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 is stacked atop its Super Heavy for the first time in August 2021 during tests of the new, giant reusable rocket.

FAA pushes back review of SpaceX's Starship to March 28

By Mike Wall published

The first orbital launch of SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket has been pushed back by at least another month.

Polaris Dawn crewmembers Anna Menon, Scott Pottet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis.

Meet the four private Polaris Dawn astronauts SpaceX will launch into orbit this year

By Elizabeth Howell published

The billionaire commander of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission is flying back to space again with a set of new crewmates.

The first commercial spacewalk is planned for the first mission of billionaire Jared Isaacman's newly-announced "Polaris Program," dubbed "Polaris Dawn," to be launched with a crew of four as soon as November or December 2022.

Billionaire's 'Polaris Program' to set space records on SpaceX Dragon, Starship

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The billionaire commander of the first "all-civilian" space mission has now filed a new flight plan, underwriting a series of three SpaceX launches to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities.

An image of the rocket stage headed for a moon impact on March 4 as seen on Feb. 6, 2022, when it was thought to be a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage.

The out-of-control rocket about to hit the moon is not a SpaceX Falcon 9, astronomers now say: report

By Elizabeth Howell published

A rocket set to hit the moon March 4 might not be from SpaceX after all, astronomers now say. It may be a Chinese rocket stage.

This is a still frame from the short film "A Trip to the Moon."

Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about

By David Rothery published

It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.

A still from a SpaceX video animation of the company's Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster launching astronauts to Mars, a trip that includes orbital refilling and booster landings.

SpaceX's new Starship video animation is Tron meets Blade Runner in space

By Elizabeth Howell published

A stunning SpaceX animation released Thursday (Feb. 10) shows the Starship system on a future voyage to Mars.

A SpaceX Starship stands fully stacked atop the launch and catch tower at the company's Starbase South Texas Launch Site in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The vehicle and tower were lit for a media event with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk shows off fully-stacked SpaceX Starship as 1st orbital launch nears

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Elon Musk took to the stage to deliver what his company, SpaceX, billed as an "update on the design, development and testing of Starship." Musk described it as "really some some wild stuff."

A still from a SpaceX video animation of the company's Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster launching astronauts to Mars, a trip that includes orbital refilling and booster landings.

SpaceX's Starship will reach orbit this year on road to Mars, Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

Starship prototypes have taken just a handful of low-altitude hops off Earth's surface to date, but the vehicle is on target to earn its orbital wings soon.

This SpaceX photo shows the first test-fire of six Raptor engines on the company's Starship SN20 rocket prototype on Nov. 12, 2021 at the Starbase facility in near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. A Starship Super Heavy booster stands at right.

Replay: Watch Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship update for 2022

By Mike Wall published

Elon Musk will give a status update on SpaceX's huge Starship Mars rocket tonight (Feb. 10), and you can watch it live.

An astronomical image marred by trails caused by satellites of SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation.

NASA is concerned about SpaceX's new generation of Starlink satellites

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA brought its concern with SpaceX's megaconstellation to the Federal Communications Commission.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled this view of the company's Starship SN20 prototype attached to its Super Heavy booster near Boca Chica village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022 ahead of a project update.

Elon Musk shows off massive Starship, the world's tallest rocket, ahead of SpaceX update

By Tariq Malik published

Elon Musk's SpaceX has reassembled the world's tallest rocket ahead of a highly anticipated update on the company's Starship vehicle tonight (Feb. 10).

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit.

Solar geomagnetic storms could threaten more satellites after Elon Musk's Starlink

By Chelsea Gohd published

SpaceX will lose 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm as solar activity ramps up. But does this spell disaster for the future of satellites in space?

Space debris burns up over Puerto Rico on Feb. 7, 2022 in this still from a video captured by a camera operated by the Sociedad de Astronomia del Caribe. It was likely a piece of the recently launched SpaceX Starlink satellite batch that was severely affected by a geomagnetic storm, according to satellite tracker Marco Langbroek.

Fiery death of SpaceX Starlink satellites captured on video after geomagnetic storm

By Mike Wall published

A dramatic video serves as a memorial to a star-crossed Starlink satellite that lived fast and died very young.

SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 for the first time on Aug. 6, 2021 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. They stood 395 feet tall, taller than NASA's Saturn V moon rocket.

SpaceX is stacking its giant Starship ahead of Elon Musk's big update this week

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will have a nice visual aid to point to during his highly anticipated presentation on Thursday (Feb. 10).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 49 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Feb. 3, 2022.

SpaceX says a geomagnetic storm just doomed 40 Starlink internet satellites

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX is losing 40 new Starlink internet satellites due to a geomagnetic storm.

Artist's illustration of the DSCOVR satellite attached to its SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage shortly after launch in February 2015.

You can still see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today

By Samantha Mathewson published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during a live webcast on Feb. 8.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send the EchoStar 23 satellite into orbit. The was expected to be SpaceX's last flight that would throw away the Falcon 9 first stage.

SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch

By Elizabeth Howell published

The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.

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SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images

By Elizabeth Howell published

A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon.

This SpaceX photo shows the first test-fire of six Raptor engines on the company's Starship SN20 rocket prototype on Nov. 12, 2021 at the Starbase facility in near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. A Starship Super Heavy booster stands at right.

Elon Musk giving update on SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket Thursday

By Mike Wall published

Elon Musk will give a big Starship update — his first since the fall of 2019 — on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT on Feb. 11).

This still from a SpaceX tracking camera video shows the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket as it separates from its upper stage during SpaceX's launch of the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite for Italy on Jan. 31, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing

By Tariq Malik published

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.