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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.

Related Topics: Falcon Heavy, NASA, NASA Space Launch System, Orion Spacecraft

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SpaceX launched its Starhopper rocket prototype on its highest flight ever on Aug. 27, 2019. The reusable hopping rocket flew from one pad to the other, with a targeted 500-foot (150 meters) ceiling at SpaceX's South Texas test site near Boca Chica Village.

SpaceX Seeks Property Buyouts Near Starhopper Launch Site in Texas: Report

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX wants to buy out the properties of residents in a community located only a few miles away its Starhopper launch site in south Texas, according to a report.

SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk posted this photo of the company's next Starship prototype — presumably the Starship Mk1, which is being built in Texas — on Twitter on Sept. 17, 2019.

SpaceX's Next Starship Prototype Taking Shape (Photos)

By Mike Wall

Construction of the test craft is proceeding apace, as two new photos posted on Twitter today (Sept. 17) by company founder and CEO Elon Musk reveal.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft testing its SuperDraco thrusters.

Watch SpaceX's Crew Dragon Fire Its Abort Engines in Amazing Video Compilation

By Elizabeth Howell

A fiery new SpaceX video brings all the "foom" that's been missing from your life.

This image, the second selfie captured by NASA's InSight Mars lander, is a mosaic of 14 photos taken between March 15 and April 11, 2019.

NASA Wins 2nd Emmy for Mars Landing ('Star Trek: Discovery' Wins, Too!)

By Tariq Malik

NASA on Sunday (Sept. 15) won a second Emmy for 2019 in honor of the agency's InSight Mars landing coverage. "Star Trek: Discovery" won a statue, too!

Spectators watch SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demonstration Mission 1 launch from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 2, 2019.

NASA, SpaceX Coverage of 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight Wins Emmy

By Tariq Malik

NASA has won an Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Program over its coverage of SpaceX's historic Crew Dragon test flight this year.

Spectators watch SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demonstration Mission 1 launch from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 2, 2019.

NASA Nabs Emmy Nominations for SpaceX Launch, Mars Landing

By Tariq Malik

NASA coverage of SpaceX's Crew Dragon test flight and the InSight landing on Mars have nabbed two Emmy nominations for 2019.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the crewed Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station undergoes a static fire test in McGregor, Texas, on Aug. 29, 2019.

SpaceX Fires Up Rocket in Prep for 1st Astronaut Launch with Crew Dragon (Photo)

By Mike Wall

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test Thursday (Aug. 29) of the Falcon 9 rocket that will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in the near future.

A view of SpaceX's first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still in stacked configuration, with the Earth as a brilliant blue backdrop on May 23, 2019.

European Satellite Dodges Potential Collision with SpaceX Starlink Craft

By Mike Wall

A European Earth-observation satellite performed an evasive maneuver yesterday (Sept. 2) to make sure it didn't collide with one of SpaceX's recently launched Starlink internet craft.

SpaceX launched its Starhopper rocket prototype on its highest flight ever on Aug. 27, 2019 near Boca Chica Village in South Texas.

SpaceX's Next Starship Prototype Launch Will Be a 12-Mile-High Test Flight, Elon Musk Says

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX's Starhopper prototype comes down for a landing during its fourth and final test hop, on Aug. 27, 2019.

See SpaceX's Starhopper Touch Down for Final Time (Photo)

By Mike Wall

A gorgeous photo shows SpaceX's Starhopper vehicle coming back down to Earth for the final time.

SpaceX's Starhopper prototype soars above Boca Chica, Texas, during its final test flight on Aug. 27, 2019.

SpaceX Starhopper Rocket Prototype Aces Highest (and Final) Test Flight

By Mike Wall

Starhopper is passing the test-flight torch to orbital prototypes.

SpaceX's CRS-18 Dragon cargo ship is seen at the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm during departure operations on Aug. 27, 2019.

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth with NASA Science Haul

By Meghan Bartels

A SpaceX Dragon capsule is bidding farewell to the International Space Station today (Aug. 27) packed full of science experiments to bring back to Earth.

SpaceX's Starhopper prototype is seen just after a launch abort at the company's South Texas test site near Boca Chica Village on Aug. 26, 2019.

SpaceX Aborts Starhopper Rocket Prototype Launch at Last Second

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX postponed the launch of its Starhopper test rocket's highest flight yet on Monday (Aug. 26) after a last-second abort.

Terraforming Mars — turning it into a planet much like our own, at least on the surface — is a longstanding sci-fi dream.

Looks Like Elon Musk Is Serious About Nuking Mars

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk seems serious about terraforming Mars.

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley and other NASA and SpaceX personnel practice pulling humans out of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on Aug. 13, 2019.

NASA Rehearses Astronaut Launch — and Rescue — with SpaceX, Boeing (Photos)

By Elizabeth Howell

Both SpaceX and Boeing are busily preparing for the first crewed launches of their commercial spacecraft, and in case something goes wrong, they're simulating different types of emergencies.

SpaceX's chief rocketeer, Elon Musk, has big plans for the big Falcon Heavy.

Elon Musk: Revolutionary Private Space Entrepreneur

By Elizabeth Howell

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur best known in space circles for launching SpaceX, the first private company to ship cargo to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin sits inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster with Earth in the background, shortly after the initial launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX's Starman and Elon Musk's Tesla Have Made a Lap Around the Sun

By Mike Wall

The deep-space duo have come full circle.

SpaceX's Starhopper Starship prototype makes its first untethered flight at the company's Boca Chica test site in South Texas on July 25, 2019 in this still from a drone camera.

Big Leap by SpaceX's Starship Prototype Pushed to Next Week

By Mike Wall

It looks like we'll have to wait a little longer to see Starhopper make its biggest leap yet.

Some exploration advocates would like to terraform Mars, making it an easier place for humans to live.

Elon Musk Floats 'Nuke Mars' Idea Again (He Has T-Shirts)

By Mike Wall

Nuking Mars is still on Elon Musk's wish list, it would seem.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, seen here discussing the debut launch of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket in February 2018, has voiced his support for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

SpaceX's Elon Musk Endorses Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

By Mike Wall

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk voiced his support over the weekend for Yang, a 44-year-old entrepreneur who's seeking to become the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2020 presidential election.