Appeal Over Pad 39A Bid Process|url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/12/12/blue-origin-loses-gao-appeal-pad-39a-bid-process/|access-date=2013-12-13|newspaper=Parabolic Arc|date=2013-12-12|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216130603/http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/12/12/blue-origin-loses-gao-appeal-pad-39a-bid-process/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 13, 2013, NASA announced that it had selected SpaceX as the new commercial tenant.<ref name=padnego>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Stephen|title=SpaceX to begin negotiations for shuttle launch pad|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1312/13pad39a/#.UquHkWRDv_o|access-date=December 13, 2013|newspaper=SpaceflightNow|date=December 13, 2013|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314041849/http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1312/13pad39a/#.UquHkWRDv_o|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 14, 2014, SpaceX signed a lease agreement<ref name=flortoda>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2014/04/14/spacex-takes-over-ksc-pad-39a/7711859/|title=SpaceX takes over KSC pad 39A|last=Dean|first=James|date=April 14, 2014|publisher=Florida Today|access-date=April 15, 2014|archive-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220002724/http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2014/04/14/spacex-takes-over-ksc-pad-39a/7711859/|url-status=live}}</ref> that gave it a 20-year exclusive lease on LC-39A.<ref name=leasedoc>{{cite web|url=https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/eps/eps_data/159268-OTHER-001-001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511114338/https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/eps/eps_data/159268-OTHER-001-001.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |title=Selection Statement for Lease of Launch Complex 39A|date=December 12, 2013|publisher=NASA|access-date=December 23, 2013}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> SpaceX planned to launch their launch vehicles from the pad and build a new hangar nearby.<ref name=leasedoc/><ref name=flortoda/><ref name=tss20140321>{{cite AV media|people=Gwynne Shotwell|date=2014-03-21|title=Broadcast 2212: Special Edition, interview with Gwynne Shotwell|medium=audio file|url=http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/2212-BWB-2014-03-21.mp3|access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013556/http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/2212-BWB-2014-03-21.mp3|archive-date=March 22, 2014|format=mp3|time=20:00–21:10|publisher=The Space Show|id=2212 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Elon Musk]], CEO of SpaceX, stated that he wanted to shift most of SpaceX's NASA launches to LC-39A, including [[Commercial Resupply Services|commercial cargo]] and [[Commercial Crew Development|crew]] missions to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name=padnego/><ref name="Clark">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1312/12gao/#.UrhmtbSTJe4|title=GAO decision opens door for commercial lease of pad 39A|last=Clark|first=Stephen|date=December 12, 2013|publisher=Spaceflight Now|access-date=December 23, 2013|quote=Musk said he wants to launch SpaceX's commercial cargo and crew missions to the International Space Station from launch pad 39A|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026175440/http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1312/12gao/#.UrhmtbSTJe4|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Modifications ====
In 2015, SpaceX built the [[Horizontal integration facility|Horizontal Integration Facility]] (HIF) just outside the perimeter of the existing launch pad in order to house both the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy rockets, and their associated hardware and payloads, during preparation for flight.<ref name=sfn20150225>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Stephen|title=Falcon Heavy rocket hangar rises at launch pad 39A|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/25/falcon-heavy-rocket-hangar-rises-at-pad-39a/|access-date=28 February 2015|work=Spaceflight Now|date=25 February 2015|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807155520/https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/25/falcon-heavy-rocket-hangar-rises-at-pad-39a/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both types of launch vehicles are transported from the HIF to the launch pad aboard a Transporter Erector (TE) which rides on rails up the former crawlerway path.<ref name=nsf20141117/><ref name=sfn20150225/> Also in 2015, the launch mount for the Falcon Heavy was constructed on Pad 39A over the existing infrastructure.<ref name=cs20140414/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bergin|first1=Chris|title=Falcon Heavy into production as Pad 39A HIF rises out of the ground|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/falcon-heavy-production-39a-hif-rises/|publisher=NASASpaceFlight|access-date=19 February 2015|date=18 February 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520142233/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/falcon-heavy-production-39a-hif-rises/|url-status=live}}</ref> The work on both the HIF building and the pad was substantially complete by late 2015.<ref name=nsf20151008>{{cite news|last1=Gebhardt|first1=Chris|title=Canaveral and KSC pads: New designs for space access|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/canaveral-ksc-pads-new-designs-space-access/|access-date=2015-10-11|newspaper=NASASpaceFlight.com|date=2015-10-08|archive-date=October 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009143559/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/canaveral-ksc-pads-new-designs-space-access/|url-status=live}}</ref> A rollout test of the new Transporter Erector was conducted in November 2015.<ref name=nsf20151109>{{cite news|last1=Bergin|first1=Chris|title=SpaceX conducts test rollout for 39A Transporter/Erector|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/spacex-conducts-rollout-39a-te/|access-date=11 November 2015|work=NASASpaceFlight.com|date=2015-11-09|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219040713/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/11/spacex-conducts-rollout-39a-te/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2016, SpaceX indicated that they had "completed and activated Launch Complex 39A",<ref name=sn20160204/> but still had more work yet to do to support crewed flights. SpaceX originally planned to be ready to accomplish the first launch at pad 39A—of a Falcon Heavy—as early as 2015,<ref name=ft20140414>{{cite news|last=Dean|first=James|title=With nod to history, SpaceX gets launch pad 39A OK|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2014/04/15/nod-history-spacex-gets-ok/7721971/|access-date=2014-04-15|newspaper=Florida Today|date=2014-04-14|archive-date=July 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730193947/http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2014/04/15/nod-history-spacex-gets-ok/7721971/|url-status=live}}</ref> as they had architects and engineers working on the new design and modifications since 2013.<ref name=sfn20140415>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Stephen|title=SpaceX's mega-rocket to debut next year at pad 39A|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1404/15pad39a/#.U06Y5VfTnhN|access-date=2014-04-16|newspaper=SpaceflightNow|date=2014-04-15|archive-date=March 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308004405/https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1404/15pad39a/#.U06Y5VfTnhN|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cs20140414>{{cite news|title=NASA signs over historic Launch Pad 39A to SpaceX|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-041414a-launch-pad-39a-spacex.html|access-date=2014-04-15|newspaper=collectSpace|date=2014-04-14|archive-date=August 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824060434/http://collectspace.com/news/news-041414a-launch-pad-39a-spacex.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By late 2014, a preliminary date for a [[wet dress rehearsal]] of the Falcon Heavy was set for no earlier than July 1, 2015.<ref name=nsf20141117>{{cite news|last1=Bergin|first1=Chris|title=Pad 39A – SpaceX laying the groundwork for Falcon Heavy debut|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/pad-39a-spacex-groundwork-falcon-heavy-debut/|access-date=2014-11-17|work=NASA Spaceflight|date=2014-11-18|archive-date=November 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119183345/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/11/pad-39a-spacex-groundwork-falcon-heavy-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to a failure in a June 2015 Falcon 9 launch, SpaceX delayed launching the Falcon Heavy in order to focus on the Falcon 9's failure investigation and its return to flight.<ref>{{cite web|author=Clark, Stephen|title=First flight of Falcon Heavy delayed again|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/07/21/first-flight-of-falcon-heavy-delayed-again/|publisher=spaceflightnow.com|date=2015-07-21|access-date=2015-10-06|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813075953/https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/07/21/first-flight-of-falcon-heavy-delayed-again/|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2016, considering the busy Falcon 9 launch manifest, it became unclear if the Falcon Heavy would be the first vehicle to launch from Pad 39A, or if one or more Falcon 9 missions would precede a Falcon Heavy launch.<ref name=sn20160204>{{cite news|last=Foust|first=Jeff|url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/|title=SpaceX seeks to accelerate Falcon 9 production and launch rates this year|work=[[SpaceNews]]|date=2014-02-04|access-date=2016-02-06|archive-date=February 9, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160209152801/http://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following months, the Falcon Heavy launch was delayed multiple times and eventually pushed back to February 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.investors.com/news/spacex-to-test-fire-falcon-heavy-ahead-of-maiden-flight-despite-zuma-questions/|title=SpaceX Performs Falcon Heavy Rocket Static Fire Test After Delays {{!}} Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD|date=2018-01-24|work=Investor's Business Daily|access-date=2018-02-06|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803031438/https://www.investors.com/news/spacex-to-test-fire-falcon-heavy-ahead-of-maiden-flight-despite-zuma-questions/|url-status=live}}</ref>

