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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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.

Elon Musk shared this view of a batch of SpaceX Raptor 2 engines awaiting integration into a Starship rocket at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas on April 26, 2022. Twitter fans saw an eerie resemblance to the Doctor Who villians, the Daleks.

Elon Musk shows off new SpaceX rocket engines for Starship. Twitter fans see Daleks.

By Tariq Malik published

Elon Musk seems pretty proud of his company SpaceX's new rocket engines. Twitter fans fear they're Daleks.

European astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti arriving at the International Space Station with her Crew-4 team mates.

SpaceX's Crew-4 astronauts thrilled after 'eye-watering' space station trip

By Elizabeth Howell published

The newly arrived Crew-4 astronauts on the International Space Station are ready to begin a six-month stay in space after a smooth SpaceX trip this week.

From left: A video screenshot of Crew-4 members Jessica Watkins (NASA), Robert Hines (NASA) and (near top) Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency with their spacecraft mascots.

Take a video tour of SpaceX's newest Dragon Freedom with the Crew-4 astronauts

By Elizabeth Howell published

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission are enjoying their Freedom spacecraft, the newest of SpaceX's fleet.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Starlink internet satellites on board lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on April 21, 2022. Alongside the launching rocket are two other boosters at the nearby NASA Kennedy Space Center preparing for space: a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, readying to launch Crew-4 from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, and NASA’s moonbound Space Launch System rocket at Launch Complex 39B (right).

SpaceX Falcon 9 rises above two other rockets in amazing launch photo

By Elizabeth Howell published

A stunning SpaceX launch shot shows heavy traffic at two Florida spaceports last week.

Starship on the launch pad near Boca Chica, Texas in March 2022.

FAA delays environmental review of SpaceX's Starship yet another month, to May 31

By Mike Wall published

We'll have to wait at least another month to see the results of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program.

On April 27, 2022, Axiom Space and the UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre signed a deal to send a UAE astronaut to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission in 2023.

United Arab Emirates astronaut to fly to space station with SpaceX next year

By Mike Wall published

Axiom Space has signed a deal with the space agency of the United Arab Emirates to fly a UAE astronaut to the ISS on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission for NASA, which is expected to launch in spring 2023.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 29, 2022.

SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites, lands rocket in quickest booster turnaround to date

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched another big batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit and landed on a ship at sea today (April 29).

NASA astronaut Victor Glover celebrates after returning to Earth on SpaceX's Crew-1 Crew Dragon capsule Resilience with a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, Florida on May 2, 2021.

Watch NASA astronaut Victor Glover talk life in space and more from the Smithsonian

By Tariq Malik published

Today (April 28), astronaut Victor Glover will host a live discussion from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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

SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts have fun testing spacesuits before coming home (photos)

By Chelsea Gohd published

The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts seemed to be enjoying themselves as they tested out their spacesuits ahead of their return to Earth.

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's Freedom Dragon capsule arrives at space station with Crew-4 astronauts

By Mike Wall published

For the second time in less than three weeks, SpaceX has delivered an astronaut crew to the International Space Station.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Crew-4 astronaut mission for NASA on the new Crew Dragon Freedom from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before dawn on April 27, 2022.

My DNA just launched to orbit with SpaceX's Crew-4 mission

By Chelsea Gohd published

Strapped into a SpaceX Dragon capsule, a crew of four astronauts blasted off from Earth this morning (April 27) on a mission to space. Also on board? My DNA.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins puts on a spacesuit ahead of underwater training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to become first Black woman on ISS crew

By Chelsea Gohd published

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is making history as the first Black woman to be on an International Space Station crew.

SpaceX's Starship on the launch pad at Starbase on March 18, 2022.

SpaceX: Facts about Elon Musk's private spaceflight company

By Elizabeth Howell published

Reference SpaceX is the maker of Starship and a private space company known for its International Space Station missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 143 small satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 24, 2021 to mark the Transporter-1 rideshare mission.

Falcon 9: SpaceX's workhorse rocket

By Elizabeth Howell published

Reference The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is the vehicle that launches satellites, Dragon cargo spacecraft and Crew Dragon spacecraft to orbit.