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SpaceX's Starhopper — a test rocket for its upcoming Starship rocket — just completed its first untethered test flight late last night.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bragged that his company could reach the Moon within two years. But NASA CFO Jeff DeWit isn't buying it.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

A flame shot out from the top of SpaceX's Starhopper during what was supposed to be its first flight test on Wednesday, leading SpaceX to abort the test.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has big plans for the Starship: a "Super Heavy" variant will feature up to 41 Raptor engines, 35 of which will be used as a booster.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has preliminary results to share about what it suspects caused its Crew Dragon capsule to fail during an engine test in April.
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon has officially filed an application with the Federal Communications Comission (FCC) to launch some 3,236 broadband satellites.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

NASA just awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract to launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission in 2021.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

A small fire broke out today at SpaceX's facility in Florida that's focused on bringing the Starship rocket to life, as TechCrunch reports.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

A month after launch, SpaceX confirmed that three of the 60 Starlink satellites it sent into space have failed — and it won't elaborate as to why.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX is targeting November 15th as a tentative date to launch its astronaut-ferrying Crew Dragon spacecraft to the ISS according to NASA.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's groundbreaking Heavy Falcon rocket launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:30 am ET. Almost everything went according to plan.
Falcon

By Victor Tangermann

On Monday night, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch 24 experimental satellites into orbit. CEO Elon Musk calls it the company's "most difficult launch."
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

NASA head Jim Bridenstine announced that the SpaceX capsule explosion earlier this year has delayed the space agency's plans for crewed missions.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Retirees living in Boca Chica, the site of a SpaceX launchpad, shared complaints about the noise and secrecy surrounding rocket tests.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Private space agency SpaceX and NASA chose the lucky astronauts, who will be the first to ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule into space.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an association made up of more than 12,000 members from across the globe, released a statement regarding concerns over SpaceX's new Starlink satellite initiative.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

In a podcast interview this weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed new details about the electric car company's long-awaited hypercar, the Roadster.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Kathy Lueders, manager of the commercial crew program at NASA, sees SpaceX's Crew Dragon explosion as a blessing in disguise.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Last week, SpaceX unleashed 60 tiny Starlink satellites to orbit the Earth at just 340 miles. Astronomers are worried they could ruin the night sky.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Just Unleashed 60 Starlink Satellites Into Orbit
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

An investigation revealed that a quality assurance engineer at an aerospace parts company forged signatures for some 38 inspection reports.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX recently began building a second Starship Hopper at a new construction site in Florida, hoping to determine which area is best-suited to the task.
Starship

By Dan Robitzski

The details of a newly filed SpaceX lawsuit against the U.S. are currently under wraps, but it may have something to do with an upcoming Air Force contract.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

A tiny 11 pound solar sail spacecraft is finally launching into space on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this summer.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

When the Starlink network goes live, SpaceX could potentially have the opportunity to restore net neutrality protections.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX is about to launch the first batch of Starlink satellites. Experts say the artificial constellation could cause 67,000 space collisions per year.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Last month, a SpaceX Crew Dragon shuttle crash-landed after its parachutes failed, but NASA says it's a learning experience.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Yusaku Maezawa, the man expected to be SpaceX's first Moon passenger, says he "has no money" and is now selling art from his personal collection.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

Four tissue chips designed to mimic various process in the human body are headed to the International Space Station to help scientists study disease.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX finally confirmed today during a press event that the Crew Dragon capsule that flew to the International Space Station in March was destroyed.
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

A memo obtained by the Orlando Sentinel seems to confirm that the video showing an explosion during a test of SpaceX's astronaut capsule is authentic.
SpaceX

By Jon Christian

Two Chinese launch startups have successfully tested and demonstrated rockets that set the groundwork for future reusable launch vehicle technology.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Plans for a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station had to be delayed thanks to a problem with one of the station's eight power units.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX-Like Startups Think They Can Solve Fusion For Cheap
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

On Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule exploded during a static test. But you would never know that from SpaceX, which insists on calling it an "anomaly."
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

Update: Vid Appears to Show SpaceX Capsule Exploding During Test
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX successfully landed three Falcon Heavy boosters last week. But stormy weather had a different plan for them, and one fell into the water.
Falcon

By Dan Robitzski

Musk tweeted that he was "thinking about adding giant stainless steel dragon wings to Starship" that could allow it to keep cool during re-entry.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX will provide launch services for NASA's DART mission, which is designed to test a plan for preventing an asteroid from hitting Earth.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX successfully landed all three of its Falcon Heavy boosters during the rocket's second launch ever, marking a new milestone in reusable rocketry.
Falcon

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX's Starship Hopper successfully completed a tethered hop, putting the company's in-development Starship one step closer to liftoff.
Starship

By Kristin Houser

In a video, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off the space company's Starship's "heat shield hex tiles" which could keep its spacecraft cool during re-entry.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

In a series of tweets yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the space company is about to start testing its Starship spacecraft.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down in the Atlantic
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

A new paper suggests that we could spot an alien civilization by looking for signs of starships powered by the radiation thrown off by small black hole.
Starship

By Jon Christian

A Russian space expert argued on Russian TV that SpaceX's recent launch of its Crew Dragon spacecraft will pose a threat to Russia's space efforts.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's next-generation passenger spacecraft Crew Dragon has docked itself to a free dock on the International Space Station at 5:51 am EST this morning.
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX successfully launched its (uncrewed) Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 am EST this morning.
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Meet “Ripley,” the Dummy SpaceX Is Sending to the Space Station
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

Europe's rocket manufacturer Ariane Group and French space agency CNES came up with a new universalized "acceleration platform" called "ArianeWorks."
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and SpaceX decided to proceed with plans yesterday for the first ever test flight, dubbed Demo-1, of SpaceX's Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Just Launched the First Commercial Lunar Lander, Ever
SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

NASA commissioned SpaceX and Boeing to develop shuttles for crewed missions. Upcoming test flights may be delayed as NASA found several safety flaws.
SpaceX

By Dan Robitzski

A NASA director warned that Elon Musk's proposed Starship design was going to be "orders of magnitude" more difficult than any NASA project in history.
Starship

By Jon Christian

SpaceX test fired its Raptor engine designed for its Starship spacecraft for the first time. And the videos are incredible.
Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk blamed the company's decision to lay off 10 percent of its workforce on its Starship and Starlink projects this week.
SpaceX

By Jon Christian

Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's lunar lander Beresheet has now passed a series of launch tests, putting it one step closer to making space history.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX just completed the first test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will hopefully carry the groundbreaking Crew Dragon spacecraft into space.
Crew Dragon

By Victor Tangermann

Powerful wind gusts have caused damage to SpaceX's Starship rocket that CEO Elon Musk believes will take "weeks to repair."
Starship

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk explains the decision to use stainless steel to create the new SpaceX Starship rocket in an interview with Popular Mechanics.
Starship

By Kristin Houser

Business Insider has obtained a document listing the positions of the people who will lose their jobs as a result of the recently announced SpaceX layoffs.
SpaceX

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX said Friday that it plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce — an eyebrow-raising move for a company emerging from a record-shattering year.
SpaceX

By Jon Christian

The suborbital version of Space's Starship rocket is almost ready for lift-off, based on a new photo tweeted by CEO Elon Musk.
Starship

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter yesterday that the first test of the Starship could take place in as little as four weeks.
Starship

By Jon Christian