SpaceX used the former [[Fixed Service Structure]] (FSS) of the Pad 39A [[#Launch towers|launch towers]] and initially intended to extend it above its former {{convert|350|ft|m|sp=us|adj=on}} height. It did not need the [[Rotating Service Structure]] (RSS)<ref name="nsf20141117" /> and removed it beginning in February 2016.<ref name="ses20141021">{{cite web |date=October 21, 2014 |title=SES-9 |url=http://www.ses.com/ses-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021043414/http://www.ses.com/ses-9 |archive-date=2014-10-21 |access-date=2016-02-23 |work=SES }}</ref>

NASA removed the Orbiter Servicing Arm—with intent to use the space later to build a museum—and the [[White room (spaceflight)|white room]] by which astronauts entered the Space Shuttle.<ref name="cs20140414" /> SpaceX indicated in late 2014 that additional levels to the FSS would not be added in the near term.<ref name="nsf20141117" /> SpaceX planned to eventually add at least two additional levels to the FSS, to provide [[human spaceflight|crew]] access for the [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Dragon 2]] launches.<ref name="nsf20140728">{{cite news |last1=Bergin |first1=Chris |date=2014-07-28 |title=SpaceX Roadmap building on its rocket business revolution |publisher=NASAspaceflight |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/spacex-roadmap-rocket-business-revolution/ |url-status=live |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730231757/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/spacex-roadmap-rocket-business-revolution/ |archive-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref>

In August 2018, SpaceX's Crew Access Arm (CAA) was installed on a new level, which was built at the necessary height to enter the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. It very closely resembles [[Jet bridge|jetways]] that are frequently found at airports.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=August 20, 2018 |title=SpaceX's astronaut walkway installed on Florida launch pad |work=Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/08/20/spacexs-astronaut-walkway-installed-on-florida-launch-pad/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823140451/https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/08/20/spacexs-astronaut-walkway-installed-on-florida-launch-pad/ |archive-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> In September 2018, the refurbished Space Shuttle Emergency Egress System was raised to this new level.

SpaceX added a crew gantry access arm and white room to allow for crew and cargo ingress to the vehicle. The existing Space Shuttle evacuation slide-wire basket system was re-purposed to provide a safe emergency egress for the Dragon crew in the event of an emergency on the pad that does not necessitate using the [[Crew Dragon]]'s launch abort system".<ref name="sx20150227">{{cite web |last1=Reisman |first1=Garrett |date=27 February 2015 |title=Statement of Garrett Reisman before the Subcommittee on Space Committee on Science, Space, and Technology U.S. House Of Representatives |url=http://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-114-SY16-WState-GReisman-20150227.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923215310/https://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-114-SY16-WState-GReisman-20150227.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=28 February 2015 |publisher=US House of Representatives publication of a SpaceX document provided to the committee}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

In 2019, SpaceX began substantial modification to LC 39A in order to begin work on phase 1 of the construction to prepare the facility to launch [[test article (aerospace)|prototypes]] of the large {{cvt|9|m}}-diameter [[methalox]] reusable rocket—[[SpaceX Starship|Starship]]—from a launch stand, which would fly from 39A on suborbital test flight trajectories with six or fewer [[SpaceX Raptor|Raptor]] engines. A second phase of the construction was planned for 2020 to build a much more capable launch mount capable of launching the entire Starship launch vehicle,<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/10/construction-starship-39a-facility-pace/|title = Construction of Starship 39A launch and landing facility picking up the pace|date = October 7, 2019|access-date = May 20, 2020|archive-date = June 20, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200620104448/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/10/construction-starship-39a-facility-pace/|url-status = live}}</ref> powered by 33 Raptor engines and producing a total of {{cvt|72|MN|lbf}} liftoff thrust when departing 39A.<ref name="teslarati20192809">{{cite news|last1=Groh|first1=Jamie|title=SpaceX debuts Starship's new Super Heavy booster design|url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-ceo-elon-musk-debuts-starships-new-super-heavy-booster-design/|work=Teslarati|date=28 September 2019|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929122946/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-ceo-elon-musk-debuts-starships-new-super-heavy-booster-design/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2019, SpaceX submitted an Environmental Assessment for the Starship launch system at Kennedy Space Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Draft Environmental Assessment for the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy Launch Vehicle at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) |url=https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/20190801_Final_DRAFT_EA_SpaceX_Starship.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802123140/https://netspublic.grc.nasa.gov/main/20190801_Final_DRAFT_EA_SpaceX_Starship.pdf |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |access-date=20 September 2019 |website=NASA Public NEPA Documents |publisher=SpaceX}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> This document included plans for the construction of additional structures at LC-39A to support Starship launches, including a dedicated pad, liquid methane tanks, and a Landing Zone.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ralph |first1=Eric |date=18 September 2019 |title=SpaceX prepares to break ground on Starship launch facilities at Pad 39A |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-breaks-ground-starship-super-heavy-florida-launch-pad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622151351/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-breaks-ground-starship-super-heavy-florida-launch-pad/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=20 September 2019 |website=TESLARATI}}</ref> These are separate from the existing structures that support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches.

In December 2021, SpaceX started construction of a Starship orbital launch pad on the site.<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1466797158737268743 |user=elonmusk |title=Construction of Starship orbital launch pad at the Cape has begun |date=December 3, 2021}}</ref>

On June 16, 2022, the first tower segment for the Starship orbital pad arrived at LC-39A.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1537265405852516353 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=Here comes the first section for the Starship Launch Tower at KSC 39A!}}</ref> Stacking began on June 21, and the Starship launch mount was also under construction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ralph |first=Eric |date=2022-06-22 |title=SpaceX begins stacking Florida Starship launch tower |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-begins-stacking-florida-starship-launch-tower/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622220702/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-begins-stacking-florida-starship-launch-tower/ |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=TESLARATI |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, an additional Environmental Impact Statement was underway to support an annual launch cadence of 40+ Starship launches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Open a Public Scoping Period, and Hold Public Scoping Meetings |id=4910-13 |url=https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10149.pdf |date=May 10, 2024 }}</ref> In early 2025, the original launch mount for LC-39a was scrapped in favor of a new design. The new launch mount was fabricated at SpaceX's Roberts Road facility and was transported to the launch complex for installation on November 4th 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2025-07-16 |title=Starship at Cape Canaveral making progress as SpaceX tries to push the program forward |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/07/starship-cape-canaveral-progress/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Launch history ====
The first SpaceX launch from pad 39A was [[SpaceX CRS-10]] on February 19, 2017, using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle; it was the company's 10th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spacex.com/webcast|title=CRS-10 MISSION|last=spacexcmsadmin|date=2016-01-29|newspaper=SpaceX|access-date=2017-02-18|archive-date=November 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126023622/http://www.spacex.com/webcast/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first uncrewed launch from 39A since Skylab.

