SpaceX ready for back to back astronaut, Starlink launches
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets remain on track to attempt back-to-back astronaut and Starlink satellite launches later this week. Both…
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SpaceX, NASA celebrate Blue Origin’s lunar lander lawsuit loss and get back to work
In a November 9th press conference, NASA leaders have begun to publicly celebrate the end of seven months of Blue…
2 years ago
SpaceX Dragon returns astronauts to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
After spending almost 200 days in orbit, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully returned four international Crew-2 astronauts to…
2 years ago
SpaceX, NASA schedule back-to-back astronaut recovery and launch after delays
Poor winter weather on Florida's East Coast and across the Atlantic Ocean has forced NASA and SpaceX to flip the…
2 years ago
SpaceX schedules first East Coast Starlink launch in half a year
In just a few days, SpaceX's next Starlink mission has gone from a complete mystery to a firm launch date.…
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SpaceX begins filling Starship’s orbital launch site with rocket propellant
Less than a year after tank farm assembly began in South Texas, SpaceX has begun the painstaking process of filling…
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SpaceX and NASA defeat Blue Origin’s Starship Moon lander lawsuit
While specific details of the decision are likely a few weeks away, the US Court of Federal Claims has denied…
3 years ago
SpaceX accepts delivery of NASA’s DART asteroid impact spacecraft
NASA says that the Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) spacecraft has arrived at SpaceX's Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) facilities…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch five times next year
New US military confirmation of a third SpaceX Falcon Heavy contract means that the world's most powerful operational rocket has…
3 years ago
SpaceX wins Skynet launch contract
SpaceX has won a contract to launch Skynet on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2025. Instead of a self-aware, apocalyptic…
3 years ago
Starlink exits its beta phase, but its production is affected by the global chip shortage
SpaceX recently introduced some updates to its official Starlink website. And while the private space company formally dropped the "Beta"…
3 years ago
SpaceX begins assembling Starbase’s biggest manufacturing building yet
It might not look like much today but SpaceX has begun assembling what is set to become Starbase's largest Starship…
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SpaceX astronaut launch slips into November
Update: A "minor medical issue involving one of [the] crew members" has forced NASA to delay Crew-3 a bit less…
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SpaceX Starship prototype ready for record-breaking tests
Over the weekend, SpaceX has installed the last of its first orbital-class Starship's six Raptor engines, setting the prototype up…
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SpaceX preparing Super Heavy, Starbase for booster’s next steps
Amid a flurry of deliveries and work on several new Starship boosters, SpaceX is preparing the first truly finished Super…
3 years ago
SpaceX rolls Raptor Vacuum engines to launch pad for Starship’s next tests
For the second time, SpaceX is gearing up to install a full six Raptor engines on the first orbital-class Starship…
3 years ago
SpaceX rideshare program beats small rockets for Emirati launch contract
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) space agency has contracted with SpaceX to launch a domestically-built Earth observation satellite on a…
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SpaceX Dragon, Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad for first launch in six weeks
SpaceX has rolled a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 to the launch pad for the rocket's first launch in more…
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Russia deems SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 safe to launch cosmonauts
Seven years after Russian bureaucrat and oligarch Dmitry Rogozin - faced with economic sanctions in response to Russia's illegal invasion…
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SpaceX’s newest Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at launch site
Right on schedule, SpaceX has rolled a new Crew Dragon spacecraft to the pad for its first astronaut launch. Known…
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