NASA awards contract to build first rocket designed to launch from Mars
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin, an American aerospace and defense company, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a tiny…
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SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second trip to orbit
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft has safely returned to Earth after a month in orbit, completing the company's 24th successful…
2 years ago
SpaceX Dragon departs International Space Station to return to Earth
SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule C209 has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is now on track to reenter…
2 years ago
NASA updates status of SpaceX’s next two astronaut launches
NASA has updated the status of SpaceX's next two crewed Falcon 9 launches - one fully private and the other…
2 years ago
NASA Artemis delegation tours SpaceX’s Starship factory and launch pad
Thanks to the failure of Blue Origin's NASA Human Landing System (HLS) lawsuit, SpaceX and the space agency were finally…
2 years ago
SpaceX lands 100th Falcon booster
Exactly six years after its first successful recovery, SpaceX has landed a Falcon booster for the 100th time. On December…
2 years ago
SpaceX go for last launch of 2021 [webcast]
Update: Despite terrible weather, SpaceX and NASA are on track to attempt to launch Cargo Dragon's CRS-24 space station resupply…
2 years ago
SpaceX launches NASA mission to study black holes, dead stars, and more
SpaceX has successfully launched NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer telescope, paving the way for a unique aspect of black holes,…
2 years ago
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for 28th launch of 2021 [webcast]
Carrying NASA's tiny IXPE X-ray observatory spacecraft, a Falcon 9 rocket remains on track to lift off as early as…
2 years ago
SpaceX 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX 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…
2 years ago
NASA 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX, 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX 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…
2 years ago
SpaceX to fly reused Falcon Heavy boosters on NASA Europa Clipper launch
Years before the space agency's flagship Europa Clipper mission is scheduled to lift off, NASA and SpaceX are already determining…
3 years ago
SpaceX Dragon delivers astronauts to space station ahead of schedule
Crew Dragon Endurance has delivered four Crew-3 NASA and ESA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) half an hour…
3 years ago
SpaceX aces fifth astronaut launch in a year and half
Less than 18 months after its first crewed launch, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket have successfully completed…
3 years ago
Watch Live: SpaceX, NASA are ‘go’ for third operational astronaut launch
With less than three hours to go before liftoff, SpaceX and NASA remain on track - with the vehicle, crew,…
3 years ago