While [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40]] (SLC-40) was undergoing reconstruction after the loss of the [[AMOS-6]] satellite on September 1, 2016, all SpaceX's east coast launches were from Pad 39A until SLC-40 became operational again in December 2017. These included the May 1, 2017, launch of [[NROL]]-76, the first SpaceX mission for the [[National Reconnaissance Office]], with a classified payload.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/spacex-falcon-9-echostar-23-slc-40-return/|title=SpaceX Static Fires Falcon 9 for EchoStar 23 launch as SLC-40 targets return|work=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]]|first=Chris|last=Bergin|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061003/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/03/spacex-falcon-9-echostar-23-slc-40-return/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 6, 2018, Pad 39A hosted the successful liftoff of the Falcon Heavy on its [[Falcon Heavy test flight|maiden launch]], carrying Elon Musk's [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]] car to space;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/technology/future/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-mainbar/index.html|title=SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket|last=Wattles|first=Jackie|work=CNNMoney|access-date=2018-02-06|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621063256/https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/technology/future/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-mainbar/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first flight of the human-rated spacecraft {{ComV|Dragon 2}}; ([[Crew Dragon Demo-1|Demo-1]]) took place there on March 2, 2019.

The second Falcon Heavy flight, carrying the [[Arabsat-6A]] communications satellite for Arabsat of Saudi Arabia, successfully launched on April 11, 2019. The satellite is to provide [[Ku band|K<sub>u</sub>-band]] and [[Ka band|K<sub>a</sub>-band]] communication services for the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa|northern Africa]], as well as for [[South Africa]]. The launch was notable as it marked the first time that SpaceX was able to successfully soft-land all three of the [[SpaceX reusable launch system development program|reusable booster stages]], which were to be refurbished for future launches.<ref name="launch schedule">{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/|title=Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now|website=Spaceflightnow.com|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224185459/http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Crew Dragon Demo-2]] test flight launched with astronauts [[Bob Behnken]] and [[Doug Hurley]] from Launch Complex 39A on 30 May 2020, and docked to pressurised mating adapter [[PMA-2]] on the [[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony module]] of the [[International Space Station|ISS]] on 31 May 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Upcoming Spaceflight Events|url=http://nextspaceflight.com/events/|website=nextspaceflight.com|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411224330/http://nextspaceflight.com/events/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="M20-050">{{cite web|last1=Potter|first1=Sean|title=NASA to Host Preview Briefings for First Crew Launch with SpaceX|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-preview-briefings-interviews-for-first-crew-launch-with-spacex|website=NASA|access-date=30 April 2020|date=20 April 2020|archive-date=April 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421012629/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-preview-briefings-interviews-for-first-crew-launch-with-spacex|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronauts-launch-from-america-in-historic-test-flight-of-spacex-crew-dragon|access-date=30 May 2020|date=30 May 2020|archive-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820044825/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronauts-launch-from-america-in-historic-test-flight-of-spacex-crew-dragon/|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> The first operational [[Commercial Crew Program|Commercial Crew]] mission [[SpaceX Crew-1|Crew-1]] was launched on November 15, [[2020 in spaceflight|2020]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-first-operational-crew-dragon-mission-to-iss/|title = SpaceX launches first operational Crew Dragon mission to ISS|date = November 16, 2020|access-date = April 8, 2021|archive-date = January 16, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230116232646/https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-first-operational-crew-dragon-mission-to-iss/|url-status = live}}</ref>

SpaceX launched the [[IM-1|IM-1 robotic lander]] for NASA's [[Commercial Lunar Payload Services]] program on 15 February 2024,<ref name="nasa-24-031">{{Cite press release |editor-last=Fox |editor-first=Karen |editor2-last=Fisher |editor2-first=Alise |editor3-last=Ramji |editor3-first=Nilufar |editor4-last=Jaramillo |editor4-first=Antonia |date=February 15, 2024 |title=NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Head to Moon |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-artemis-science-first-intuitive-machines-flight-head-to-moon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511014919/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-artemis-science-first-intuitive-machines-flight-head-to-moon/ |archive-date=May 11, 2024 |access-date=February 20, 2024 }}</ref> returning the pad to Lunar missions since the end of the Apollo program. The Starlink Group 6-56 mission launched on 8 May 2024, and was the Falcon 9's 83rd launch from LC-39A. That milestone made the rocket family the pad leader for launches from that launch complex, surpassing the Space Shuttle's 82 launches.<ref name = "83 F9 Launches from LC-39A">
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== Current status ==
[[File:SpaceX Launch Tower at Launchpad 39A.png|thumb|SpaceX's "orbital launch mount" at LC-39A for Starship with "catch arms" visible towards the base of the tower]]

The private American company SpaceX has been the lease holder as of April 14, 2014.<ref name=flortoda/> The terms of the agreement gave SpaceX a 20-year exclusive lease to LC-39A.<ref name=leasedoc/> SpaceX has launched [[SpaceX launch vehicles|their launch vehicles]] from the pad<ref name=leasedoc/><ref name=flortoda/><ref name=tss20140321/> since the launch of the [[SpaceX CRS-10]] Dragon resupply mission in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/02/19/historic-launch-pad-back-in-service-with-thundering-blastoff-by-spacex/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> and crewed missions since the launch of the [[Crew Dragon Demo-2]] mission in 2020.<ref name="bloomberg-20200530">{{Cite news |last1=Hull |first1=Dana |last2=Johnsson |first2=Julie |date=May 31, 2020 |orig-date=May 30, 2020 |title=SpaceX Astronauts Reach Space Station After Milestone Voyage |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-30/spacex-set-to-retry-historic-rocket-launch-after-weather-delay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240910011738/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-30/spacex-set-to-retry-historic-rocket-launch-after-weather-delay |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] }}</ref> Currently Pad 39A is used to host launches of astronauts on the [[Dragon V2|crewed]]-version of the [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon space capsule]] in a [[public–private partnership]] with NASA.<ref name="sfn20140415" /> 

SpaceX assembles its launch vehicles horizontally in a hangar near the pad and transports them horizontally to the pad before erecting the vehicle to vertical for the launch.

SpaceX is building a [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] pad at LC-39A with a configuration equivalent to Pad B at [[SpaceX Starbase|Starbase]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A {{!}} Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship_ksc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727190040/https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship_ksc |archive-date=July 27, 2025 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=www.faa.gov |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Weber |first=Ryan |date=2025-02-13 |title=Starship program at Cape Canaveral kicking into gear |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/starship-program-at-cape/ |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=NASASpaceFlight.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The launch tower was fully stacked in September 2022.<ref name=":1" /> After a few years of dormancy, SpaceX resumed work on the pad in the summer of 2024.<ref name=":1" /> On November 5, 2025, the launch mount for the Starship pad was lifted into place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2025 |title=NSF - NASASpaceflight.com |url=https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1986120285465059565 |website=X.com}}</ref>

== Future plans ==
With the expiration of the leases on LZ-1 and LZ-2, SpaceX plans to construct two [[SpaceX landing zone|landing zones]] for [[Falcon 9]] and [[Falcon Heavy]] "Return-to-launch-site" landings.<ref name="floridatoday-20250423"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=ePermit |url=https://permitting.sjrwmd.com/ep/#/prmtInfo?curId=&hdr=1&usrId=0&offclId=229232&seqNo=1 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=permitting.sjrwmd.com}}</ref>

There are also plans to expand the tank farm at the site and construct a separate catch-only tower for recovering Starship vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAA EIS for LC-39A |url=https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder_engagement/spacex_starship_ksc/SpaceX-SSH-at-LC-39A-Draft-EIS_Executive-Summary.pdf |website=FAA.gov}}</ref>

