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Mission Control Is Socially Distancing During Today’s SpaceX Launch

Mission Control Is Socially Distancing During Today’s SpaceX Launch

By Victor Tangermann

The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company is teasing newambitions — with a line on its site inviting questions about a "private passenger" program.

SpaceX Is Teasing Mysterious “Private Passenger” Spaceflights

By Jon Christian

NASA just cleared SpaceX the go-ahead for its historic launch scheduled for May 27. "We are go for launch!" NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted.

NASA Clears SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission for Liftoff

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Director of Crew Mission Management Benji Reed said he expects a "high chance" of bad weather delaying next week's astronaut launch.

SpaceX Says “High Chance” Human Launch Will Be Pushed Back

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule just arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first crewed test flight dubbed Demo-2 on May 27.

SpaceX Is Setting Up Crew Dragon For Its First Human Spaceflight

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched a browser-based simulator that allows you to take over the controls of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and dock it to the Space Station.

Dock a SpaceX Spacecraft to the ISS in This Amazing Simulator

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is preparing to launch the first experimental satellite of its Blackjack network, which would function like a military version of SpaceX's Starlink.

DARPA Is About to Launch a Military Version of SpaceX’s Starlink

By Dan Robitzski

Tom Cruise and SpaceX are reportedly partnering up to make a movie that would be the first feature film ever shot in space.

Tom Cruise Partners With SpaceX to Film Movie in Space

By Dan Robitzski

NASA announced today that it has awarded three contracts to develop lunar landing systems in an effort to return astronauts to the Moon as soon as 2024.

SpaceX Wins Large NASA Contract for Starship Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

In response to scientists who say SpaceX's Starlink satellites will block astronomical research, CEO Elon Musk suggested launching orbital observatories.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Launch Orbital Observatories

By Dan Robitzski

On Sunday, a SpaceX Starship prototype finally stayed intact after having its fuel tanks pressurized, paving the road to more ambitious tests.

SpaceX Manages to Test Starship Without Failing Catastrophically

By Dan Robitzski

Next month, NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the ISS for the first time in years. Don't break quarantine to watch it happen.

NASA: Don’t Break Quarantine to Watch SpaceX Launch Astronauts

By Dan Robitzski

As a new video demonstrates, SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been wreaking havoc with astronomical surveys as they become visible to the naked eye.

Ominous Video Shows SpaceX Satellites Cutting Across Sky

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX finally has a launch date to return astronauts from US soil to space since the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle program in 2011: May 27.

SpaceX Is Officially Sending Astronauts to Space Next Month

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's latest prototype dubbed "SN3" collapsed during a pressurized cryogenic fuel test Thursday night, as footage uploaded by NASASpaceFlight shows.

Watch SpaceX’s Latest Starship Prototype Crumple Like a Can

By Victor Tangermann

A video uploaded by Helsinki-based 3D artist Kimi Talvitie on Wednesday attempts to recreate SpaceX Starship's arachnoid landing legs.

Elon Musk Praises Video of Starship’s Arachnoid Landing Legs

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has released an early version of a user manual for its Starship, a rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and beyond.

SpaceX Starship “User Guide” Details Private Cabins, Common Areas

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk-led space company SpaceX signed a contract with NASA on Friday for supplying the Gateway, a space station orbiting the Moon, with cargo.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Supply Lunar Gateway Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

After an Air Force base declared a public health emergency, the SpaceX mission scheduled to launch from there on March 30 is on "indefinite" hold.

SpaceX Delays Launch Because of the Coronavirus

By Dan Robitzski

As SpaceX continues to launch more of its Starlink satellites, new research suggests hundreds will be visible from Earth with the naked eye.

Astronomer: SpaceX Satellite Swarm Will Be Visible With Naked Eye

By Dan Robitzski

According to Ars Technica's Eric Berger, Musk had a stern word with his engineers over a Starship prototype exploding over the weekend.

