SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut launch debut schedule revealed by Elon Musk
On the heels of a brand new animation simulating the spacecraft's next orbital launch milestone, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has…
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft photobombed in orbit by solar eclipse
On December 26th, SpaceX's second-to-last Cargo Dragon spacecraft was photobombed in orbit by the shadow cast on Earth by a…
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SpaceX's Elon Musk works through holidays on Starship's "most difficult part"
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he has been working through the holidays at the company's Boca Chica facilities to get…
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SpaceX ships Starship hardware from Florida to Texas to speed up production
After appearing unexpectedly at SpaceX's Port Canaveral docks last month, several large pieces of Starship flight and manufacturing hardware were…
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SpaceX leaps closer to launching NASA astronauts after parachute testing milestone
SpaceX says it has completed a test campaign of Crew Dragon's upgrade parachutes, reaching a milestone that CEO Elon Musk…
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SpaceX wraps up a decade of reusable rocketry with fastest booster recovery yet
SpaceX has completed its 13th and final launch and landing of the year and decade, marked by a Falcon 9…
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SpaceX set to deploy another large batch of internet satellites as Starlink constellation expands
For the third time in less than four weeks, SpaceX has announced a new 60-satellite Starlink mission, making it the…
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Boeing’s astronaut capsule set for launch debut, joins SpaceX in race for crewed missions
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft and United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket are scheduled to lift off on their orbital launch debut…
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SpaceX fairing recovery ships return to port with Falcon 9 nosecone and battle scars
Four days after they headed out into the Atlantic Ocean, twin SpaceX fairing recovery ships Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief…
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SpaceX's next Crew Dragon launch is delayed but that's actually good news
NASA says that SpaceX's next big Crew Dragon flight test has slipped a bit further into 2020, a counterintuitively positive…
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SpaceX and Boeing's crewed capsule race heats up with Starliner's Friday test flight
The first week of December kicked off a flurry of productivity for NASA Commercial Crew Program partners SpaceX and Boeing.…
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SpaceX scraps first Starship prototype to make way for new and improved rockets
A bit less than a month after SpaceX's first full-scale Starship prototype was partially destroyed during testing, the damaged rocket…
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NASA data points to Mars underground water source at Arcadia Planitia site
Mars’s Arcadia Planitia may be hiding buried treasure. A new global map indicates that the region could be harboring a…
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SpaceX closes in on Falcon 9 reliability milestone after flawless Monday launch [photos]
SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket has completed its thirteenth launch of 2019, leaving the vehicle just one mission away from…
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SpaceX updates status of record-breaking Falcon 9 fairing recovery attempt
SpaceX has posted an update on its most ambitious Falcon fairing recovery attempt yet, confirming that the company's twin recovery…
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SpaceX nails Falcon 9 landing as fairing halves begin journey back to Earth
SpaceX has successfully launched and landed Falcon 9 once again, sending a massive communications satellite on its way to an…
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SpaceX recovery ships head to sea for first 'whole-fairing' catch attempt
After a brisk day-long cruise into the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX's twin Falcon fairing recovery ships have reached the general landing…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 fires up ahead of second to last 2019 launch and landing
SpaceX has successfully static fired a Falcon 9's booster engines ahead of its second to last launch and landing of…
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SpaceX's "Christmas tree" is a Raptor engine for the holidays
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off a holiday-themed Raptor engine "Christmas tree" with its very own star on top. Musk…
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SpaceX's East Coast Starship launch pad is making some serious headway
Over the last few weeks, SpaceX's Florida Starship launch pad construction has made some major progress and the structure that…
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