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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket takes off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018. It was the first-ever liftoff for the powerful rocket.
The 20 most memorable SpaceX missions from its 1st 20 years in photos

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX has launched about 150 missions in its first 20 years. Here's a look at 20 of the most important and memorable of them.

Missions
SpaceX's Starship is stacked atop its Super Heavy for the first time in August 2021 during tests of the new, giant reusable rocket.
8 ways that SpaceX has transformed spaceflight

By Elizabeth Howell Published

Reusing rockets and dreaming big are some of the things that have made SpaceX stand out.

Space Exploration
This is a still frame from the short film "A Trip to the Moon."
Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about

By David Rothery Published

It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on its debut mission from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch internet satellite to serve Alaska in 2022

By Mike Wall Published

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Department of Defense on June 25, 2019.
NASA picks SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch GOES-U weather satellite

By Mike Wall Published

NASA has picked Falcon Heavy to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U), with a planned liftoff in April 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Satellites
NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission to icy Jupiter moon

By Mike Wall Published

NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

Jupiter
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.
SpaceX will launch Astrobotic lander to the moon with NASA's ice-sniffing VIPER rover

By Elizabeth Howell Published

NASA has a launcher for its ice-hunting rover that will land on the moon in 2023.

The moon
Artist's concept of the Gateway power and propulsion and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) in orbit around the moon.
NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch 1st Gateway station pieces to the moon

By Amy Thompson Published

NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX rockets
See the evolution of SpaceX rockets in pictures

By Elizabeth Howell Published

Human Spaceflight
An artist's impression of NASA's Psyche mission orbiter near the metal-rich asteroid, named Psyche.
NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch Psyche mission to metal asteroid in 2022

By Samantha Mathewson Published

NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch its Psyche mission to a unique metal asteroid in July 2022.

Asteroid & Comet Missions
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