== Launch statistics ==
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=== Apollo and Apollo Applications ===
All flights operated by [[NASA]].
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!No.
!Date
!Time ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
!Launch vehicle
!Serial number
!Mission
!Result
!Remarks
|-
!1
|9 November 1967
|12:00
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-501
|[[Apollo 4]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of the Saturn V and first launch from LC-39A.
|-
!2
|4 April 1968
|12:00
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-502
|[[Apollo 6]]
|{{Partial failure}}
|Pogo oscillations caused a failure of two [[Rocketdyne J-2|J-2s]] in the [[S-II]] and a relight of the [[S-IVB]], severely changing the planned mission trajectory of the [[Apollo command and service module|Apollo CSM]].
|-
!3
|21 December 1968
|12:51
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-503
|[[Apollo 8]]
|{{Success}}
|First crewed launch of the Saturn V and first crewed launch from LC-39A. First crewed launch going beyond [[low Earth orbit]], inserting into [[Lunar orbit]].
|-
!4
|3 March 1969
|16:00
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-504
|[[Apollo 9]]<br>(CSM ''Gumdrop'' and LM ''Spider'')
|{{Success}}
|First launch of the Saturn V in its full Apollo configuration, flying with an [[Apollo Lunar Module]]. First American manned flight with a [[call sign]] since [[Gemini 3]]'s ''Molly Brown'' in 1965.
|-
!5
|16 July 1969
|13:32
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-506
|[[Apollo 11]]<br>(CSM ''Columbia'' and LM ''Eagle'')
|{{Success}}
|First fully operational Apollo flight. First crewed [[Moon landing|landing]] on the [[Moon]] and on another celestial body.
|-
!6
|14 November 1969
|16:22
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-507
|[[Apollo 12]]<br>(CSM ''Yankee Clipper'' and LM ''Intrepid'')
|{{Success}}
|A lightning strike caused the shutdown of the CSM's computer systems, but was successfully restarted mid-flight. First surface rendezvous on another celestial body, landing next to [[Surveyor 3]]. 
|-
!7
|11 April 1970
|19:13
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-508
|[[Apollo 13]]<br>(CSM ''Odyssey'' and LM ''Aquarius'')
|{{Partial failure}}
|Launch was a success, but mission had to be aborted following a failure in the CSM's service module during the lunar transfer phase.
|-
!8
|31 January 1971
|21:03
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-509
|[[Apollo 14]]<br>(CSM ''Kitty Hawk'' and LM ''Antares'')
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!9
|26 July 1971
|13:34
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-510
|[[Apollo 15]]<br>(CSM ''Endeavour'' and LM ''Falcon'')
|{{Success}}
|First flight of the extended Apollo missions, notably carrying the [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]].
|-
!10
|16 April 1972
|17:54
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-511
|[[Apollo 16]]<br>(CSM ''Casper'' and LM ''Orion'')
|{{Success}}
|Second flight of the extended Apollo missions.
|-
!11
|7 December 1972
|05:33
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-512
|[[Apollo 17]]<br>(CSM ''America'' and LM ''Challenger'')
|{{Success}}
|Last crewed launch of the Saturn V, and last of the extended Apollo missions. Most recent crewed flight to the Moon.
|-
!12
|14 May 1973
|17:30
|[[Saturn V]]
|SA-513
|[[Skylab]]
|{{Success}}
|Last flight of the Saturn V. The S-IVB was replaced with the space station module, while the S-II was modified to make orbit. Payload was extensively damaged during ascent, leading to the loss of the station's micrometeoroid shield and a solar panel.
|}

