SpaceX
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2.0KSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rolls out to launch pad with NASA X-ray telescope
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s tiny IXPE X-ray telescope has rolled out to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Pad 39A for...
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21.3KSpaceX stacking two Starships at once for the first time in ten months
As of late November, SpaceX has begun stacking two Starship prototypes simultaneously for the first time in ten months. Known as Starship...
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8.6KSpaceX fires up rocket for second NASA spacecraft launch in two weeks
SpaceX says it has successfully static fired Falcon 9 ahead of the company’s second scientific NASA spacecraft launch in just two weeks....
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10.7KSpaceX breaks annual launch record with Starlink rideshare
SpaceX has successfully launched 48 more Starlink V1.5 satellites and two rideshare payloads, simultaneously breaking its record for annual launches and making...
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20.5KSpaceX tests Starship and Frankenstein ‘test tank’ simultaneously
After another few weeks of downtime, SpaceX has simultaneously tested the first orbital-class Starship prototype and a Frankenstein-esque ‘test tank’ at its...
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10.7KSpaceX confirms Starlink launch plans hours before Thursday liftoff
Update: Waiting longer than it ever has before, SpaceX finally confirmed it will attempt to launch Starlink 4-3 less than seven hours...
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16.1KElon Musk says SpaceX could soon face bankruptcy – here’s why that’s unlikely
In a new leaked email, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could go bankrupt if, by the end of 2022,...
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7.4KNASA wants SpaceX to dock Dragons at new Russian space station ‘node’
State media agency RIA says that NASA and Roscosmos are negotiating an agreement that would eventually allow SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and other...
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3.8KSpaceX drone ship heads to sea for record-breaking Starlink launch
SpaceX’s newest drone ship is on its way out into the Atlantic Ocean for a Starlink mission that will break the company’s...
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1.2KSpaceX rocket sails into California port after interplanetary launch
The first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to help launch a payload directly into interplanetary space has safely arrived at a California port....
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1.2KSpaceX putting the finishing touches on Starship’s orbital launch pad
SpaceX appears to have begun tying up a number of loose ends at Starship’s first orbital launch site, potentially setting the stage...
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6.0KSpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces first interplanetary launch
SpaceX has aced its first operational interplanetary launch, sending NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on its way out of the...
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4.6KSpaceX, NASA set to launch humanity’s first ‘dinosaur avenger’ spacecraft [webcast]
SpaceX is firmly on track to launch NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission – sometimes half-seriously referred to as the first...
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1.3KSpaceX to round out 2021 with a burst of Falcon launches
After an unusual cadence downtick in the third quarter of the year, SpaceX looks set to round out the last several weeks...
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2.7KSpaceX encapsulates NASA DART spacecraft for first interplanetary Falcon 9 launch
NASA says SpaceX has finished encapsulating its DART asteroid redirection spacecraft inside Falcon 9’s fairing and opened up its West Coast launch...
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2.7KSpaceX’s first two Super Heavy boosters making good progress towards test debuts
SpaceX is making good progress on Starship’s first two Super Heavy boosters, both of which could potentially be ready for their first...
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1.3KSpaceX schedules next Starlink launch, fires up rocket for asteroid redirect mission
Update: SpaceX has successfully static fired the Falcon 9 tasked with launching DART. The rocket will now roll back to SLC-4’s integration...
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3.3KSpaceX details plan to build Mars Base Alpha with reusable Starship rockets
For the first time, SpaceX has teamed up with researchers from NASA and several other US institutions to publicly discuss how it...
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37.8KSpaceX CEO Elon Musk forecasts a dozen Starship launches next year
CEO Elon Musk has provided a small update on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket in a brief statement to and Q&A with the...
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13.7KSpaceX CEO Elon Musk to discuss Starship at National Academies meeting
For the first time in about a year, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to present an official update on the company’s...
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