Eric Ralph

SpaceX stacks Starship and Super Heavy booster for “wet dress rehearsal” test

For the third time in three months, SpaceX has fully assembled Starship 24 and Super Heavy Booster 7 after another…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches second batch of 40 OneWeb satellites

SpaceX has successfully completed its second launch for OneWeb, carrying another 40 of the London-based company's small communications satellites into…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rolls out for first launch of 2023

SpaceX has assembled Falcon Heavy and rolled the rocket out to the launch pad for its first mission of 2023.…

Elon Musk: SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch “highly likely” in Q1 2023

SpaceX's first Starship orbital launch mount (OLM) appears to have passed a busy week of stress-testing, clearing the way for…

SpaceX gears up for busy year of Falcon Heavy launches

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than January 12th for the fifth launch of Falcon Heavy, the largest and most powerful…

SpaceX eyes West Coast for first Starlink launch of 2023

SpaceX is reportedly planning to launch its first Starlink mission of 2023 from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base. Next Spaceflight…

SpaceX kicks off 2023 with second largest rideshare launch

After rounding out 2022 with the world's last orbital launch, SpaceX has kicked off 2023 with the new year's first…

SpaceX ties 42-year-old Soviet record with last launch of 2022

SpaceX has tied a 42-year-old record with its 61st and final Falcon rocket launch of 2022. Also marking the latest…

SpaceX aces 60th orbital launch of 2022

SpaceX has completed its 60th orbital launch of 2022, marking the first time the company has fully hit a public…

SpaceX’s first “next-gen” Starlink satellites are suspiciously familiar

In a strange twist, SpaceX says that its next Starlink mission will launch 54 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO),…

SpaceX wins Sentinel 6B radar satellite launch contract

SpaceX has won a contract to launch the joint US-European Sentinel 6B radar satellite as early as November 2025. Five…

SpaceX might launch first Starlink Gen2 satellites next week

Update: It no longer appears that SpaceX's last Starlink launch of the year will carry true V2 or V2 Mini…

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet gains 750,000 subscribers in nine months

SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet service has surpassed one million active subscribers just two years after its first limited…

SpaceX aces three Falcon 9 launches in 34 hours

SpaceX has successfully launched three Falcon 9 rockets less than 34 hours apart, leaving the company only one mission shy…

SpaceX targeting salvo of three Falcon 9 launches this week

SpaceX is in the final stages of preparing a trio of Falcon 9 rockets for a set of launches scheduled…

NASA’s first Artemis Moon mission a flawless success after Orion splashdown

NASA has successfully recovered an uncrewed version of its Orion crew capsule, marking the flawless completion of the spacecraft's first…

SpaceX launches Japanese lander, NASA cubesat to the Moon

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched a privately-developed Japanese Moon lander and a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory cubesat…

SpaceX sends OneWeb satellites to orbit on 55th launch of 2022

SpaceX has successfully launched the first of at least three missions for Starlink competitor OneWeb, completing its 55th launch of…

Relativity Space’s first 3D-printed rocket goes vertical for launch debut

Relativity Space's first 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket has rolled out to the startup's Florida pad and been raised vertical ahead…

SpaceX returns Starship booster to factory after two major Raptor tests

For the sixth time this year, SpaceX has returned the same Super Heavy booster prototype to its South Texas Starship…