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SpaceX Starship prototype speeding towards launch pad for first Raptor engine tests

SpaceX continues to build full-scale Starship hardware at a jaw-dropping pace, testing the limits of rocket production to complete the…

Future Mars astronauts’ diet will likely include space lettuce

Elon Musk wants to send a million people to Mars, and we would love to see that happen sooner rather…

SpaceX may have missed a rocket booster landing but it snagged both nosecone halves

Although SpaceX sadly lost a record-breaking rocket booster and suffered a significant in-flight anomaly during its sixth Starlink launch, the…

SpaceX, NASA ready for first crewed launch from US soil in almost a decade

On Wednesday, March 18th, NASA invited media to attend SpaceX's highly anticipated upcoming Demo-2 mission confirming that SpaceX would be…

SpaceX loses record-breaking rocket booster after sixth successful Starlink launch

SpaceX has suffered its second rocket landing failure of 2020 despite the fact that both lost Falcon 9 boosters successfully…

SpaceX rocket ready for second reusability record, Starlink launch attempt

One of SpaceX's first upgraded Falcon 9 Block 5 boosters is ready for its second attempt to set a reusability…

SpaceX tweaks Starship's Super Heavy rocket booster as design continues to evolve

CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX continues to evolve the design of its next-generation Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket…

SpaceX rocket performs first last-second launch abort in years, delaying Starlink mission

A Falcon 9 rocket has performed SpaceX's first last-second launch abort in years, shutting down the booster's main engines and…

SpaceX's next Starlink launch to mark biggest rocket reusability milestone yet [webcast]

If everything goes as planned, SpaceX's next 60-satellite Starlink launch will soon push the Falcon rocket family to the halfway…

Elon Musk on humans in Mars before he dies, urges faster pace of progress

Elon Musk has a major goal: to get humanity to Mars before he dies. A lofty goal that he reiterated…

SpaceX Starlink factory building satellites four times faster than closest competitor

An executive says that SpaceX's Seattle-based Starlink factory is building satellites up to four times faster than OneWeb, the company's…

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft caught by robotic space station arm for the last time

On March 9th, SpaceX's CRS-20 Cargo Dragon completed an uneventful journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where the spacecraft…

SpaceX's latest Starship test was uneventful and that's great news for its flight debut

According to Elon Musk, SpaceX has successfully completed its latest Starship prototype test in a uniquely uneventful fashion, great news…

SpaceX space tourism ambitions made real with Crew Dragon's first private contract

Axiom Space has announced its first contract with SpaceX, revealing plans to launch three tourists to the International Space Station…

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…

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…

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…

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…

SpaceX is building Starlink satellites faster than it can launch them

CEO Elon Musk says SpaceX is churning out Starlink satellites faster than it can launch them, the best sign yet…

SpaceX shrugs off Starship implosion and gets back to work as Elon Musk talks next steps

SpaceX has shrugged off the catastrophic implosion of its first serial Starship prototype (SN01) and begun stacking sections of the…