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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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The Crew-2 astronauts smile as they bid farewell in a walkout dress rehearsal on April 18 for their launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 22, 2021. From left to right they are: Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur.

These 4 Crew-2 astronauts are ready to ride a SpaceX rocket into orbit

By Amy Thompson

NASA's next crew of astronauts are ready to strap into a SpaceX Dragon capsule and blast off into space.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test fires its nine first-stage engines atop Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 17, 2021. The rocket will launch NASA's Crew-2 astronaut mission for NASA on April 22.

SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew-2 astronaut launch for NASA

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will ferry its next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station next week.

The crew for SpaceX's upcoming Crew-2 mission is all smiles as we get closer to launch. The four astronauts are set to launch to the International Space Station April 22 and there will meet up with the Crew-1 astronauts who have been living up on the orbiting laboratory. From the left is European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

SpaceX's Crew-2 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates

By Space.com Staff

SpaceX's second operational astronaut flight, Crew-2, is set to launch to the International Space Station on April 22. Crew-2 includes NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and  Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut  Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Crew-2 is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:11 a.m. EDT (1011 GMT) on April 22 aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, carried by a Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX's Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station in photos

By Samantha Mathewson

SpaceX's Crew-2 mission will launch to the International Space Station on April 22. See photos of the crewmembers and their preparations for launch.

Sixty just-launched SpaceX Starlink satellites circle Earth prior to being deployed.

SpaceX agrees to steer Starlink internet satellites clear of space station, NASA spacecraft

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX recently inked a deal with NASA to move any of the company's Starlink internet satellites out of the way if they stray too close to the International Space Station or other agency spacecraft.

An illustration of SpaceX's Starship on the moon. April 16, 2021, NASA announced that SpaceX won the contract to build the lunar lander for its Artemis program.

NASA picks SpaceX's Starship to land Artermis astronauts on the moon

By Chelsea Gohd

It's official: SpaceX will be building the spacecraft that will land NASA astronauts on the moon.

(from left) Flight Engineers Kate Rubins, Victor Glover and Soichi Noguchi, Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Rubins, Glover, Hopkins and Walker are all NASA astronauts. Noguchi is a JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut. Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov are cosmonauts representing Roscosmos

In photos: The Expedition 64 mission to the International Space Station

By Christine Lunsford

See photos of the astronauts and cosmonauts of International Space Station Expedition 64.

From left to right, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet pose for a photo after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 16, 2021. The quartet will go to the space station on SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission, which is scheduled to launch on April 22.

Crew-2 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch next week

By Amy Thompson

A crew of four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday (April 16) in advance of SpaceX's second operational astronaut launch for NASA under its commercial crew program.

SpaceX's Crew-2 astronauts. From the left, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

Meet Crew-2: The 4 space-bound astronauts launching aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon

By Amy Thompson

A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. Another total solar eclipse will be visible across North America on April 8, 2024.

This week in our Space.com forums: SpaceX prizes, first eclipses, and black holes!

By Mohamed Mohammed

Our latest giveaway kicks off and the community chats about the first time they saw an eclipse. And then, we dive deep into black holes!

The Crew Dragon "Endeavour" is lifted and mated to its Falcon 9 rocket at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A , on April 13, 2021.

NASA, SpaceX are 'go' to launch Crew-2 astronauts to space station on Earth Day

By Hanneke Weitering

Mark your calendars for April 22!

The crew for SpaceX's upcoming Crew-2 mission. From left: European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA lifts off April 22. How to watch online.

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA and SpaceX are preparing to send the second operational commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, and you can watch the preparations, launch and arrival live.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX will launch Astrobotic lander to the moon with NASA's ice-sniffing VIPER rover

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA has a launcher for its ice-hunting rover that will land on the moon in 2023.

JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, a member of the Association of Space Explorers executive committee, displays a Universal Astronaut Insignia on the International Space Station.

Universal Astronaut Insignia to unite world space explorers and travelers

By Robert Z. Pearlman

Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly into space, a new symbol seeks to unite the hundreds of people who have followed his trajectory.

SpaceX's Starship SN11 rocket prototype stands atop its pad ahead of a planned test flight from the company's Starbase facility in South Texas on March 29, 2021.

SpaceX's SN15 Starship prototype rolls out to launch pad

By Mike Wall

SpaceX rolled Starship SN15 out to its South Texas launch pad last Thursday (April 8), just over a week after its predecessor exploded during a high-altitude flight.

Enter to win a Spacex Crew-2 hat and mission patch collector's guide in our latest giveaway with The Space Store!

Win some SpaceX swag in our latest giveaway!

By Mohamed Mohammed

The Space.com community has a special giveaway going on this week, celebrating the ambitions of SpaceX!

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 7, 2021.

SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit and sticks rocket landing

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit and nailed the landing of a veteran Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (April 7).

NASA astronaut Raja Chari, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, plus a fourth crewmember yet to be announced, will fly on SpaceX's Crew-3 mission, now targeting launch no earlier than Oct. 23, 2021.

NASA, SpaceX target Oct. 23 for Crew-3 astronaut launch

By Meghan Bartels

NASA and SpaceX have announced that the pair's autumn mission to send four astronauts to the International Space Station will launch no earlier than Oct. 23.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the South Korean military communications satellite Anasis-II stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida for a July 20, 2020 launch.

SpaceX will launch new Starlink satellites on a veteran rocket today. Here's how how to watch.

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX will launch a new fleet of Starlink satellites (April 7) and you can watch the liftoff live online.

The three Raptor engines on SpaceX's SN11 prototype firing during the craft's test flight on March 30, 2021.

SpaceX identifies cause of Starship SN11 prototype's crash

By Mike Wall

The stainless-steel SN11 didn't stick its landing last week because of a plumbing problem, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.