=== Space Shuttle ===
All flights operated by [[NASA]].
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!No.
!Date
!Time ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
!Launch vehicle
!Shuttle
!Mission
!Result
!Remarks
|-
!13
|12 April 1981
|12:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-1]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of the [[Space Shuttle program]], and maiden flight of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. First Space Shuttle orbital test. First shuttle landing at [[Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards]].
|-
!14
|12 November 1981
|15:10
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-2]]
|{{Success}}
|Second orbital test.
|-
!15
|22 March 1982
|16:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-3]]
|{{Success}}
|Third orbital test. Only shuttle landing at [[White Sands Missile Range|White Sands]].
|-
!16
|27 June 1982
|15:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-4]]
|{{Success}}
|Fourth and final Space Shuttle orbital test. First flight for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
|-
!17
|11 November 1982
|12:19
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-5]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!18
|4 April 1983
|18:30
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-6]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''. Launch and deployment of [[TDRS-1]] (as TDRS-A). First launch for the [[Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System]].
|-
!19
|18 June 1983
|11:33
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-7]]
|{{Success}}
|First crewed American flight with a female astronaut, [[Sally Ride]].
|-
!20
|30 August 1983
|06:32
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-8]]
|{{Success}}
|First night launch and night landing of a Shuttle. First crewed flight with an African-American astronaut, [[Guion Bluford]].
|-
!21
|28 November 1983
|16:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-9]]
|{{Success}}
|First mission using [[Spacelab]].
|-
!22
|3 February 1984
|13:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-41-B]]
|{{Success}}
|First shuttle landing at the [[Shuttle Landing Facility]].
|-
!23
|6 April 1984
|13:58
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-41-C]]
|{{Success}}
|Repair mission for the [[Solar Maximum Mission]] satellite launched in 1980. Also deployed the [[Long Duration Exposure Facility]], aiming to study long-term data placed in an outer space environment.
|-
!24
|30 August 1984
|12:41
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-41-D]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of Space Shuttle ''Discovery''.
|-
!25
|5 October 1984
|11:03
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-41-G]]
|{{Success}}
|Deployment of [[Earth Radiation Budget Satellite]], aiming to study [[Earth's energy budget]].
|-
!26
|8 November 1984
|12:15
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-51-A]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!27
|24 January 1985
|19:50
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-51-C]]
|{{Success}}
|DoD mission. Deployment of [[Magnum (satellite)|Magnum]] satellite, also known as USA-8.
|-
!28
|12 April 1985
|13:59
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-51-D]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!29
|29 April 1985
|16:02
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-51-B]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!30
|17 June 1985
|11:33
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-51-G]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!31
|29 July 1985
|22:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-51-F]]
|{{Success}}
|Mission was ultimately a success, but a faulty temperature reading caused an early shutdown of one of the [[RS-25|RS-25s]], forcing an [[Space Shuttle abort modes|abort to orbit]]. Insertion was thus much lower than planned altitude. 
|-
!32
|27 August 1985
|10:58
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-51-I]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!33
|3 October 1985
|15:15
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-51-J]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. DoD mission. Deployment of two [[Defense Satellite Communications System]] satellites, also known as USA-11 and USA-12.
|-
!34
|30 October 1985
|17:00
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]''
|[[STS-61-A]]
|{{Success}}
|Final successful flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
|-
!35
|27 November 1985
|00:29
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-61-B]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!36
|12 January 1986
|11:55
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-61-C]]
|{{Success}}
|Last Space Shuttle flight before the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|''Challenger'' disaster]]. Carried Senator [[Bill Nelson]] onboard.
|-
!37
|9 January 1990
|12:35
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-32]]
|{{Success}}
|First flight from LC-39A following the Space Shuttle's return to flight in 1988. Retrieval of the [[Long Duration Exposure Facility]].
|-
!38
|28 February 1990
|07:50
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-36]]
|{{Success}}
|DoD mission. Deployment of [[Misty (satellite program)|Misty]] satellite, also known as USA-53. Shuttle mission with the highest inclination, at 62°. Originally planned to launch from [[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6|SLC-6]] at [[Vandenberg Space Force Base|Vandenberg]], prior to the West Coast shuttle program's cancellation post-''Challenger''.
|-
!39
|15 November 1990
|23:48
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-38]]
|{{Success}}
|DoD mission. Deployment of [[Satellite Data System|SDS]] satellite, also known as USA-67.
|-
!40
|28 April 1991
|11:33
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-39]]
|{{Success}}
|DoD mission. Performed a variety of experiments.
|-
!41
|2 August 1991
|15:02
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-43]]
|{{Success}}
|Launch and deployment of [[TDRS-5]] (as TDRS-E) for the [[Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System]].
|-
!42
|12 September 1991
|23:11
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-48]]
|{{Success}}
|Launch and deployment of the [[Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite]].
|-
!43
|24 November 1991
|23:44
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-44]]
|{{Success}}
|DoD mission. Deployment of [[Defense Support Program]] satellite, also known as USA-75.
|-
!44
|22 January 1992
|14:52
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-42]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!45
|24 March 1992
|13:13
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-45]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!46
|25 June 1992
|16:12
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-50]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!47
|2 December 1992
|13:24
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-53]]
|{{Success}}
|Last flight for the DoD. Deployment of [[Satellite Data System|SDS]] satellite, also known as USA-89.
|-
!48
|26 April 1993
|14:50
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-55]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!49
|3 February 1994
|12:10
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-60]]
|{{Success}}
|First shuttle mission to fly with a Russian cosmonaut, [[Sergei Krikalev]].
|-
!50
|9 April 1994
|11:05
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-59]]
|{{Success}}
|First flight of Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' from 39A.
|-
!51
|8 July 1994
|04:43
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-65]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!52
|30 September 1994
|11:16
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-68]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!53
|2 March 1995
|06:38
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-67]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!54
|27 June 1995
|19:32
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-71]]
|{{Success}}
|First Shuttle docking with the ''[[Mir]]'' space station.
|-
!55
|7 September 1995
|15:09
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-69]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!56
|12 November 1995
|12:30
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-74]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with ''[[Mir]]''. Launch and delivery of the [[Mir Docking Module]] to the station.
|-
!57
|16 September 1996
|08:54
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-79]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with ''[[Mir]]''.
|-
!58
|11 February 1997
|08:55
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-82]]
|{{Success}}
|Servicing mission for the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].
|-
!59
|4 April 1997
|19:20
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-83]]
|{{Success}}
|Mission cut short because of a fuel cell issue.
|-
!60
|15 May 1997
|08:07
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-84]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with ''[[Mir]]''.
|-
!61
|1 July 1997
|18:02
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-94]]
|{{Success}}
|Reflight of STS-83.
|-
!62
|7 August 1997
|14:41
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-85]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!63
|25 September 1997
|14:34
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-86]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with ''[[Mir]]''.
|-
!64
|23 January 1998
|02:48
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-89]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with ''[[Mir]]''.
|-
!65
|2 June 1998
|22:06
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-91]]
|{{Success}}
|Last shuttle mission to ''[[Mir]]''.
|-
!66
|4 December 1998
|08:35
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-88]]
|{{Success}}
|First flight to the [[International Space Station]] and first ISS assembly flight. Added the [[Unity (ISS module)|''Unity'']] Node 1 module''.''
|-
!67
|11 February 2000
|16:43
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-99]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!68
|19 May 2000
|10:11
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-101]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!69
|11 October 2000
|23:17
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-92]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Integrated Truss Structure|Z1 truss]].
|-
!70
|7 February 2001
|23:13
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-98]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Destiny (ISS module)|Destiny]]'' US Lab module.
|-
!71
|19 April 2001
|18:40
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-100]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Mobile Servicing System]].
|-
!72
|10 August 2001
|21:10
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-105]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!73
|1 March 2002
|11:22
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-109]]
|{{Success}}
|Servicing mission for the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. Final successful flight of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.
|-
!74
|5 June 2002
|21:22
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-111]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!75
|24 November 2002
|00:49
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-113]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Integrated Truss Structure|P1 truss]]. Last shuttle flight before the ''Columbia'' disaster.
|-
!76
|16 January 2003
|15:39
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]''
|[[STS-107]]
|{{Failure}}
|Launch and orbital operations were a success, but damage to the [[Space Shuttle thermal protection system|thermal protection system]] during ascent resulted in breakup during reentry, causing the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]].
|-
!77
|8 June 2007
|23:38
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-117]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Integrated Truss Structure|S3/S4 truss and solar arrays]]. First launch from 39A following the shuttle's return to service in 2005.
|-
!78
|8 August 2007
|23:36
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-118]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Integrated Truss Structure|S5 truss]].
|-
!79
|23 October 2007
|15:38
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-120]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]'' Node 2 module.
|-
!80
|7 February 2008
|19:45
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-122]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Columbus (ISS module)|Columbus]]'' European Laboratory module.
|-
!81
|11 March 2008
|06:28
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-123]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Kibo (ISS module)|Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section]] and [[Dextre]].
|-
!82
|31 May 2008
|21:02
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-124]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Kibō (ISS module)|Kibō]]'' Japanese Experiment Module.
|-
!83
|15 November 2008
|00:55
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-126]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!84
|15 March 2009
|23:43
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-119]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Integrated Truss Structure|S6 solar array and truss]].
|-
!85
|11 May 2009
|18:01
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-125]]
|{{Success}}
|Final servicing mission for the [[Hubble Space Telescope]], and final non-ISS Space Shuttle mission.
|-
!86
|15 July 2009
|22:03
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-127]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Kibō (ISS module)|Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility]].
|-
!87
|29 August 2009
|03:59
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-128]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Final shuttle landing at Edwards.
|-
!88
|16 November 2009
|19:28
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-129]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!89
|8 February 2010
|09:14
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-130]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Tranquility (ISS module)|Tranquility]]'' Node 3 module and [[Cupola (ISS module)|Cupola]].
|-
!90
|5 April 2010
|10:21
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-131]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Final night launch of the Space Shuttle.
|-
!91
|14 May 2010
|18:20
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-132]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Rassvet (ISS module)|Rassvet]]'' Mini-Research module.
|-
!92
|24 February 2011
|21:53
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]''
|[[STS-133]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the ''[[Leonardo (ISS module)|Leonardo]]'' Permanent Multipurpose Module. Final daytime shuttle landing, and final flight of Space Shuttle ''Discovery''.
|-
!93
|16 May 2011
|12:56
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]''
|[[STS-134]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] assembly flight, adding the [[Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer]]. Final flight of Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.
|-
!94
|8 July 2011
|15:29
|[[Space Shuttle]]
|''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]''
|[[STS-135]]
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Final flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', final manned launch from the United States until 2020, and the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.
|}

=== Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy ===
All flights operated by [[SpaceX]].
==== Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy (2017-2022) ====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sticky-header"
!No.
!Date
!Time ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
!Launch Vehicle
!Booster flight{{efn|name=booster|Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have a four-digit serial number. A hyphen followed by a number indicates the flight count. For example, B1021{{nbhyph}}1 and B1021{{nbhyph}}2 represent the first and second flights of booster [[B1021]]. Boosters without a hyphen were expended on their first flight.}}
!Payload/mission
!Result
!Remarks
|-
!95
|19 February 2017
|14:39
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1031{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-10]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. First [[Falcon 9]] launch from LC-39A, and first unmanned launch from 39A since Skylab in 1973. Originally planned to launch from [[Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40|SLC-40]], but the [[AMOS-6 (satellite)|AMOS-6]] preclusion rendered that pad out of use until repairs.
|-
!96
|16 March 2017
|06:00
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1030
|[[EchoStar 23]]
|{{Success}}
|First uncrewed launch not to the ISS from LC-39A since Apollo 6 in 1968. First stage expended.
|-
!97
|30 March 2017
|22:27
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1021{{nbhyph}}2
|[[SES-10]]
|{{Success}}
|First ever reflight of a previously used Falcon 9 first stage, being previously flown in 2016 as part of [[SpaceX CRS-8]].
|-
!98
|1 May 2017
|11:15
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1032{{nbhyph}}1
|[[USA-276|NROL-76]]
|{{Success}}
|[[List of NRO launches|NRO launch]]. Unknown satellite, also known as USA-276. First classified Falcon 9 flight and first SpaceX flight for the [[National Reconnaissance Office]].
|-
!99
|15 May 2017
|23:21
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1034{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Inmarsat|Inmarsat-5 F4]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!100
|3 June 2017
|21:07
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1035{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-11]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. Launched and delivered [[Roll Out Solar Array|ROSA]] and [[Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer|NICER]]. First flight of a reused [[SpaceX Dragon 1|Dragon]] capsule, previously flown as part of [[SpaceX CRS-4]].
|-
!101
|23 June 2017
|19:10
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1029{{nbhyph}}2
|[[BulgariaSat-1]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!102
|5 July 2017
|23:38
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1037
|[[Intelsat 35e]]
|{{Success}}
|First stage expended.
|-
!103
|14 August 2017
|16:31
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Block 4]]
|1039{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-12]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. First Block 4 launch.
|-
!104
|7 September 2017
|14:00
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Block 4]]
|1040{{nbhyph}}1
|[[OTV-5|X-37B OTV-5]]
|{{Success}}
|Fifth flight of the [[Boeing X-37|Boeing X-37B]]. First X-37B flight not launched on an [[Atlas V]].
|-
!105
|11 October 2017
|22:53
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust]]
|1031{{nbhyph}}2
|[[List of SES satellites|SES-11]] / [[EchoStar|EchoStar 105]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!106
|30 October 2017
|19:34
|[[Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Falcon 9 Block 4]]
|1042{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Koreasat 5A]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!107
|6 February 2018
|20:45
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1033 (core)<br/>1023{{nbhyph}}2, 1025{{nbhyph}}2 (sides)
|[[Falcon Heavy test flight]]
|{{Success}}
|Maiden launch of Falcon Heavy and first of two [[National Security Space Launch]] certification launches. Placed [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster]] into [[heliocentric orbit]]. Boosters successfully recovered, but core stage was lost. First flight from LC-39A since SLC-40 was reactivated. 
|-
!108
|11 May 2018
|20:14
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1046{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Bangabandhu-1]]
|{{Success}}
|First Block 5 launch.
|-
!109
|15 November 2018
|20:46
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1047{{nbhyph}}2
|[[Es'hail 2]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!110
|2 March 2019
|07:19
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Crew Dragon Demo-1]]<br/>([[Crew Dragon C204|Dragon C204]])
|{{Success}}
|Maiden flight of [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] and first SpaceX demonstration flight for the [[Commercial Crew Program]], docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Only flight of Dragon C204 before it was accidentally destroyed during a test.
|-
!111
|11 April 2019
|22:35
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1055 (core)<br />1052{{nbhyph}}1, 1053{{nbhyph}}1 (sides)
|[[Arabsat-6A]]
|{{Success}}
|First Block 5 Falcon Heavy launch and second of two [[National Security Space Launch]] certification launches. All three cores safely landed, but the core stage tipped over during transport back to [[Port Canaveral]].
|-
!112
|25 June 2019
|06:30
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1057 (core)<br />1052{{nbhyph}}2, 1053{{nbhyph}}2 (sides)
|[[Space Test Program|STP-2]]
|{{Success}}
|First DoD flight for Falcon Heavy, and successful recovery of a fairing.
|-
!113
|19 January 2020
|15:30
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1046{{nbhyph}}4
|[[Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test|Crew Dragon in-flight abort test]]<br />([[Crew Dragon C205|Dragon C205]])
|{{Success}}
|Suborbital flight. Falcon 9 was deliberately destroyed 85 seconds in to simulate a failure at [[Max q|max ''q'']]. Dragon capsule then separated and followed an abort procedure. Only flight of Crew Dragon C205.
|-
!114
|18 March 2020
|12:16
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1048{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Starlink]] 5 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|First [[List of Starlink and Starshield launches|Starlink launch]] from LC-39A.
|-
!115
|22 April 2020
|19:30
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}4
|[[Starlink]] 6 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!116
|30 May 2020
|19:22
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Crew Dragon Demo-2]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|Maiden crewed flight of a Falcon 9 and the first crewed flight from the United States since [[STS-135]] in 2011, carrying astronauts [[Bob Behnken]] and [[Doug Hurley]] to the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Maiden flight of Crew Dragon ''Endeavour''.
|-
!117
|7 August 2020
|05:12
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Starlink]] 9 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!118
|3 September 2020
|12:46
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}2
|[[Starlink]] 11 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!119
|6 October 2020
|11:29
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}3
|[[Starlink]] 12 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!120
|18 October 2020
|12:25
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}6
|[[Starlink]] 13 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!121
|16 November 2020
|00:27
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1061{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX Crew-1]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Resilience|Dragon ''Resilience'']])
|{{Success}}
|First crew rotation mission of the [[Commercial Crew Program]] to the [[International Space Station|ISS]] and maiden flight of Crew Dragon ''Resilience''.
|-
!122
|6 December 2020
|16:17
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}4
|[[SpaceX CRS-21]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. Launched and delivered the [[Nanoracks Bishop Airlock]]. Maiden flight of [[SpaceX Dragon 2|Cargo Dragon 2]].
|-
!123
|19 December 2020
|14:00
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1059{{nbhyph}}5
|[[List of NRO launches|NROL-108]]
|{{Success}}
|[[National Reconnaissance Office|NRO]] launch. Two reported [[SpaceX Starshield|Starshield]] satellites, also known as USA-312 and USA-313.
|-
!124
|20 January 2021
|13:02
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] 16 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!125
|4 March 2021
|08:24
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1049{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] 17 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!126
|14 March 2021
|10:01
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1051{{nbhyph}}9
|[[Starlink]] 21 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!127
|23 April 2021
|09:49
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1061{{nbhyph}}2
|[[SpaceX Crew-2]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!128
|4 May 2021
|19:01
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1049{{nbhyph}}9
|[[Starlink]] 25 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!129
|15 May 2021
|22:56
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] 25 (v1.0)
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!130
|3 June 2021
|17:29
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-22]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. Launched and delivered the first set of [[Roll Out Solar Array|iROSA]] solar panels.
|-
!131
|29 August 2021
|07:14
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1061{{nbhyph}}4
|[[SpaceX CRS-23]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!132
|16 September 2021
|00:02
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}3
|[[Inspiration4]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Resilience|Dragon ''Resilience'']])
|{{Success}}
|First private crewed orbital spaceflight, being commanded by entrepreneur [[Jared Isaacman]]. First non-[[International Space Station|ISS]] American crewed spaceflight since [[STS-125]] in 2009, first splashdown in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] since [[Apollo 9]] in 1969, and set highest crewed altitude record since [[STS-103]] in 1999.
|-
!133
|11 November 2021
|02:03
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}2
|[[SpaceX Crew-3]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endurance|Dragon ''Endurance'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight. Maiden flight of Crew Dragon ''Endurance''.
|-
!134
|9 December 2021
|06:00
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1061{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Explorers Program]]. Launch consisted of three identical telescope tasked with x-ray astronomy.
|-
!135
|21 December 2021
|10:06
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-24]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!136
|6 January 2022
|21:49
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}4
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–5
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!137
|19 January 2022
|02:02
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}10
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–6
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!138
|3 February 2022
|18:13
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1061{{nbhyph}}6
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–7
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!139
|3 March 2022
|14:25
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}11
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–9
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!140
|8 April 2022
|15:17
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Axiom Mission 1]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|Docking with the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. First private crewed flight to the ISS.
|-
!141
|27 April 2022
|07:52
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}4
|[[SpaceX Crew-4]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Freedom|Dragon ''Freedom'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight. Maiden flight of Crew Dragon ''Freedom''.
|-
!142
|6 May 2022
|09:46
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}12
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–17
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!143
|18 May 2022
|10:59
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1052{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–18
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!144
|17 June 2022
|16:09
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}13
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–19
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!145
|15 July 2022
|00:44
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}5
|[[SpaceX CRS-25]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!146
|24 July 2022
|13:38
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–25
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!147
|10 August 2022
|02:14
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}3
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–26
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!148
|11 September 2022
|01:20
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}14
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–20
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!149
|5 October 2022
|16:00
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1077{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX Crew-5]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endurance|Dragon ''Endurance'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!150
|1 November 2022
|13:41
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1066 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}1, 1065{{nbhyph}}1 (sides)
|[[List of USSF launches|USSF-44]]
|{{Success}}
|Launch for the [[United States Space Force]]. Eight technology demonstration satellites, also known as USA-339, 340, 341, 344, 399, 546, 547, and 548. Core stage expended.
|-
!151
|26 November 2022
|19:20
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1076{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX CRS-26]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. Launched and delivered the second set of [[Roll Out Solar Array|iROSA]] solar panels.
|-
!152
|8 December 2022
|22:27
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}4
|[[OneWeb satellite constellation|OneWeb]] Flight #15
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!153
|17 December 2022
|21:32
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1058{{nbhyph}}15
|[[Starlink]] Group 4–37
|{{Success}}
|
|}

==== Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy (since 2023) ====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sticky-header"
!No.
!Date
!Time ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
!Launch Vehicle
!Booster flight{{efn|name=booster}}
!Payload/mission
!Result
!Remarks
|-
!154
|15 January 2023
|22:56
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1070 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}2, 1065{{nbhyph}}2 (sides)
|[[List of USSF launches|USSF-67]]
|{{Success}}
|Launch for the [[United States Space Force]]. CBAS satellite, also known as USA-342. Core stage expended.
|-
!155
|2 February 2023
|07:58
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Starlink]] Group 5–3
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!156
|2 March 2023
|05:34
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1078{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX Crew-6]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!157
|15 March 2023
|00:30
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}7
|[[SpaceX CRS-27]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!158
|1 May 2023
|00:26
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1068 (core)<br />1052{{nbhyph}}8, 1053{{nbhyph}}3 (sides)
|[[ViaSat-3]] Americas
|{{Success}}
|Heaviest all-electric satellite launched into orbit. All three boosters expended.
|-
!159
|21 May 2023
|21:37
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1080{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Axiom Mission 2]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Freedom|Dragon ''Freedom'']])
|{{Success}}
|Private crewed docking to the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!160
|5 June 2023
|15:47
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1077{{nbhyph}}5
|[[SpaceX CRS-28]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight. Launched and delivered the third set of [[Roll Out Solar Array|iROSA]] solar panels.
|-
!161
|29 July 2023
|03:04
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1074 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}3, 1065{{nbhyph}}3 (sides)
|[[EchoStar]]-24
|{{Success}}
|Heaviest geostationary satellite ever launched. Core stage expended.
|-
!162
|26 August 2023
|07:27
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1081{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX Crew-7]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endurance|Dragon ''Endurance'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!163
|4 September 2023
|02:47
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}10
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–12
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!164
|13 October 2023
|14:19
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1079 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}4, 1065{{nbhyph}}4 (sides)
|[[Psyche (spacecraft)|Psyche]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Discovery Program]], aimed at studying [[16 Psyche]]. First Falcon Heavy launch towards another celestial body. Core stage expended.
|-
!165
|10 November 2023
|01:28
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1081{{nbhyph}}2
|[[SpaceX CRS-29]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!166
|29 December 2023
|01:07
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1084 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}5, 1065{{nbhyph}}5 (sides)
|[[OTV-7|X-37B OTV-7]]
|{{Success}}
|Seventh flight of the [[Boeing X-37|X-37B]]. First X-37B flight to [[medium Earth orbit]], and first flight on a Falcon Heavy. Core stage expended.
|-
!167
|18 January 2024
|21:49
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1080{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Axiom Mission 3]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Freedom|Dragon ''Freedom'']])
|{{Success}}
|Private crewed docking to the [[International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
!168
|January 29, 2024
|01:10
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}18
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–38
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!169
|15 February 2024
|06:05
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}18
|[[IM-1]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Commercial Lunar Payload Services]] program. First launch of [[Intuitive Machines]]' [[Intuitive Machines Nova-C|Nova-C]] Lunar lander. Second mission and first successful flight of the program. First launch to the [[Moon]] from 39A since Apollo 17 in 1972. 
|-
!170
|4 March 2024
|03:53
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}1
|[[SpaceX Crew-8]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!171
|16 March 2024
|00:21
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1062{{nbhyph}}19
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–44
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!172
|24 March 2024
|03:09
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}19
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–42
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!173
|30 March 2024
|21:52
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1076{{nbhyph}}12
|[[Eutelsat 36D]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!174
|7 April 2024
|23:16
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}14
|[[List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024#SpXBandwagon1|Bandwagon-1]]
|{{Success}}
|First SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission from LC-39A.
|-
!175
|17 April 2024
|21:26
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1077{{nbhyph}}12
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–51
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!176
|28 April 2024
|00:34
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1060{{nbhyph}}20
|[[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]]-L12
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]] satellite navigation system. First Gallileo launch from the United States, following development issues with [[Ariane 6]]. First stage expended.
|-
!177
|8 May 2024
|18:42
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}3
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–56
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!178
|24 May 2024
|02:45
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1077{{nbhyph}}13
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–63
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!179
|25 June 2024
|21:26
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1087 (core)<br />1072{{nbhyph}}1, 1086{{nbhyph}}1 (sides)
|[[GOES-19]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite]] system of satellites. Launched as GOES-U. First GOES launch on a SpaceX rocket. Core stage expended.
|-
!180
|27 July 2024
|05:45
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}17
|[[Starlink]] Group 10–9
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!181
|2 August 2024
|05:01
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1078{{nbhyph}}12
|[[Starlink]] Group 10–6
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!182
|12 August 2024
|10:37
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}17
|[[Starlink]] Group 10–7
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!183
|10 September 2024
|09:23
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}4
|[[Polaris Dawn]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Resilience|Dragon ''Resilience'']])
|{{Success}}
|First mission of the private [[Polaris program|Polaris Program]], commanded by [[Jared Isaacman]]. First ever private [[Extravehicular activity|spacewalk]], conducted by Isaacman and [[Sarah Gillis]]. Set non-Apollo crewed altitude record since [[Gemini 11]] in 1966, and contributed to current record of most people in orbit, at 19.
|-
!184
|14 October 2024
|16:06
|[[Falcon Heavy]]
|1089 (core)<br />1064{{nbhyph}}6, 1065{{nbhyph}}6 (sides)
|[[Europa Clipper]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[NASA large strategic science missions|Large Strategic Science Missions]], aimed at studying [[Jupiter]] and its moon [[Europa (moon)|Europa]]. First Falcon Heavy launch to another planet. All three boosters expended.
|-
!185
|5 November 2024
|02:29
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}5
|[[SpaceX CRS-31]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!186
|11 November 2024
|17:22
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}23
|[[Koreasat]] 6A
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!187
|17 November 2024
|22:28
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1077{{nbhyph}}16
|[[Optus]]-X/TD7
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!188
|27 November 2024
|04:41
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1078{{nbhyph}}15
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–76
