SpaceX just expanded the envelope of rocket recovery with 50th booster landing
CEO Elon Musk says SpaceX has successfully expanded the envelope of orbital-class rocket recovery with its 50th booster landing, meaning…
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SpaceX nails 50th rocket booster landing ahead of Crew Dragon takeover
On its fifth launch of 2020, SpaceX has nailed its 50th Falcon rocket booster landing and sent Cargo Dragon (Dragon…
4 years ago
SpaceX on track for last Cargo Dragon launch, first Falcon 9 land landing in months
SpaceX is hours away from its Cargo Dragon (Dragon 1) spacecraft's last space station resupply mission, a historic launch that…
4 years ago
SpaceX eyes major drone ship fleet upgrades and a new rocket recovery robot
SpaceX has kicked off a series of major upgrades planned for its East Coast fleet of drone ships, centered around…
4 years ago
SpaceX envisions massive rocket enclosure for military applications
SpaceX has published the first renders of a massive tower (MST) designed to fully enclose a Falcon Heavy rocket, giving…
4 years ago
SpaceX Starlink launch ambitions just saved a space station resupply mission from bigger delays
SpaceX's ambitious 2020 Starlink launch goals have unintentionally saved a Cargo Dragon spacecraft mission from much longer delays after a…
4 years ago
SpaceX military launch cleared for historic rocket landing attempt
SpaceX officially has permission to perform a Falcon 9 booster recovery after its next launch for the US Air Force,…
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SpaceX sets date for first Florida launch of its kind in more than half a century
Argentinian space agency CONAE says that both its SAOCOM 1B satellite and SpaceX are on track for a type of…
4 years ago
SpaceX looks to launch space tourists to record heights
SpaceX has signed an agreement with a space tourism company that could see its Crew Dragon spacecraft take space tourists…
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SpaceX nails Starlink launch but narrowly misses landing after fastest booster reuse yet
SpaceX has successfully completed its fifth launch of 60 Starlink communications satellites but suffered a surprising landing failure, an exceedingly…
4 years ago
SpaceX Starlink launch ready to set crucial rocket reusability record on Monday
One of SpaceX's newest Falcon 9 rockets is just a day away from setting one of the most important rocket…
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SpaceX is in no rush for a Starlink IPO and that should terrify competitors
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says that the Starlink satellite internet business is in no rush to become a separate company…
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SpaceX's next rocket launch on track to break a 20-month-old booster reusability record
Scheduled as early as next week, SpaceX's next rocket launch could see the company break a 20-month-old record that is…
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SpaceX's first NASA astronaut launch closer than ever as spacecraft and rocket near Florida
According to an engineer's February presentation, SpaceX is on the brink of shipping its first NASA astronaut-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft…
4 years ago
SpaceX's workhorse rocket is almost halfway to reaching ambitious reusability goals
Thanks to a recent cluster of major milestones, SpaceX's family of Falcon 9 and Heavy rockets are rapidly nearing the…
4 years ago
SpaceX rocket booster makes it back to port after hard drone ship landing
SpaceX has completed its third rocket launch of 2020 and the most recent booster to launch safely returned to Port…
4 years ago
SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket expected to reach major launch milestone in 2020
Hours after SpaceX launched its 240th new Starlink satellite into orbit, Elon Musk took to Twitter to cryptically reveal that…
4 years ago
SpaceX just caught its first rocket nosecone in 5 months (and the booster landed, too)
One of SpaceX's net-outfitted recovery ships has just completed the company's first successful Falcon 9 nosecone (payload fairing) catch in…
4 years ago
SpaceX’s Elon Musk set for Starlink launch, Tesla earnings double-header
SpaceX has delayed its latest Starlink launch once more after high winds forced the company to recycle an attempt originally…
4 years ago
SpaceX set to launch 240th Starlink satellite as space internet nears prime time
SpaceX is just hours away from a Monday launch that should leave the company with almost 250 Starlink satellites in…
4 years ago