Skip to content
AsteriaStar

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed and operated by SpaceX.

Type
Launch vehicle
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
16

NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)

SpaceX Crew Mission Graphics - Falcon 9
SpaceX Crew Mission Graphics - Falcon 9 · NASA/Kennedy

Experience system V6

Rocket engineering profile

A vehicle-first layout for staging, launch context, organizations, and mission graph relations.

Architecture SVGTrajectory contextOrganization graphSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Operated by SpaceX.

  4. 04

    Connect

    16 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Launch vehicle
Graph relations
16
Verified sources
1
Image records
4
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Mission context

Earth / launchSpaceXmission arc
  • Operated by

    SpaceX

  • Launched

    DART

  • Launched

    TESS

  • Launched

    Danuri (KPLO)

Original SVG diagram

Mission architecture

LaunchEncounterSpacecraftLaunch vehicle systemArchitecture follows recorded graph links.
Agency
Not recorded
Launch year
Not recorded
Mission type
Not recorded
Status
Not recorded
Danuri (KPLO)DARTFalconFalcon 9 first st...Falcon 9 second s...Falcon HeavyGRACE-FOHeraJason-3Launch Complex 39AMerlin 1DSpace Launch Comp...Falcon 9Launch vehicle

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

4 more graph links

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

4 cleared visual records
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster

NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)

SpaceX Crew Mission Graphics - Falcon 9

SpaceX Crew Mission Graphics - Falcon 9

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

SpaceX Crew-3 Falcon 9 Vertical at LC 39A

SpaceX Crew-3 Falcon 9 Vertical at LC 39A

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

SpaceX Crew-3 Falcon 9 Vertical at LC 39A

SpaceX Crew-3 Falcon 9 Vertical at LC 39A

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

Continue the atlas

Curated next objects

organization

SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft.

space mission

DART

DART was the first planetary-defence test, deliberately impacting the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos to change its orbit.

space telescope

TESS

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is a NASA space telescope launched in 2018 that surveys nearby bright stars to detect transiting exoplanets.

space mission

Danuri (KPLO)

Danuri, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, is South Korea's first mission to the Moon.

rocket family

Falcon

SpaceX's family of RP-1/LOX rockets — the retired Falcon 1, the reusable Falcon 9, and the Falcon Heavy — that made orbital-class booster reuse routine.

launch pad

Launch Complex 39A

The historic Kennedy Space Center pad that launched the Apollo 11 Saturn V and many Space Shuttle flights, now leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship operations.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2024-05-13

Gallery

SpaceX Crew-3 Falcon 9 Vertical at LC 39A

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is vertical with the Crew Dragon atop for the Crew-3 mission at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct.

2021

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

Source archive ↗

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
launch_vehicle:falcon-9
Type
Launch vehicle
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
16
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/launch_vehicle:falcon-9

Scientific quality

Substantial
Reviewed1 sourcev1.0.0

5 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Partial
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
Complete
Citation coverage
Complete
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
None

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

Provenance & sources

review 2026.1

Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate

  • High evidenceconfirmed

    Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage RP-1/LOX rocket by SpaceX whose first stage lands and re-flies; it places about 22,800 kg into low Earth orbit in expendable configuration and is human-rated for Crew Dragon.

    Source: SpaceX

Reviewed by the internal Asteria Scientific Review Process — not an external institutional review. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

You might also explore

Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.