FLORIDA TODAY photographers captured a gallery of images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking skyward Tuesday afternoon above Brevard County.

A two-armed space robot is on its way to give life-extending jetpacks to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.

SpaceX is aiming to launch the Northrop Grumman Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods in Florida on Tuesday.

A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday afternoon to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up. It’s the second satellite-saving mission to launch this month,