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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four astronauts dressed in spacex's black-and-white spacesuits pose at the company's california headquarters during a training session

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 23

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX and NASA delayed the launch of the Crew-7 astronaut mission by five days to Aug. 23, to get the launch pad ready after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

a rocket launches from a launch pad at night.

SpaceX launches communications satellite, lands rocket at sea

By Brett Tingley last updated

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite on Aug. 3 at 1:00 a.m. ET (0500 GMT.)

water sprays beneath a giant silver spacex starship rocket, which is sitting on a raised launch mount

Watch SpaceX test new Starship water-deluge system for 1st time (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX gave its new Starship water-deluge system, which is designed to protect the launch pad against the superpowerful rocket, its first full-up test on Friday (July 28).

a falcon 9 rocket carves an orange arc in the sky behind a black-and-white falcon heavy rocket

SpaceX rocket double play! Falcon 9 soars over Falcon Heavy in gorgeous launch video, photo

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carves a fiery orange arc into the sky above its burly cousin the Falcon Heavy in gorgeous launch footage photo snapped early Friday (July 28).

a black and white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches at night

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 22 of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit early Friday (July 28) and landed the returning rocket at sea.

a silver rocket in orbit

NASA eyeing SpaceX's Starship as possible space station

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX and NASA are working to include Starship in an architecture of low Earth orbit opportunities by considering the massive spacecraft for use as a space station.

a white spacex falcon heavy rocket sits on the launch pad at night

SpaceX scrubs record-breaking Falcon Heavy rocket launch (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday's (July 26) planned launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, stopping the countdown with 65 seconds left on the clock.

a white falcon heavy rocket launches at night

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches giant satellite, aces double booster landing

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket launched for the seventh time ever Friday night (July 28), sending a huge communications satellite to orbit.

the international space station seen from the side with earth in behind. a spacex crew dragon is on the top, docked to the station

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft had a thruster glitch at the International Space Station in June

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX's last cargo Dragon spacecraft had a thruster valve stuck open while docked with the International Space Station. The company says there should be no effect on the next launch.

A SpaceX starship super heavy booster, white with frost, sits on a launch mount during a fueling test.

SpaceX fuels up Starship Super Heavy boosters in prelaunch tests (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just loaded propellant into two of its Starship Super Heavy booster prototypes as part of a prelaunch test campaign.

three clusters of rocket engines each made up of a group of cone shapes

SpaceX Falcon Heavy shows off its 27 engines ahead of July 26 launch (photo)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX has shared a photo featuring the business end of the Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch a massive satellite for Maxar Technologies later this week.

four astronauts dressed in spacex's black-and-white spacesuits pose at the company's california headquarters during a training session

SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut launch delayed to Aug. 17

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX and NASA have pushed the planned liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission back by two days to Aug. 17, to get its launch pad reconfigured after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

A towering satellite stands in a clean room facility, around hued lighting of oranges and pinks.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch world's largest private communications satellite on July 26

By Josh Dinner published

Maxar's largest communications satellite ever is being launched soon by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

a white spacex falcon heavy rocket launches into a dark evening sky

SpaceX targeting July 26 for next Falcon Heavy launch (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is targeting July 26 for the seventh launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, a mission that will loft the EchoStar Jupiter 3 communications satellite.

a silver spacex starship rocket is lowered onto its launch mount at night

Gorgeous photos show SpaceX's next Starship Super Heavy booster on the launch pad

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's next Starship Super Heavy booster looks amazing in these glory shots showing the huge rocket on its orbital launch mount.

a black and white spacex rocket launches at night

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites to orbit Sunday night (July 23) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

A massively tall super heavy booster towers over the flat Texas landscape as it is transported to the launchpad.

SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster back to the pad ahead of next launch (photos)

By Josh Dinner published

See these gorgeous photos of SpaceX rolling its Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch pad for testing.

An orange-tinted white fire blasts from the bottom of a rocket rising in the center of the image. The ground is obscured by fog as the rocket begins to climb a black sky.

See SpaceX launch picture-perfect nighttime Starlink mission (photos)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX launched 15 Starlink satellites into orbit overnight, steadily adding to the company's broadband megaconstellation. A few hours after liftoff, they posted these gorgeous launch photos.

a rocket sits on a launch pad, almost entirely obscured by fog

SpaceX aborts Starlink satellite launch with 5 seconds left in countdown

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX aborted the planned launch of 15 Starlink internet satellites early Wednesday (July 19) with 5 seconds left in the countdown.

a spacex falcon 9 rocket rises above the fog during a night launch

SpaceX launches 15 Starlink satellites to orbit, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 15 Starlink satellites toward orbit early Thursday (July 20) and came back down for a landing on a ship at sea.