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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 Dragon cargo ship carrying over 5,700 lbs. (2,585 kilograms) of science gear and NASA supplies arrives at the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2019 during the CRS-19 cargo mission. Another Dragon will launch on the CRS-20 mission on March 6, 2020.

SpaceX delays next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA due to rocket issue

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its next Dragon cargo ship bound for the International Space Station by at least four days in order to replace the upper stage of the mission's Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX and Space Adventures have signed a deal to launch up to four passengers into Earth orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft like the one seen here. This Crew Dragon will launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2020.

SpaceX will fly space tourists on Crew Dragon for Space Adventures

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX just inked its first deal to launch space tourists into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It will fly four passengers for Space Adventures.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Feb. 17, 2020.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites for new megaconstellation, misses rocket landing

By Amy Thompson

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit Monday (Feb. 17), but missed a landmark booster landing at sea.

Two CubeSats, part of a constellation built and operated by Planet Labs Inc. to take images of Earth, were launched from the International Space Station on May 17, 2016.

Hackers could shut down satellites — or turn them into weapons

By William Akoto

SpaceX will launch 60 more Starlink internet satellites, shown here in an artist's illustration, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Feb. 17, 2020.

Here's how to watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit today

By Tariq Malik

The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites to join its growing megaconstellation in orbit today (Feb .17) and you can watch the action live online.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the CRS-17 Dragon cargo mission for NASA in May 2019. The same booster will make its fourth flight to launch SpaceX's Starlink-4 mission on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

SpaceX delays launch of 60 Starlink satellites due to rocket valve checks

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX has postponed the launch of its next batch of Starlink satellites due to an issue with a valve component on the rocket's second stage.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission made it to Florida’s Space Coast on Feb. 13, 2020.

SpaceX Crew Dragon arrives at launch site for the 1st orbital crew flight from US soil since 2011

By Mike Wall

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived on Florida's Space Coast on Thursday (Feb. 13), completing a cross-country trek from the company's California headquarters.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the CRS-17 Dragon cargo mission for NASA in May 2019. The same booster will make its fourth flight to launch SpaceX's Starlink-4 mission on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

SpaceX tests Falcon 9 rocket for next Starlink satellite fleet launch

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX just fired up the Falcon 9 rocket booster that will launch the company's next batch of Starlink satellites into space this weekend.

Bill Gerstenmaier, who at the time was NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, testifies before Congress on Dec. 10, 2014, about the Space Launch System rocket.

SpaceX hires former NASA human-spaceflight chief

By Mike Wall

SpaceX is tapping into a deep vein of NASA experience as the company prepares to launch agency astronauts to orbit in the next few months.

Artist's illustration of SpaceX Starship vehicles on the surface of Mars.

SpaceX is holding a Starship career day to ramp up its Mars colonization effort

By Mike Wall

SpaceX is hosting a Starship career day today (Feb. 6) at the company's facility near the South Texas village of Boca Chica, where the big spaceship is coming together.

An illustration of the proposed Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft, one of several Earth science missions that would be cancelled in the administration's 2018 NASA budget proposal.

NASA taps SpaceX to launch PACE satellite to study Earth's oceans, climate change

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX has won a NASA contract to launch an Earth science satellite that has fended off cancellation from the Trump administration three separate times.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's ad for his "girlfriend contest" that has sparked a ton of negative feedback.

Japanese billionaire calls off girlfriend contest for moon trip on SpaceX Starship

By Chelsea Gohd

The first woman to the moon will no longer be the winner of a billionaire's "girlfriend contest."

A fuel tank for SpaceX's Starship prototype is destroyed during a cryogenic pressure test at the company's South Texas facility, on Jan. 28, 2020.

SpaceX just destroyed a huge tank for its Starship on purpose. Here's the video!

By Hanneke Weitering

A prototype of SpaceX's Starship Mars-colonization spacecraft blew its lid in a crucial pressure test late Tuesday night (Jan. 28).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 new Starlink satellites on the Starlink-3 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 29, 2020.

SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink satellites, sticks rocket landing at sea

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX successfully launched its fourth batch of Starlink satellites into orbit and nailed a rocket landing today (Jan. 29) following days of weather delays for the mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 new Starlink internet satellites for the Starlink-3 mission stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida one day before its planned Jan. 27, 2020 launch into orbit.

SpaceX is launching 60 more Starlink satellites today. Here's how to watch live.

By Amy Thompson

The private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink satellites to join its growing broadband internet megaconstellation in orbit Wednesday (Jan. 29), and you can watch it live online.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 new Starlink internet satellites for the Starlink-3 mission stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida one day before its planned Jan. 27, 2020 launch into orbit.

SpaceX postpones launch of Starlink satellite fleet due to bad weather

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX called off the next launch for its Starlink megaconstellation of internet satellites due to bad weather Monday (Jan. 27), postponing the flight for 24 hours.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule launches on a crucial in-flight abort test on Jan. 19, 2020.

Four new US spaceships may start launching people into space this year

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule isn't the only vehicle in the home stretch toward crewed flight; three other private spacecraft may get up and running this year as well.

The NileSat-301 communications satellite is set to launch in 2022 with SpaceX.

SpaceX will launch a 4-ton satellite for Egypt's Nilesat in 2022

By Chelsea Gohd

Nilesat, an Egyptian satellite operator, has partnered with SpaceX to launch a new communications satellite.

SpaceX is now aiming or Jan. 27 to launch its next Starlink satellite mission on a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket has flown twice before and launched SpaceX's first Crew Dragon test flight in 2019.

SpaceX delays launch of next 60 Starlink satellite due to bad weather

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX has postponed the launch of its next Starlink satellite constellation mission by three days, with liftoff now set for Monday, Jan. 27.

Half of a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing settles into the net of the boat GO Ms. Tree on the night of Aug. 6, 2019, in this screenshot from a video posted on Twitter by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX may try to catch Crew Dragon capsules with a giant net. (No, really.)

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut taxis may not always cap their missions with ocean splashdowns.