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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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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Oct. 24, 2020.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea in 2nd flight this week

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX successfully launched its latest fleet of Starlink internet satellites into orbit Saturday (Oct. 24), marking the second such mission this week.

Technicians attach the nose cone to SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype in South Texas on Oct. 22, 2020.

SpaceX stacks Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype has been stacked in preparation for an ambitious test flight that will take the vehicle far higher than any of its predecessors have gone.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Starlink 11 mission from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sept. 3, 2020.

SpaceX postpones next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to rocket camera issue

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX called off the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 new Starlink internet satellites Thursday (Oct. 22) due to mission assurance concerns.

Microsoft has teamed up with SpaceX for its new Azure Space business.

Microsoft teams up with SpaceX to launch Azure Space to bring cloud computing into the final frontier

By Chelsea Gohd

Microsoft has teamed with SpaceX and SES on the new venture.

A close-up of three SpaceX Raptor engines clustered together for the company's Starship SN8 prototype.

SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight

By Mike Wall

An 11-mile-high test flight could be coming soon.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 18, 2020.

SpaceX just launched 60 new Starlink internet satellites and nailed rocket landing at sea

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX successfully launched a full stack of Starlink internet satellites into today (Oct. 18) and capped off the mission with a successful rocket landing at sea.

SpaceX's Starship could launch on its first uncrewed flight to Mars in 2024.

Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years

By Hanneke Weitering

SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.

From left to right, NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi. The four will launch to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA delayed until November

By Mike Wall

The upcoming Crew-1 mission, which had been scheduled to launch Oct. 31, will now occur no sooner than early to mid-November.

An image from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory shows streaks left by Starlink satellites.

Astronomers hope UN can help protect dark skies against megaconstellation threat

By Mike Wall

Astronomers have studied the megaconstellation threat, alerted the public about it and helped satellite operators dim their spacecraft. But some are now taking another, potentially much bigger step.

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. The company has won a U.S. military contract for missile-warning satellites.

SpaceX, L3Harris win missile-warning satellite contracts from US military

By Elizabeth Howell

Eight military satellites will be deployed for a new missile-warning system under construction from the Department of Defense's Space Development Agency (SDA).

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 just made their 1st Mars flyby

By Mike Wall

The spacesuit-clad mannequin Starman and his Tesla Roadster just drove by Mars for the first time.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink internet satellites into space from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 6, 2020. It was the third flight for the Falcon 9 booster.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites and lands rocket at sea

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX delivered its 13th batch of Starlink satellites to orbit Tuesday (Oct.6), following a two-week delay due to bad weather.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered an abort just two seconds before the planned launch of the GPS III SV04 navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Oct. 2, 2020.

SpaceX aborts launch of advanced GPS satellite for the US Space Force

By Hanneke Weitering

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that was scheduled to deliver an upgraded global positioning satellite (GPS) into orbit for the U.S. Space Force on Friday (Oct. 2).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (left) carrying the GPS II SV04 navigation satellite for the U.S. military stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Another Falcon 9 carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites can be seen in the background at right at NASA's Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX will launch an advanced GPS satellite for the US Space Force tonight. Here's how to watch.

By Amy Thompson

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an upgraded global positioning satellite (GPS) into orbit for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 30) and you can watch it live online.

Twin SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets seen at Kennedy Space Center before a Starlink launch abort on Oct. 1, 2020.

SpaceX aborts Starlink launch due to ground-sensor reading

By Meghan Bartels

SpaceX aborted the launch of a batch of Starlink satellites on Oct. 1, 2020, due to an anomalous ground-sensor reading.

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly on the Crew-1 mission, currently scheduled to launch on Oct. 31.

SpaceX's next astronaut flight for NASA to include heat shield tweak and more

By Meghan Bartels

SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first full-fledged crew flight to the International Space Station, which will look similar — but not identical — to the crewed test flight this summer.

SpaceX’s Crew-1 astronauts, including NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, pose in front of their Dragon capsule, "Resilience," at SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts name Dragon capsule 'Resilience'

By Robert Z. Pearlman

The moniker fits these trying times.

The crew of SpaceX's Crew-1 mission will vote in the upcoming presidential election from space.

NASA astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-1 flight will vote from space

By Chelsea Gohd

American astronauts will vote from space in the upcoming presidential election after launching to the International Space Station aboard a historic SpaceX mission for NASA.

An artist's illustration of NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, a mission to study the interaction of the sun's solar wind with the winds of other stars. It will launch in 2024.

NASA picks SpaceX to launch probe to study interstellar boundary

By Tariq Malik

NASA has tapped SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch a new mission to study the protective bubble around our solar system.

From left, Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, Pilot Victor Glover, Crew Dragon Commander Michael Hopkins – all NASA astronauts – and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi are seated in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft during crew equipment interface training.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA pushed back to Oct. 31

By Mike Wall

The target launch date for SpaceX's Crew-1 mission has been pushed from Oct. 23 to early Halloween morning (Oct. 31), to ease traffic issues aboard the orbiting lab.