SpaceX

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 composite image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI and NIRCam instruments reveals the odd Cartwheel galaxy in an unprecedented detail.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Kosmos 2558 military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Aug. 1, 2022.

The top space stories of the week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

Russia launches possible stalker spacecraft, Russia clarifies its International Space Station departure timeline, and Blue Origin launches six people to space.

An artist's depiction of the SPHEREx mission at work.

SpaceX will launch solar wind mission with space telescope in 2025

By Elizabeth Howell published

Two NASA missions will be launching on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, using a 'carpool' arrangement to overcome supply chain issues affecting PUNCH.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer onboard, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX's astronaut missions for NASA: Live updates

By Chelsea Gohd published

Since its first crewed flight in 2020, SpaceX has continued to launch astronauts to the International Space Station and return them home to Earth as part of a partnership with NASA.

A possible piece of SpaceX Crew-1 debris was announced in Australian media July 29, 2022.

SpaceX team headed to Australia to investigate Dragon space junk crash

By Elizabeth Howell published

Officials with SpaceX are going to Australia to examine a crash site possibly associated with space debris generated from the Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter spacecraft launches on Aug. 4, 2022.

SpaceX launches South Korea's 1st-ever moon mission, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall published

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri, lifted off today (Aug. 4) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off South Korea's first-ever deep-space mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Crew-4 astronaut mission for NASA on the new Crew Dragon capsule Freedom from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before dawn on April 27, 2022.

SpaceX addressing Falcon 9 rocket damage ahead of next NASA astronaut launch

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX is making some changes following transport damage to a Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew-5 commander Nicole Mann telling reporters she's confident the system will fly safely.

A Rocket Lab Electron booster seen at sunset in orange light.

You can watch 4 different rocket launches in free webcasts today

By Tariq Malik published

If you're a fan of spaceflight, then Thursday will be a banner day with no less than four different rockets launching missions off planet Earth.

Polaris Dawn crew members do high-performance jet training as a part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July 2022.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn space crew targets December launch date: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

The first of the Polaris program launches should lift off in December 2022, its billionaire commander says.

SpaceX's Starship on the launch pad at Starbase on March 18, 2022.

SpaceX's activities near a Texas beach spark appeal after court dismisses lawsuit

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Sierra Club and others filed an appeal July 28 after the 445th District Court dismissed their lawsuit, which concerned SpaceX Starship activities that closed a Boca Chica beach.

A possible piece of SpaceX Crew-1 debris was announced in Australian media July 29, 2022.

Possible SpaceX debris falls in Australia from Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft

By Elizabeth Howell published

Social media pictures suggest an unpressurized 'trunk' from the SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft might have fallen to Earth near Dalgety on July 8, matching re-entry calculations.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 Starlink satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 14, 2022.

Starlink service endangered by proposed 5G plan, SpaceX says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is fighting against a possible regulatory change, saying it could cripple the company's Starlink satellite-internet business.

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) will study the moon up close for a year.

South Korea is ready to launch its 1st moon mission

By Leonard David published

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri, is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next Tuesday (Aug. 2).

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi.

United Arab Emirates astronaut will spend 6 months on the space station next year

By Elizabeth Howell published

A deal with Axiom Space will see Sultan AlNeyadi fly to the ISS on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission for NASA, which is expected to launch in spring 2023.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off.

SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites, lands Falcon 9 on droneship

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX launched 53 Starlink internet satellites and landed the rocket's first stage on a droneship at sea on Sunday (July 24).

The Rosenberg Space Habitat (RSH), which will serve as an experimental lab for students designed to fit in a SpaceX Starship.

Wild 3D-printed space habitat prototype designed to fit inside SpaceX Starship lands in Switzerland

By Elizabeth Howell published

Swiss architects team up with students to design a space habitat that can fit inside SpaceX's Starship.

rocket blazing over moon

Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soar over the moon in incredible tracking cam video

By Meghan Bartels published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took the scenic route as it lofted 46 Starlink satellites to orbit on Friday (July 22).

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with Starlink satellites lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 22, 2022.

SpaceX breaks launch record as it sends 46 Starlink satellites into space Friday

By Elizabeth Howell published

Liftoff took place in California at 1:40 p.m. EDT (1740 GMT), after launch was scrubbed Thursday (July 21) at T-46 seconds.

photo of rocket on launch pad

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA slips to late September

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX's next Dragon passengers will need to wait a little longer to get off the ground.

A SpaceX rocket sits on a launchpad in dense fog at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying 46 Starlink satellites

By Brett Tingley published

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of the company's Starlink internet satellites just before liftoff on Thursday (July 21).