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SpaceX valuation to grow by 27% as Starship, Starlink programs seek more funding

CNBC reports that SpaceX is seeking to raise at least $1.725 billion in its first funding round of 2022, potentially…

Boeing Starliner joins SpaceX’s Crew Dragon at the International Space Station

Boeing's Starliner crew capsule has successfully rendezvoused, approached, and docked with the International Space Station for the first time, marking…

Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully returns to flight 29 months after ill-fated debut

More than three years after SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft first safely reached orbit and almost three and a half years…

SpaceX begins installing new ‘Raptor 2’ engines on Super Heavy booster

SpaceX has begun installing new 'Raptor 2' engines on Super Heavy Booster 7 after the prototype completed a range of…

SpaceX completes 21st launch and landing of 2022

SpaceX has completed its 21st Falcon 9 launch of 2022, continuing an impressive average cadence of more than one launch…

SpaceX already raising Falcon 9 rocket vertical for next Starlink launch

A handful of days after a pair of Falcon 9 rockets launched 106 Starlink satellites in less than 23 hours,…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch record-breaking communications satellite

A report on the latest in a long line of SpaceX launches significantly delayed by customer payload readiness has been…

SpaceX launches two Starlink missions in 24 hours

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets have completed back-to-back Starlink launches less than 24 hours apart, successfully delivering 106 Starlink satellites…

SpaceX’s repaired Starship booster survives back-to-back cryoproof tests

SpaceX's upgraded Starship booster has completed a second and third cryogenic proof test in rapid succession after undergoing repairs to…

SpaceX ready to begin training astronauts for first private spacewalk

Two members of the "Polaris Program" say that SpaceX could begin training private astronauts for the first private spacewalk in…

SpaceX President updates schedule for Starship’s orbital launch debut

SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell says that the company now expects Starbase to be ready for Starship's first orbital…

SpaceX preparing for back-to-back Starlink launches from California and Florida

Update: Next Spaceflight reports that SpaceX has delayed Starlink 4-15 to 4:38 pm EDT, May 14th, ending the immediate possibility…

SpaceX agrees to launch dozens of Satellogic Earth imaging satellites

Argentinian Earth observation company Satellogic has signed an agreement with SpaceX to launch at least 68 more satellites on multiple…

SpaceX Super Heavy booster returns to launch pad after major repairs

SpaceX has returned its newest Super Heavy to Starbase's orbital launch site (OLS) after rapidly repairing damage the booster suffered…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket goes vertical for 44th Starlink launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has gone vertical at Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A ahead of the company's 18th launch…

SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA, ESA astronauts

Update: A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four NASA and ESA astronauts has safely splashed down off the coast of…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy payload arrives in Florida for the first time in years

For the first time in almost three years, a spacecraft meant to launch on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has arrived…

Rocket Lab briefly catches Electron booster with a helicopter on first try

In a significant achievement, public launch provider Rocket Lab has - with a few caveats - successfully used a helicopter…

SpaceX still on track to launch one Falcon rocket per week in 2022

Now more than a third of the way through 2022, SpaceX remains firmly on track to hit CEO Elon Musk's…

NASA’s Webb Telescope mirror crushes “most optimistic predictions” after final alignment

NASA says that the nascent James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) "optical performance...continues to be better than the...most optimistic predictions" after…