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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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In photos: SpaceX's amazing Crew Dragon in-flight abort test launch

By Space.com Staff

SpaceX successfully conducted an in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon crew capsule on Jan. 19 to test the emergency escape system for astronauts. See photos of the test here!

A close-up of SpaceX's Crew Dragon separating from its Falcon 9 rocket during a successful in-flight abort test launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 19, 2020.

These photos of SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort launch are just stunning

By Chelsea Gohd

This past Sunday (Jan. 19), SpaceX's Crew Dragon took off and flew brilliantly through a high-altitude test of its launch escape system.

An unpiloted SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft separates from its Falcon 9 rocket during a successful in-flight abort test launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 19, 2020.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort test was 'picture-perfect,' Elon Musk says

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's high-altitude test of its Crew Dragon launch escape system on Sunday morning (Jan. 19) appears to have been a "picture-perfect mission," company founder and CEO Elon Musk said.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has safely returned to Port Canaveral after a successful test of its launch escape system.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon returns to shore after successful abort test (photos)

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule returned to port Sunday night (Jan. 19), hours after it flawlessly executed a test of its built-in, launch-escape system and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

Space.com's first launch of 2020 sent 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Jan. 6. The company plans to launch 60 more on the Starlink-3 mission this week.

SpaceX gears up for next Starlink satellite megaconstellation launch with rocket test

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX has fired up the rocket booster that will ferry the company's fourth batch of Starlink satellites into space.

NASA astronauts Bob Behknen (left) and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft during the Demo-2 mission. It could launch in Spring 2020.

SpaceX aims to launch astronauts this spring after Crew Dragon escape test success

By Mike Wall

The first crewed flight of SpaceX's new astronaut taxi is likely just a few months away, now that a critical safety test is in the rearview mirror.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a major abort system test on Jan. 19, 2020 from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX aces Crew Dragon launch abort test, destroys rocket on purpose

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX just took a giant leap in its quest to launch astronauts, successfully showcasing the Crew Dragon capsule's launch escape system during flight.

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Crew Dragon separating from its Falcon 9 booster during an in-flight abort test.

How SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch abort test today works in 10 not-so-easy steps

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX will launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a critical abort test Saturday morning (Jan. 18), and you can watch it live online.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon for a critical in-flight abort test launch stands atop Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida for a January 2020 liftoff.

SpaceX delays Crew Dragon abort test launch to Sunday due to bad weather

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX has postponed the launch of a major astronaut safety test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft to Sunday, Jan. 19, due to bad weather at the launch and recovery sites.

Artist's illustration of SpaceX Starships on Mars.

Elon Musk is still thinking big with SpaceX's Starship Mars-colonizing rocket. Really big.

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk outlined some ambitious goals for SpaceX's Starship Mars-colonization system during a flurry of Twitter posts on Thursday (Jan. 16).

An artist's impression of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft separating from the Falcon 9 rocket during the in-flight abort test.

How to watch SpaceX's Crew Dragon abort test live online this Sunday

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX will launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a critical abort test Sunday morning (Jan. 19), and you can watch it live online.

An illustration of a SpaceX Crew Dragon and its Falcon 9 rocket on Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX, NASA 'go' for major Crew Dragon launch escape test Saturday

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's new astronaut taxi is ready to showcase its safety features in a critical flight test tomorrow (Jan. 18) that will help pave the way for the vehicle's first crewed flight.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is perched on a Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for an in-flight abort test on Jan. 18, 2020.

SpaceX is about to destroy a rocket in a critical Crew Dragon test flight. Here's why.

By Amy Thompson

On Saturday, Jan. 18, SpaceX will intentionally destroy one of its rockets in the name of safety.

An illustration of a SpaceX Crew Dragon and its Falcon 9 rocket on Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon faces critical test for future astronaut flights Saturday

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX is gearing up for the last major Crew Dragon test flight before the company launches astronauts into space.

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

Billionaire hosts girlfriend contest for 'first woman to the moon' and (shocker) people hate it

By Chelsea Gohd

Will the first woman to travel to the moon be the winner of a billionaire's "girlfriend contest"? We really hope not.

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The first cookies baked in space are back on Earth!

By Chelsea Gohd

Following a ride home on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, the first food to be baked in space (a batch of cookies, of course) has landed back on Earth.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft inside a SpaceX processing facility at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

SpaceX tests rocket for critical Crew Dragon in-flight abort launch on Jan. 18

By Amy Thompson

SpaceX has fired up the booster that will fly the company’s upcoming in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin sits inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster after launching into space on a Falcon Heavy rocket in February 2018 in this file photo.

Watch SpaceX's Elon Musk show off his dance moves at Tesla Shanghai (video)

By Elizabeth Howell

When SpaceX's billionaire CEO Elon Musk isn't running his own private space program, he's leading Tesla's electric car revolution. And sometimes, he dances.

The 60 Starlink broadband internet satellites of SpaceX's Starlink-2 mission are seen with the Earth as a stunning backdrop in this view from their Falcon 9 rocket second stage after a successful launch into orbit on Jan. 6, 2020.

Why SpaceX's Starlink satellites caught astronomers off guard

By Mike Wall

Nobody knew they'd be this bright.

starlink 2 mission

In Photos: SpaceX Launches Third Batch of 60 Starlink Satellites to Orbit

By Christine Lunsford

SpaceX launched its third batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Jan. 6, 2020, on a Falcon 9 rocket. See photos of the mission here!