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SpaceX serious about building factories on the moon: 'It’s going to happen,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX plans to build factories on the moon, using robots to do much of the heavy lifting, Elon Musk said on Tuesday (Aug. 4) during SpaceX's first-ever quarterly earnings call.

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SpaceX works to get the upper stage from Starship's 13th test flight to shore from its Indian Ocean splashdown site. This is a screenshot from a video the company posted on X on Aug. 7.
'Not looking good right now': Starship likely to be lost at sea 2 weeks after epic 13th test flight, Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX is still towing Starship's upper stage toward shore two weeks after its latest test flight, but the unprecedented effort is unlikely to succeed, according to Elon Musk.

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SpaceX rocket's impact crater on the moon spied by Korean lunar orbiter (photos)

By Mike Wall Published

South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter has spied the crater that a SpaceX rocket blasted out when it slammed into the moon on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).

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A rocket body impacted the moon on March 4, 2022 near Hertzsprung Crater, creating a double crater roughly 95 feet (29 meters) wide in the longest dimension, as seen in this photo taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Rocket-peppered moon: A brief history of impacts, from Luna 2 to SpaceX's upper stage

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage that collided with the moon on Wednesday (Aug. 5), was just the latest in a line of energetic lunar touchdowns.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Blue Ghost and Resilience lunar landers on Jan. 15, 2025. The rocket's upper stage slammed into the moon on Aug. 5, 2026.
A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site

By Chelsea Gohd Published

Early this morning, a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon at seven times the speed of sound. Now, lunar orbiters are trying to get a look at the aftermath.

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A rocket blasts into the black night sky over a launch pad, leaving a plume of white smoke in the wake of its white hot engine fire.
SpaceX launches 3 giant BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites on Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Mike Wall Last updated

SpaceX launched three of AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).

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a black rocket with wing-like canards fires its engines just above the ocean, creating a spray of water vapor
SpaceX wants to launch next Starship this month (and catch it, too), Elon Musk says in 1st earnings call since historic IPO

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX plans to notch some big milestones on the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is tentatively scheduled for late August.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 4, 2026.
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 90th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video)

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit today (Aug. 4), on the 90th Falcon 9 rocket flight of 2026.

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Mission managers and crew: Parts coming together for next SpaceX launch to ISS

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

NASA and SpaceX officials, together with the four members of Crew-13, spoke to the media on Aug. 3, providing an update on their preparations for launch.

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an impact on a grey, dusty surface kicks up a plume of dust and rocks into a black sky
A 9,000-pound SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon tonight. Will you be able to see it?

By Samantha Mathewson Published

While the impact itself probably won't be visible from Earth, observers may have a chance to spot a plume of debris rising above the lunar surface.

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