Elon Musk shows off SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 ahead of launch and landing debut
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has published what appears to be the first official photo of the company's newest Falcon 9…
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SpaceX execs bullish on BFR as Mars rocket test facilities expand in Texas [photos]
Aerial observations of SpaceX's McGregor, Texas testing facilities on April 17 revealed an unusually frenetic level of construction and expansion…
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Second SpaceX Block 5 rocket spied in Texas, solidifying May 4 debut
Following reports from SpaceX's Hans Koenigsmann that the company's newest Falcon 9 Block 5 soared through its first hot-fire testing…
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SpaceX nails first rocket landing by sea in half a year, sends exoplanet probe beyond the Moon
SpaceX has successfully completed the first drone ship recovery of a Falcon 9 booster in nearly six months, bringing to…
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SpaceX moving fast on Mars rocket development, BFR tent spied with more tooling
Photos taken by Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin have confirmed that SpaceX's massive Mars rocket fabrication tooling has been hiding in…
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SpaceX’s highly reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket targets early May debut
SpaceX has confirmed that its next-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will debut in early May, according to statements from…
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SpaceX’s BFR factory abuzz with work activity and giant rocket tooling
A large temporary SpaceX facility intended for initial Mars rocket fabrication was spied abuzz with activity as employees work to…
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SpaceX Mars rocket tooling dwarfs Tesla Model 3 in new Elon Musk teaser
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has published the first public photo of fabrication tooling intended to enable the construction of the…
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Going inside NASA’s Clean Room for a rare look at a SpaceX payload
NASA invited media to a very special opportunity to go inside their Clean Room at the Kennedy Space Center in…
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SpaceX expends “old-gen” Falcon 9 to ready for upcoming rapid reuse rocket
Falcon 9 B1039 completed its fourteenth Cargo Dragon (CRS-14) launch with a dramatic, Falcon Heavy-esque hard impact into the Atlantic…
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SpaceX continues water landing test in latest Space Station resupply mission
SpaceX has completed their second launch in less than four days, and the company's 14th Cargo Dragon mission has successfully…
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SpaceX recovered fairing appears at future Mars rocket factory in LA
In an unexpected turn of events, the first fairing half recovered by SpaceX - just after the Feb. 22 launch…
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SpaceX returns intact fairing half on clawboat in post-launch surprise
Despite a statement from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the Iridium-5 mission's fairing recovery attempt had failed due to a…
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SpaceX pushes boundaries of fairing recovery with breathtaking sunrise launch [photos]
SpaceX has soared past the halfway point of completion for Iridium's next-generation NEXT constellation with the successful launch of satellites…
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SpaceX Starlink becomes first US mega-constellation to gain FCC approval
Sans fanfare, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made SpaceX the first US-based entity authorized to launch and operate a…
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Sneak peek at SpaceX Falcon 9 before Mr Steven’s second fairing-grab attempt
Teslarati photographer caught a brief glimpse of a sooty, flight-proven Falcon 9 while preparing cameras for the imminent launch of…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket gets its first public launch date on April 24
After an unusually extended period of testing in McGregor, Texas, SpaceX's next-generation Falcon 9 Block 5 booster (B1046) appears to…
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SpaceX’s drone ship fleet spied prepping for future rocket recoveries
Just shy of three weeks since SpaceX's last launch and the better part of half a year since the last…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 will usher in a new era of rapid reuse rockets
Despite all missions being readily in the range of recovery, SpaceX has only attempted to recover its Falcon boosters after…
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SpaceX’s next-gen Falcon 9 spied continuing tests in Texas
Awaiting the first static fire of SpaceX's newest upgraded Falcon 9, known as Block 5, local observers and SpaceX fans…
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