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's Starship SN3 prototype collapses during cryogenic pressure test on April 3, 2020 at the company's Boca Chica, Texas facility.

SpaceX's Starship SN3 prototype collapses in pressure tank test

By Meghan Bartels

SpaceX's newest Starship prototype, called SN3, collapsed early Friday (April 3) during an overnight pressure tank test.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted this photo of the company’s SN3 prototype on the launch stand, getting readied for testing, on March 30, 2020.

SpaceX readies new Starship prototype for testing (video)

By Mike Wall

SpaceX is about to start putting the latest prototype of its Starship Mars-colonizing vehicle to the test.

Artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starship on the moon.

SpaceX unveils users' guide for giant Starship rocket

By Mike Wall

SpaceX just released a users' guide for Starship, the reusable spaceship-rocket combo the company is developing to help colonize Mars.

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

NASA, Japan add 2 more astronauts to SpaceX's 1st operational Crew Dragon flight

By Mike Wall

The passenger list for SpaceX's first operational crewed mission is now complete.

Artist's illustration of the SpaceX Dragon XL as it is deployed from the Falcon Heavy's second stage in high Earth orbit on its way to the Gateway in lunar orbit.

NASA picks SpaceX to fly cargo to moon-orbiting Gateway space station

By Mike Wall

SpaceX cargo craft will soon reach much farther out into the final frontier, if all goes according to plan.

Elon Musk posted this photo of SpaceX's recently stacked Starship prototype, the SN3, on March 26, 2020.

SpaceX stacks third Starship prototype ahead of testing (photos)

By Mike Wall

The SN3 could take to the skies soon.

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

SpaceX encounters problem just before Crew Dragon parachute test

By Mike Wall

SpaceX just experienced a hiccup in the leadup to its first crewed flight.

Following two positive coronavirus cases at the company's HQ in California, SpaceX is starting to take action.

SpaceX's next launch delayed by coronavirus, cases found at HQ: Reports

By Chelsea Gohd

SpaceX's next launch has been postponed by international travel restrictions imposed because of the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Welders wanted: SpaceX is hiring to ramp up production of stainless steel Starship

By Mike Wall

SpaceX wants to get Starship up and running soon.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch in February 2018.

Elon Musk says he'll have 1,200 ventilators ready to deliver this week

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk wants to make a big contribution to the coronavirus fight.

Erik Kuna captured an incredible view of SpaceX's CRS-20 cargo launch to the International Space Station. In this image the launch resembles a planetary nebula.

What's that in the sky? It's a SpaceX rocket, but it sure doesn't look like it

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's next Crew Dragon spacecraft, the Demo-2 vehicle, is seen after completing acoustic testing in Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of its first crewed launch in 2020.

SpaceX, NASA aim for historic crew launch in mid-May despite coronavirus outbreak

By Mike Wall

Despite the coronavirus outbreak, SpaceX still plans to launch its first-ever crewed mission just two months from now.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test in February 2018.

Elon Musk offers to make ventilators for coronavirus patients

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk offered to manufacture breathing machines for sufferers of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 18, 2020.

Elon Musk says SpaceX will investigate Falcon 9 rocket engine anomaly before launching again

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered 60 Starlink internet satellites to orbit despite the issue.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars toward space carrying 60 new Starlink satellites, the sixth batch of internet satellites for the company, on March 18, 2020.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, misses rocket landing

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (March 18), but was unable to stick a rocket landing at sea to cap the mission.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellites aborts its launch at the last second at Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 15, 2020.

SpaceX now targeting Wednesday for next Starlink launch. Here's how to watch live.

By Mike Wall

Liftoff is at 8:16 a.m. EDT (1216 GMT).

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborts Starlink satellite constellation launch at last second

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX aborted the launch of 60 new Starlink satellites at the last second Sunday (March 15) due to an engine power issue with the mission's Falcon 9 rocket.