Elon Musk Was Pretty Pissed When His Starship Prototype Exploded

By Victor Tangermann

Early Monday morning, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted a link to a video showing a Starship prototype exploding in a massive cloud of gas.

Elon Musk Tweets Vid of Starship Crumpling Up Like a Soda Can

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new internal report, developing the rocket meant to bring crewmembers to the Moon in 2024 has NASA years behind and billions over budget.

NASA’s Own Report Admits Its Non-SpaceX Rocket Is a Disaster

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX plans to launch a crewed mission in its Crew Dragon spacecraft sometime in May — just two months away.

SpaceX President: We Plan to Launch a Crewed Mission in May

By Jon Christian

NASA has struck a deal with the Elon Musk-led SpaceX to launch its historic uncrewed mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Launch Mission to Giant Metal Asteroid

By Jon Christian

Space Force Lt. General David Thompson clarifies what, exactly, the new military branch does, and how it plans to work with private companies.

Space Force Working “Pretty Closely With Elon Musk and SpaceX”

By Dan Robitzski

What in Tarnation Is This “SpaceX Village” by the Starship Launch Site

What in Tarnation Is This “SpaceX Village” by the Starship Launch Site

By Jon Christian

Private space tourism company Space Adventures has announced a new partnership with SpaceX to start flying those who can afford a ticket to space.

SpaceX Says It Will Launch Space Tourists as Soon as Next Year

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the terminal used to connect to the Starlink internet network will look like "a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick."

Elon Musk: You’ll Connect to Starlink With “UFO on a Stick”

By Kristin Houser

A new documentary will follow Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as he hunts for a "life partner" to join him on a trip around the Moon in 2023.

Billionaire Seeks “Life Partner” to Join Him on SpaceX Moon Trip

By Kristin Houser

William Gerstenmaier, who served as the chief of NASA’s human spaceflight program for 14 years, has found himself new gig: working at SpaceX.

SpaceX Hires Former NASA Chief of Human Spaceflight

By Kristin Houser

In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas.

Elon Musk Provides Peek Inside Starship Factory

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched an online booking tool that lets companies reserve space on a Falcon 9 rocket. For $1 million, customers can send 200 kg into orbit.

You Can Now Book Space on a SpaceX Rocket for $1 Million Online

By Victor Tangermann

In a filing with the FCC, SpaceX revealed that it's requesting permission to fly its recent Starship prototype on a flight to an altitude of 12.4 miles.

SpaceX Is Planning a Miles-High Starship Flight as Early as March

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX tested its Crew Dragon spacecraft's in-flight abort system on Sunday, blowing up a Falcon 9 rocket in the process.

Watch a SpaceX Rocket Explode in Mid-Flight

By Victor Tangermann

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley got to ride a Tesla Model X to the launch pad as part of a SpaceX pre-launch rehearsal over the weekend.

SpaceX Says It’ll Drive Astronauts to Launchpad in Tesla Model X

By Victor Tangermann

How Does NASA’s New Mega-Rocket Compare to the Falcon Heavy?

By Chelsea Gohd

Vanderbilt University law student Ramon Ryan argues in a new paper that the FCC's approval of over 30,000 planned SpaceX satellites could've been unlawful.

Researcher: SpaceX Satellite Plans Break US Environmental Law

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX hopes to prove that NASA astronauts will be safe aboard Crew Dragon by deliberately destroying a Falcon 9 rocket soon after launch.

SpaceX Is Going to Blow up a Falcon 9 Rocket Just After Launch

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, SpaceX deployed 60 Starlink satellites, enough to earn the company the title of world's largest commercial satellite operator.

SpaceX Deploys 60 More of Its Controversial Starlink Satellites

By Kristin Houser

Sightings of "strange lights" in the Montana night sky turned out to be SpaceX's Starlink satellites and not UFOs like locals thought.

People Keep Mistaking SpaceX’s Satellites for Alien Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

In March 2020, SpaceX will deliver cannabis plant cultures to the International Space Station for agri-tech company Front Range Biosciences.

