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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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SpaceX is launching a lawsuit against what the company says were defamatory allegations about its Falcon 9 rocket.
The U.S. Army is making a serious push to launch swarms of tiny, inexpensive spy satellites, which would aid soldiers on the ground.
Even China admits it can't compete with the U.S. spaceflight firm's low launch prices.
On the eve of the penultimate space shuttle launch, a new wave of space exploration is surging forward.
SPACE.com caught up with Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist, to chat about his experience and the prospects for private spaceflight going forward.
On April 28, 2001, American businessman Dennis Tito launched the private spaceflight era by becoming the first space tourist.
Private companies are racing to open up the space tourism market of the future.
A NASA document reveals some details on the private orbital spaceship planned by the secretive space company Blue Origin.
NASA will unveil its latest spaceship company picks for funding under its commercial crew program.
See photos of SpaceX's landmark first launch of its new Falcon 9 rocket on June 4, 2010.
The pressure is on for SpaceX and other commercial providers.
In the next 50 years, commercial spaceflight should take over near-Earth operations, freeing space agencies to send astronauts to asteroids and Mars.
50 years after the Soviet Union beat the United States to send the first human to space, a new space race is heating up.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket under development could enable new missions beyond low-Earth orbit to destinations in the solar system.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will have double the lift capacity of a Delta IV Heavy at a fraction of the cost.
SpaceX has big plans for its new heavy-lift version of its Falcon 9 booster rocket.
Visionary Hollywood director James Cameron has joined the X Prize Foundation's Board of Trustees.
Astronaut Garrett Resiman tells SPACE.com about his favorite moments of flying in space and why commercial spaceflight is his future.
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