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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy eyed by Europe/Japan as ULA nails spectacular Delta Heavy launch

According to RussianSpaceWeb, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket is under serious consideration for launches of major European and Japanese payloads associated…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket looks no worse for wear after dual launches

SpaceX's first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster has returned to Port Canaveral, FL once again after the rocket's second successful…

SpaceX’s 2018 Crew Dragon launch debut imminent as spacecraft hardware comes together

SpaceX's first spaceworthy Crew Dragon spacecraft officially has a confident launch target in hand as a flood of activity has…

SpaceX’s first private Mars conference is focusing on the ‘how’ of living on the red planet

Earlier this week, SpaceX kicked off an under-the-radar conference focused on the technological and strategic requirements for building and sustaining…

NASA and SpaceX probably can’t terraform Mars but that doesn’t matter

In recent weeks, a great deal of exaggerative noise has been spread wide about the supposed impossibility of making the…

SpaceX nails first reuse of its next-gen Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket

SpaceX has successfully reused the first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster less than three months after the rocket's major reliability…

SpaceX set to launch its first previously-flown Block 5 rocket tonight

At the same time as SpaceX is readying its first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster reuse, the company’s second flight-proven…

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second orbital mission

SpaceX's workhorse Cargo Dragon spacecraft has returned from its 16th successful mission to orbit, in this case as the fourth flight-proven Dragon…

SpaceX spotted hot-fire testing Falcon 9 Block 5 ahead of its first reflight on August 7

Less than three months after SpaceX debuted its upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, the company is set for an…

SpaceX’s newest Falcon 9 booster arrives in FL as rocket fleet activity rapidly grows

SpaceX's fifth Falcon 9 Block 5 first stage was spotted a few dozen miles away from arriving at Cape Canaveral at…

SpaceX is searching for BFR landing sites for early 2020s Mars missions

SpaceX Principal Mars Development Engineer Paul Wooster gave a surprise talk at a February 2018 meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis…

SpaceX tests Falcon 9 Block 5’s landing leg retraction and preps for first reuse

In the two months since SpaceX first debuted its Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket upgrade with a successful May 2018…

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket’s drone ship return captured in stunning detail [gallery]

Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin has captured SpaceX's first West Coast Falcon 9 Block 5 booster recovery in the best detail…

SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 reuse will also be its quickest drone ship turnaround

According to observations of SpaceX booster movements at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 24, it appears that the…

SpaceX readies its California landing pad for September rocket recovery debut

Just as SpaceX successfully debuted Falcon 9 Block 5 at their California launch pad and returned drone ship Just Read…

SpaceX nails second Falcon 9 landing in 48 hours, fairing catch foiled by weather

Just a handful of days after SpaceX's second-ever successful launch and landing of their upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5, the…

SpaceX will use a parasail guidance system to land Falcon 9’s fairing into a huge net

SpaceX recovery vessel Mr Steven officially departed Port of Los Angeles on the evening of July 23 and is speeding…

SpaceX’s Pacific rocket recovery fleet heads to sea for Western Block 5 debut

SpaceX drone ship Just Read The Instructions was spotted by Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin departing Port of Los Angeles on…

SpaceX delivers largest commercial satellite in kick off of Falcon 9 marathon

SpaceX has successfully completed its 13th launch of 2018, kicking off a marathon of three new Falcon 9 Block 5…

SpaceX readies Falcon 9 Block 5s for bi-coastal launches and landings

After several months of preparation behind the scenes, SpaceX's second and third serial Falcon 9 Block 5 rockets are ready…