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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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as himself handling a crisis on Mars from SpaceX mission control on "Saturday Night Live" on May 8, 2021.

SpaceX's Elon Musk lands on 'Saturday Night Live' to talk space, Mars (and yes, Dogecoin)

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX founder Elon Musk landed on late-night TV Saturday (May 8) as the host of "Saturday Night Live."

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites launches on a record 10th flight from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 9, 2021.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket

By Amy Thompson

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Sunday (May 9) and stuck a landing in a record 10th flight.

A used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sirius XM satellite SXM-7 stands atop its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a December 2020 launch. The same booster will make its 10th flight on May 9, 2021 to launch 60 Starlink satellites.

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its 10th flight Sunday and you can watch it online

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX is preparing to launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record 10th time to deliver 60 Starlink satellites into orbit.

Follow along with Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd on an analog astronaut mission in a new mini-documentary.

This week on the forums: Going to Mars, SpaceX giveaway and an alternate Earth!

By Mohamed Mohammed

It’s been another week of enthusiastic space chatter and we've got some highlights for you. Be sure to sign up for the Space.com forums and join the discussions today!

SpaceX founder Elon Musk answered questions during a news conference held on April 23, 2021.

SpaceX's Elon Musk hosting 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend

By Mike Wall

SpaceX boss Elon Musk is hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, on a show that features Miley Cyrus as the musical guest.

SpaceX's Starship SN15 rocket prototype launches on a 10-kilometer test flight from SpaceX's Starbase test site near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on May 5, 2021.

SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype just aced a high-altitude test flight, marking a big step forward in the company's plans to help extend humanity's footprint beyond Earth.

SpaceX's Starship SN15 prototype, as photographed by @SpacePadreIsle.

SpaceX will try to launch its Starship SN15 rocket in Texas today (updated)

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX may launch its latest Starship prototype from its Starbase test site in Texas on Wednesday (May 5).

Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft shortly after it splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on May 2, 2021.

SpaceX's next flight for Crew Dragon Resilience is a private launch of 4 civilians

By Amy Thompson

The Dragon spacecraft Resilience may have just returned to Earth, but it already has a new mission: to carry the first private astronaut flight for SpaceX.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 4, 2021.

SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX launched its own version of the "fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy," the Falcon 9, on Star Wars Day (aka "May the Fourth").

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida before launching the Telstar 18 Vantage communications satellite into orbit on Sept. 10, 2018. The same booster will launch on its ninth flight May 4, 2021 to orbit 60 Starlink internet satellites.

Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket packed with Starlink satellites this Star Wars Day

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX is getting in on the Star Wars Day action as it's planning to launch its own Falcon into space this May the Fourth.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience is lifted onto its recovery ship in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Panama City, Florida on Sunday, May 2, 2021. The panels covering the capsule's parachutes were ejected in flight and splashed down separately.

Florida lawmakers protect spacecraft parts from finders, keepers

By Robert Z. Pearlman

On its way to a splashdown with four astronauts, SpaceX's Crew Dragon "Resilience" shed some of its parts. If you find them, you can't keep them.

Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" spacecraft shortly after it landed in the Gulf of Mexico, on May 2, 2021.

SpaceX Crew Dragon makes 1st nighttime splashdown with US astronauts since Apollo era

By Meghan Bartels

A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned four astronauts to Earth early Sunday (May 2) in the first nighttime splashdown of a NASA crew since Apollo 8 in 1968.

From left, NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" spacecraft on board the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, on May 2, 2021.

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station in photos

By Space.com Staff

See photos of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission, the first operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly on SpaceX's Crew-1 mission.

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates

By Space.com Staff

SpaceX plans to launch the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2020.

SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon capsule Resilience is seen in camera view from the International Space Station after undocking from the orbital lab on May 1, 2021 to return four astronauts back to Earth.

SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for NASA's 1st nighttime crew splashdown since 1968

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's first long-duration astronaut mission is coming to an end, with a Dragon capsule undocking from the International Space Station and headed for a splashdown Sunday.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft "Resilience" is seen docked to the Harmony module's forward docking adapter at the International Space Station on Jan. 27, 2021. The spacecraft will return to Earth with its four-astronaut crew on May 2.

A SpaceX Dragon will make the 1st nighttime splashdown with NASA astronauts in 53 years. Watch it live.

By Tariq Malik

The four astronauts of SpaceX's first operational crewed flight for NASA are ready to come home and you can watch their return to Earth live this weekend.

SpaceX and NASA's Crew-1 astronauts. From left: NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will return to Earth Sunday after weather delay

By Tereza Pultarova

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the return to Earth for four astronauts on the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station until Sunday (May 2) due to bad weather.

This week in our Space.com forums: Astro-ethics, the expanding universe and space art!

By Mohamed Mohammed

The community gets into a deeper conversation about space colonization and the ever-expanding universe. Then, one member blows us away with some remarkable art!

NASA astronaut Raja Chari, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn are scheduled to fly on SpaceX's Crew-3 mission launching this autumn; the fourth seat remains to be assigned.

Russian cosmonauts may not fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon until 2022

By Meghan Bartels

With three crewed launches under its belt, SpaceX has now flown astronauts representing not only NASA, but also the European and Japanese space agencies. But there's a glaring absence: Russia.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on the Starlink 24 mission, on April 28, 2021.

SpaceX rocket launches another 60 Starlink satellites, nails its 7th landing at sea

By Amy Thompson

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday evening (April 28) and nailed a landing at sea to top off a successful mission.

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