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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The crew for SpaceX's Crew-1 mission. From left to right are NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, mission specialist; Victor Oliver, pilot; and Mike Hopkins, Crew Dragon commander; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA now targeted for Oct. 23

By Chelsea Gohd

SpaceX's next astronaut mission faces another launch delay.

SpaceX's SN5 Starship prototype performs a 500-foot-high test flight on Aug. 4, 2020.

SpaceX ramping up Starship prototype tests in Texas (and looking for a resort manager)

By Mike Wall

We can expect a lot more Starship action out of SpaceX in the near future.

The U.S. Department of Defense has picked SpaceX and United Launch Alliance as its primary national security payload launch providers. Left: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. Right: ULA's planned Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Pentagon picks SpaceX, ULA to launch national security missions

By Amy Thompson

The Department of Defense is sticking with SpaceX and United Launch Alliance as its two primary launch services for U.S. national security missions.

SpaceX's Dragon: First Private Spacecraft to Reach the Space Station

By Elizabeth Howell

The Dragon spacecraft first reached the International Space Station in 2012 and Crew Dragon became the first private, crewed spacecraft to reach the ISS in 2020.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule resembles a toasty marshmallow on board its transport as it returns to Port Canaveral on Aug. 7, 2020.

SpaceX's toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 57 Starlink internet satellites and two small Earth-imaging craft launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 7, 2020.

SpaceX launches 57 more Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX successfully launched dozens of internet satellites and two small Earth-imaging satellites Friday (Aug. 7) in the second of what's expected to be a series of Starlink rideshare missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 of the company's Starlink internet satellites from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 18, 2020.

SpaceX launching 57 more Starlink satellites early Friday: How to watch it live

By Elizabeth Howell

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to send 57 more Starlink satellites into space early Friday morning (Aug. 7). Here's how to watch it live.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020.

Demo-2 success keeps SpaceX on track for tourist flights in late 2021

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX could begin flying non-NASA astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon capsule as soon as next year.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon "Endeavour," which flew astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to space, is positioned on the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The spacecraft is destined to fly again, but could land in the Smithsonian, someday.

Astronauts: SpaceX capsule could land in Smithsonian, someday

By Robert Z. Pearlman

The first U.S. commercial spacecraft to launch astronauts into Earth orbit and then return them home safely could land in the Smithsonian, but not yet, said its crew.

SpaceX's Starship SN5 prototype takes to the South Skies in its first-ever test flight on Aug. 4, 2020. This screenshot was taken from a livestream by SPadre.com.

SpaceX's Starship SN5 prototype soars on 1st test flight! 'Mars is looking real,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall

SpaceX just flew a full-size prototype of its Starship Mars-colonizing spacecraft for the first time ever.

'It sounds like an animal': NASA astronauts describe the Crew Dragon reentry experience

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft practically came alive during its dramatic dive through Earth's atmosphere on Sunday (Aug. 2), its NASA crew reported.

A recovery ship pulls the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley out of the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 2, 2020.

'Space dad' jokes: NASA astronauts made prank calls after historic SpaceX splashdown

By Mike Wall

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned from orbit with their senses of humor intact.

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley give thumbs-up signs inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour onboard the GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Aug. 2, 2020.

Trump hails SpaceX's 1st splashdown with NASA astronauts. Obama, too.

By Tariq Malik

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama hailed SpaceX's first splashdown of NASA astronauts on Sunday (Aug. 2)

SpaceX founder Elon Musk spoke at the welcoming ceremony for Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken held on Aug. 2, 2020.

'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success

By Meghan Bartels

A relieved SpaceX CEO Elon Musk welcomed home the first NASA astronauts to fly to space on his company's Crew Dragon vehicle.

NASA astronauts BoB Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Aug. 2, 2020.

NASA hails success of SpaceX's 1st astronaut mission: 'This is just the beginning'

By Mike Wall

The success of SpaceX's first-ever crewed mission heralds a bright future for human spaceflight, NASA officials said.

Private boaters, one bearing a Trump flag, approach close to SpaceX's Demo-2 Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley shortly after its splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the Pensacola, Florida coast on Aug. 2, 2020.

Boaters gatecrash SpaceX's 1st splashdown with astronauts. 'We need to do better,' NASA chief says

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX's first splashdown of NASA astronauts on a Crew Dragon capsule was gatecrashed by private boaters on Aug. 2, 2020.

SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return NASA astronauts home

By Mike Wall

A Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down today (Aug. 2), bringing an end to SpaceX's historic Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard is hoisted onto the deck of the recovery ship GO Navigator off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Aug. 2, 2020.

SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut test flight: Full coverage

By Mike Wall

SpaceX is making history. See Space.com's complete coverage of the company's crewed Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere in this still from a SpaceX animation of how the Demo-2 mission works.

SpaceX to return NASA astronauts to Earth for the 1st time today. You can watch it live.

By Tariq Malik

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make its first splashdown with NASA astronauts today in the Gulf of Mexico. Watch it live.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft departs the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, on Aug. 1, 2020.

SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from space station to bring NASA astronauts home for 1st time

By Hanneke Weitering

The first astronauts to fly in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft are on their way back to Earth from the International Space Station.

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