SpaceX Is Delivering Cannabis to the Space Station

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX has announced it will coat one of its third batches of Starlink satellites with a special, less reflective coating.

SpaceX: We’re Working to Fix Sky-Killing Starlink Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

The latest space supply mission to the ISS will include “mighty mice,” rodents genetically engineered to grow larger muscles than normal.

SpaceX Is Sending Super-Muscular Mice to the Space Station

By Kristin Houser

Detecting killer asteroids could become more difficult for astronomers as SpaceX adds more satellites to its Starlink constellation.

SpaceX’s Satellite Constellation Could Hide Killer Asteroids

By Kristin Houser

An early prototype of SpaceX's massive Starship rocket partially burst apart during a ground test at the company's test site in Boca Chica, Texas.

Watch SpaceX Starship Rocket Burst, Crumple During Test

By Victor Tangermann

See SpaceX perform a static fire test on the SuperDraco engines that form its Crew Dragon spacecraft's emergency abort system.

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Fire Its Abort System Engines

By Victor Tangermann

A new report quotes a yet-unpublished email Musk sent out to SpaceX employees, in which he apologizes for smoking weed with Rogan.

Elon Musk Apologized to SpaceX Employees After Smoking Weed

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers are finding that the 122 satellites SpaceX has launched so far are already ruining the night sky, showing up as bright trails in observations.

Astronomers: SpaceX’s Satellites Are Blocking View of Stars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX

NASA: Boeing Spaceflights Are Way Pricier Than SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

A free new app called "Rocket Science: Ride 2 Station," created by NASA, lets you control your very own SpaceX Crew Dragon or Boeing Starliner.

This NASA App Lets You Control a SpaceX Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Not only could SpaceX's satellites interfere with radio wavelengths, they're already proving to be brighter than expected.

Scientists: SpaceX Satellites Threaten “Astronomy Itself”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has successfully deployed the first 60 Starlink satellites, which after launch will team up with thousands more to beam internet to Earth.

Watch SpaceX Launch 60 Starlink Satellites

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX has released an amazing video that shows half of a nose cone (or fairing) from a Falcon Heavy rocket plummet back own to Earth.

Watch a Piece of a SpaceX Rocket Careen Back Down to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk elaborated on his extremely ambitious plans to establish a sustainable settlement on Mars by sending 1,000 Starship rockets.

Elon Musk: I Can Build a Martian City With 1,000 Starships

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company's Starship rocket will only require $900,000 of fuel per launch and cost $2 million per mission overall.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Launches Will Cost 1% of Current NASA Launches

By Victor Tangermann

In a Monday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explained that Starship spaceports will need to be 20 miles offshore because of noise.

Elon Musk: Noisy Starship Spaceports Will Be 20 Miles Offshore

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX “Definitely” Plans to Land Starship on Moon by 2022

SpaceX “Definitely” Plans to Land Starship on Moon by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just sent a tweet out using satellite internet provided by a network of Starlink satellites launched by the space company.

Elon Musk Just Tweeted Using SpaceX Satellite Internet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA required SpaceX to undergo review to make sure workers weren't getting high after Elon Musk smoked weed. But, inexcplicably, NASA paid for it.

NASA Paid $5 Million to Make Sure SpaceX Workers Don’t Smoke Weed

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.

Here’s What Worries Elon Musk About a SpaceX Moon Base

By Kristin Houser

Astrobiologist Samantha Rolfe says that Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars are more of a "moral catastrophe" than a noble aspiration.

Astrobiologist: Elon Musk’s Starship Is a “Moral Catastrophe”

By Dan Robitzski

After a public feud, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk seem to be on better terms, and they plan on hanging out on Thursday.

NASA Boss Ends Feud With Elon, Plans SpaceX Factory Tour

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk uploaded a video on Tuesday showing the cavernous and unfinished inside of the space company's gargantuan Starship prototype.

Elon Musk Releases Video Showing Interior of Starship Prototype

By Victor Tangermann