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!189
|5 December 2024
|16:10
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1076{{nbhyph}}19
|[[Sirius XM#Satellites|SXM-9]]
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!190
|17 December 2024
|22:26
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1090{{nbhyph}}1
|[[O3b mPOWER]] 7 & 8
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!191
|23 December 2024
|05:35
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1080{{nbhyph}}14
|[[Starlink]] Group 12–2
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!192
|31 December 2024
|05:39
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1078{{nbhyph}}16
|[[Starlink]] Group 12–6
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!193
|8 January 2025
|15:27
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1086{{nbhyph}}3
|[[Starlink]] Group 12–11
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!194
|15 January 2025
|06:11
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1085{{nbhyph}}5
|[[Blue Ghost Mission 1]] /[[Hakuto-R Mission 2]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Commercial Lunar Payload Services]] program for Blue Ghost, private mission for Hakuto-R. First launch of [[Firefly Aerospace]]'s [[Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost|Blue Ghost]] and second launch of [[Ispace Inc.|ispace]]'s [[Hakuto-R]] Lunar landers. Blue Ghost became first completely successful CLPS mission. Hakuto-R crashed into lunar surface during final descent. 
|-
!195
|21 January 2025
|05:24
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] Group 13–1
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!196
|30 January 2025
|01:34
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1073{{nbhyph}}21
|[[Spainsat NG]] I
|{{Success}}
|First stage expended.
|-
!197
|4 February 2025
|23:13
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1086{{nbhyph}}4
|[[WorldView Legion]] 5 & 6
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!198
|27 February 2025
|00:16
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}9
|[[IM-2]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Commercial Lunar Payload Services]] program. Second flight of [[Intuitive Machines Nova-C|Nova-C]]. Flight contained secondary payloads [[Lunar Trailblazer]], [[AstroForge#Odin (Brokkr-2)|Brokkr-2]], and Chimera-1.
|-
!199
|14 March 2025
|23:03
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}22
|[[SpaceX Crew-10]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endurance|Dragon ''Endurance'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight.
|-
!200
|1 April 2025
|01:46
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1085{{nbhyph}}6
|[[Fram2]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Resilience|Dragon ''Resilience'']])
|{{Success}}
|Private crewed mission, commanded by [[Chun Wang]]. First ever crewed mission to go into [[polar orbit]], and first polar launch from LC-39A.
|-
!201
|13 April 2025
|00:53
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1083{{nbhyph}}10
|[[Starlink]] Group 12–17
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!202
|21 April 2025
|08:15
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1092{{nbhyph}}3
|[[SpaceX CRS-32]]
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply flight.
|-
!203
|29 April 2025
|02:34
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1094{{nbhyph}}1
|[[Starlink]] Group 12–10
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!204
|4 May 2025
|08:54
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1078{{nbhyph}}20
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–84
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!205
|13 May 2025
|05:02
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}28
|[[Starlink]] Group 6–83
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!206
|28 May 2025
|13:30
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1080{{nbhyph}}19
|[[Starlink]] Group 10–32
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!207
|25 June 2025
|06:31
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1094{{nbhyph}}2
|[[Axiom Mission 4]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Grace|Dragon ''Grace'']])
|{{Success}}
|Private crewed docking to the [[International Space Station|ISS]]. Maiden flight of Crew Dragon ''Grace''.
|-
!208
|1 July 2025
|21:04
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1085{{nbhyph}}9
|[[Meteosat Third Generation|MTG-S1]]/[[Sentinel-4|Sentinel-4A]]
|{{Success}}
|Sentinel-4A part of [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s [[Copernicus Programme]] series of [[Earth observation satellite|earth observation satellites]]. First Sentinel launch from Cape Canaveral.
|-
!209
|1 August 2025
|15:43
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1094{{nbhyph}}3
|[[SpaceX Crew-11]]<br />([[Crew Dragon Endeavour|Dragon ''Endeavour'']])
|{{Success}}
|[[International Space Station|ISS]] crew rotation flight. Final booster landing at [[Landing Zones 1 and 2|LZ-1]].
|-
!210
|22 August 2025
|03:50
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1092{{nbhyph}}6
|[[OTV-8|X-37B OTV-8]]
|{{Success}}
|Eighth flight of the [[Boeing X-37B]], also known as [[List of USSF launches|USSF-36]]. Third launch from Falcon.
|-
!211
|28 August 2025
|08:12
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}30
|[[Starlink]] Group 10–11
|{{Success}}
|First time a booster reached 30 flights.
|-
!212
|5 September 2025
|12:32
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}27
|[[Starlink]] Group 10-57
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!213
|24 September 2025
|11:30
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1096{{nbhyph}}2
|[[Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe]]
|{{Success}}
|Part of the [[Solar Terrestrial Probes program]], designed to observe [[particle acceleration]] and [[solar wind]] interaction with the [[interstellar medium]]. Launched alongside [[Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1|SWFO-L1]] and the [[Carruthers Geocorona Observatory]].
|-
!214
|9 November 2025
|08:10
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1069{{nbhyph}}28
|[[Starlink]] Group 10{{nbhyph}}51
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!215
|15 November 2025
|03:08
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1092{{nbhyph}}8
|[[Starlink]] Group 6{{nbhyph}}89
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!216
|21 November 2025
|03:39
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1080{{nbhyph}}23
|[[Starlink]] Group 6{{nbhyph}}78
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!217
|1 December 2025
|07:44
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1095{{nbhyph}}4
|[[Starlink]] Group 6{{nbhyph}}86
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!218
|8 December 2025
|22:26
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1067{{nbhyph}}32
|[[Starlink]] Group 6{{nbhyph}}92
|{{Success}}
|
|-
!219
|17 December 2025
|13:42
|[[Falcon 9 Block 5]]
|1094{{nbhyph}}6
|[[Starlink]] Group 6{{nbhyph}}99
|{{Success}}
|
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="200" widths="270">
File:Apollo 11 Launch - GPN-2000-000630.jpg|Apollo 11 launch at LC-39A (1969)
File:Enterprise KSC 1979.jpg|{{OV|101}} at LC-39A during the fit check tests (1979)
File:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis_at_Launch_Pad_39A.jpg|{{OV|104}} at LC-39A (2007)
File:39A SpaceX Deluge Test.webm|Deluge system test at pad 39A (2017)
File:SpaceX HIF at KSC LC-39A (27550168066).jpg|SpaceX Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF)
File:KSC-20190624-PH_KLS01_0056.jpg|Falcon Heavy at LC-39A (2019)
File:SpaceX_Starship_Launch_Tower_at_KSC.jpg|Construction of the future launch tower for the dedicated SpaceX Starship launch pad at LC-39A (2022)
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Rocketry|Spaceflight}}
* {{annotated link|List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites}}

== References ==

=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A}}
* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/lc39a.html Launch Complex 39-A] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403135718/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/lc39a.html |date=April 3, 2019 }}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEjsS0i06k&feature=channel NASA-produced video tour of Shuttle on Pad 39A 1 month before launch]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/apacheman/sets/72157628298421411/with/6463141403/ photos of work areas and catacombs beneath Pad 39A]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011015650/http://www.astronautix.com/c/capecanaverallc39a.html Cape Canaveral LC39A] from ''[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]''

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