SpaceX’s Raptor engine nears flight-readiness for BFR spaceship hop tests
In a presentation that revealed plans for a private mission to the Moon in as early as 2023, SpaceX CEO…
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SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 Block 5 booster reuse closes in as rocket refurb continues
Scheduled on October 7th, SpaceX is roughly three weeks out from the next routine launch of Falcon 9, set to…
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SpaceX to livestream private BFR Moon mission “in high-def VR” with Starlink satellites
Following a detailed update to SpaceX's BFR plans and the first privately contracted mission to the Moon, CEO Elon Musk…
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SpaceX’s BFR officially updated with new fins/legs, canard wings, and more
Speaking before a crowd of roughly 100 members of the press and even more SpaceX employees, CEO Elon Musk and…
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases BFR update with new rocket launch renders
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has posted new photos and comments teasing the company's imminent BFR and lunar tourism update, showing…
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SpaceX to give BFR update and announce a private Moon mission on Monday
SpaceX is set for a surprise event that is expected to revolve the announcement of a newly-contracted launch planned to…
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SpaceX has signed a private passenger for the first BFR launch around the Moon
SpaceX has officially announced that it has signed a private customer for what may be the first BFR launch to…
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SpaceX President talks BFR and Mars exploration in laid-back Madrid Q&A session
Speaking at a Q&A session hosted for a Madrid university's Master's of Business Administration students, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne…
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SpaceX recovers another Falcon 9 Block 5 booster as reusable rocket fleet grows
Following the upgraded rocket family's fifth successful launch since its May 2018 debut, SpaceX has returned another Falcon 9 Block…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare launch to send a commercial lander to the Moon in 2019
According to a press release published on September 11 in conjunction with the 2018 World Satellite Business Week conference, satellite rideshare…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 boosters landing in great shape as competitors betray anxiety
SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell has announced that the company's upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket -…
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SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell expects BFR spaceship hop tests in late 2019
Speaking on a panel titled "Future of Space" at a 2018 conference for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA)…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches atop pillar of flame and races home on drone ship
After yet another gorgeous and successful night launch and drone ship recovery of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, Of Course I…
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SpaceX bags 60th successful Falcon 9 launch eight years after rocket’s debut
Following the successful separation of the ~7 metric ton satellite Telstar 18V after a nominal orbit insertion, SpaceX's venerable Falcon…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 ready to launch second largest communications satellite
Falcon 9's liftoff is scheduled tonight, 11:38 PM EDT/03:38 UTC After a long slip and slide from mid-August to September…
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SpaceX seeks patent for custom-built Starlink internet satellite antenna design
Update: Readers on Reddit more familiar with patent processes have noted that the USPO filings written about herein were not patent…
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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 Block 5 booster for upgraded rocket’s fifth launch
After a couple of weeks of mysterious delays, SpaceX is once again back in the saddle for its next orbital…
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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft fires thrusters to depart a space station in 4K timelapse
The European Space Agency (ESA) has published perhaps the best footage yet of SpaceX's storied Cargo Dragon spacecraft, in this…
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SpaceX’s second dedicated USAF mission targets Dec. 2018 for GPS satellite launch
One of a number of 2018 SpaceX missions pushed into this year's fourth quarter, SpaceX's second-ever dedicated US Air Force…
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[Update: old photo, not hardware for a new Falcon Heavy] SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy launch gets closer to reality
Update: The photo of a Falcon Heavy nosecone posted on Instagram on August 30th was actually more than 12 months…
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