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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An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

Space photos: The most amazing images this week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

See the best photos on Space.com this week.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

The top space stories of the week!

By Elizabeth Howell published

A newly imaged black hole in the Milky Way, the Webb telescope in the last stage of commissioning, and controversy about communicating with aliens.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 14, 2022.

SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea again

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites and landed the returning rocket on Saturday (May 14), its second such effort in less than 24 hours.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins floats in the International Space Station’s cupola in this photo, which NASA shared on May 9, 2022.

NASA astronaut floats on the space station with Earth in the background (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is seen floating above Earth in a new photo from the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on May 13, 2022.

SpaceX launches dozens of Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea on Friday (May 13).

SpaceX's Starlink internet service consists of a ground terminal (right) and antenna for high-speed satellite internet.

Elon Musk says Russia is ramping up cyberattacks on SpaceX's Starlink systems in Ukraine

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX's Starlink internet communications systems in Ukraine are under increasing cyberattack from Russia.

From left to right, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, greet recovery officials shortly after the Crew-3 splashdown on May 6, 2022.

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronauts dish on their action-packed 6 months in orbit

By Elizabeth Howell published

From dodging space debris to welcoming the first-ever fully private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX's Crew-3 mission had a very eventful six months off Earth.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk and the SpaceX team are recognized by Vice President Mike Pence at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following the launch of the company’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020.

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin apparently threatens Elon Musk

By Mike Wall published

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin has apparently threatened Elon Musk, but the SpaceX founder and CEO doesn't seem too bothered.

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission for NASA float in a space "waltz" on the International Space Station in this still taken during spacesuit fit checks ahead of the astronauts' return to Earth in May 2022. Maurer shared the video on Twitter on May 2, 2022.

Watch SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts 'waltz' in space in fun spacesuit video

By Tariq Malik published

A fun video by SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts on the International Space Station reveals the lighter side of space travel.

The aftermath of a SpaceX Starlink launch May 6, 2022 sprawls across the sky.

SpaceX Starlink launch spawns spectacular glowing cloud in predawn sky

By Elizabeth Howell published

Space coast residents got a treat early Friday (May 6) when SpaceX's the latest Starlink launch spawned an eerie glowing cloud in the sky.

The glow from Crew-3's Crew Dragon high in the Earth's atmosphere, as the astronauts came back to Earth May 6, 2022.

See SpaceX's Crew-3 Dragon capsule streak back to Earth in these amazing photos

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission's return to Earth early Friday (May 6) was captured in epic photos.

SpaceX artist's concept of a city on Mars.

Humanity will go to Mars 'in this decade,' SpaceX president predicts

By Mike Wall published

Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet's surface before the end of the 2020s, according to SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell.

A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center before dawn on May 6, 2022.

SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites, lands Falcon 9 rocket at sea after record-tying 12th flight

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX launched more than four dozen new Starlink internet satellites into orbit before dawn on Friday in a record-tying 12th flight for its Falcon 9 rocket.

Infrared view of SpaceX Dragon "Endurance" splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, May 6, 2022. The capsule returned from the International Space Station with the Crew-3 astronauts after an almost six-month-long mission.

Crew-3 astronauts on SpaceX Dragon Endurance splash down from space station

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX's Dragon capsule "Endurance" brought four astronauts back from the International Space Station after an almost six-month stay. The splashdown off the coast of Florida safely returned Crew-3.

The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts (from left to right), ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron.

SpaceX astronaut flights for NASA: Crew-3 landing updates

By Space.com Staff published

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts (from left to right), ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron.

Watch SpaceX's Crew-3 astronauts return home from International Space Station early Friday

By Tariq Malik published

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts will return to Earth before dawn on Friday (May 6) and you can watch it live online.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule Endurance, carrying the Crew-3 astronauts, undocks from the International Space Station on May 5, 2022.

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronauts depart space station for trip home

By Mike Wall published

Crew-3's Dragon capsule, named Endurance, undocked from the International Space Station early Thursday morning (May 5), ending the mission's six-month stay aboard the orbiting lab.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (right) accepts the ceremonial key to the International Space Station from NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn (left) on May 4, 2022.

Russian cosmonaut assumes command of space station ahead of SpaceX's Crew-3 departure

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Thomas Marshburn handed command of the ISS over to cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev today (May 4), the last day aboard the orbiting lab for Marshburn and the other members of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission.

The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts don their spacesuits on the space station on April 21, 2022.

SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission will return to Earth early Friday

By Mike Wall published

The four spaceflyers will get to spend a few extra hours in orbit.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom is seen docked at the space-facing port on the International Space Station's Harmony module after a smooth arrival with four Crew-4 astronauts aboard on April 27, 2022.

SpaceX just flew its fastest Dragon astronaut trip to the space station ever

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX just set a new record for its fastest Dragon astronaut trip yet.