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People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay

People Are Selling Chunks of SpaceX’s Exploded Starship on eBay

By Victor Tangermann

Russia has accused the US of using commercial satellite operators for its intelligence efforts — and is threatening to take military action.

Russia Warns of Potential Military Strike on SpaceX Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has tested the emergency slides that could save astronauts' lives during a launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Tests Epic Escape Slide in Case of Exploding Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

"A future Starship, much larger and more advanced, will travel to other star systems," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued in a recent tweet.

Elon Musk Says Future Version of Starship Will Travel Between Star Systems

By Victor Tangermann

In a clip from Don Lemon's interview with Elon Musk, the mercurial CEO was upfront about the use of ketamine.

Video Shows Elon Musk Confronted About Drug Use

By Victor Tangermann

A yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper suggests that metal particles from burned up satellites could be accumulating in our atmosphere.

Paper Claims Dying SpaceX Satellites Could Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Frank Landymore

After two spectacular explosions in April and November, SpaceX's massive Starship has officially made it to space for the second time.

SpaceX Starship Makes It to Space, But Crash-Lands In the Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested Starship will spin slowly to create artificial gravity for passengers on their way to Mars.

Elon Musk Says Starship Will Spin for Artificial Gravity

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX ground control spotted a small crack forming on the seal of the Crew Dragon's hatch during countdown on Sunday.

NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's launch site in Texas received an interesting delivery this week: a truck load of explosives, meant for an upcoming rocket launch.

Truck Carrying Explosives Seen Driving Into SpaceX Launch Site

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched a privately-owned Moon lander, which could set an historic precedent for the United States.

SpaceX Launches Private Moon Lander

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's SpaceX is getting fined for $3,600 after a worker suffered a "near amputation" of a foot at one of its facilities.

SpaceX Fined for “Near Amputation” of Employee’s Limb

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to "deorbit" roughly 100 Starlink satellites — which means that techs will guide them to their fiery deaths.

SpaceX Announces Plans to Set 100 Starlink Satellites on Fire

By Noor Al-Sibai

Departing Astronauts Leave Sticky Brown Surprise in Space Station

Departing Astronauts Leave Sticky Brown Surprise in Space Station

By Sharon Adarlo

New reporting claims that people close to Elon Musk became so concerned about drug use that they asked the billionaire to go to rehab.

Elon Musk Was Reportedly Asked to Go to Rehab

By Jon Christian

NASA is debating whether to work with commercial partners to get to Mars, the first time the space agency has openly raised the possibility.

NASA Investigating Whether It Could Hire SpaceX for Mars Trip

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has topped Fortune's list of "most overrated CEOs" for the second year running.

Elon Musk Voted “Most Overrated CEO” by His Colleagues

By Victor Tangermann

$Francisco Cadaba's skull was fractured during a botched rocket engine test. Two years later, his wife has sued SpaceX for negligence.$

Wife Sues SpaceX After Rocket Test Leaves Husband in Coma

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX has teamed up with Starlab to deliver a private space station into orbit using only a single Starship rocket.

SpaceX Signs Deal to Launch Private Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has bought a Boeing 737-800 jet that once belonged to Air China. It's much bigger than its existing fleet.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Buys Mysterious Aircraft

By Victor Tangermann

Former NASA administrator Michael Griffin has told US lawmakers that the space agency's plans to return humans to the Moon are terrible.

Former NASA Director Trashes Upcoming Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Following a week of continuing fallout about Elon Musk's alleged use of illegal drugs, NASA has responded.

NASA Responds to Elon Musk Drug Allegations

By Noor Al-Sibai

There could well be someone out there whose job it is to collect Elon Musk's urine for government drug testing — and we have questions.

We’d Like to See the Chain of Custody on Elon Musk’s Pee After the Drug Allegations

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX published an excruciating one-hour live stream of a 2017 meeting to presumably clear Elon Musk's name of having been on drugs.

SpaceX Releases Bizarre Video in Attempt to Prove Elon Wasn’t on Drugs

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's first crewed lunar landing mission in over half a century dubbed Artemis 3 will likely be delayed due to Starship issues.

NASA Reportedly Forced to Push Back Moon Landing After SpaceX Fails to Deliver Starship

By Victor Tangermann

As Elon Musk's public behavior becomes stranger, his business associates are concerned that a factor could be his use of drugs.

People Close to Elon Musk Concerned About Alleged Drug Use, Slurring Words

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX is suing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because, according to the company's claim, the agency itself is unconstitutional.

SpaceX Sues Government Over Claim It Fired Employees for Criticizing Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX fired up the engines of its latest Starship prototype, setting the stage for the company's third orbital test launch.

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Before Next Orbital Test

By Victor Tangermann

The FCC just rejected SpaceX's appeal to reinstate an $886 million grant to bring high-speed broadband to rural areas. SpaceX is furious.

SpaceX Furious That Government Won’t Give It Free Handout of Nearly a Billion Dollars

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has gathered information about drug use at SpaceX — and has apparently been sitting on it for more than four years.

NASA Refuses to Say What It Found About Drug Use at SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's aging Hubble Space Telescope is in "safe mode" due to a recurrent technical issue, which has taken the 30-something craft offline.

The Hubble Has Broken Down Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a rare acquisition by the launch provider, SpaceX saved a venerable parachute vendor that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

SpaceX Is Buying a Company That Makes Parachutes for Spacecraft

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX rockets are tearing huge holes in the Earth's atmosphere as they make their return to the surface, triggering "SpaceX auroras."

Scientists Warn That SpaceX Launches Are Tearing Small Holes in the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed plans for a more efficient and more powerful Version 2 of the company's Starship rocket.

Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Next Version of Starship

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched its second orbital attempt of its massive Starship rocket. It exploded just eight minutes into its flight.

SpaceX’s Starship Reaches Space, Immediately Explodes

By Victor Tangermann

A SpaceX employee died in June 2014 after being struck by an unsecured piece of rocket insulation. We're only hearing about it now.

A SpaceX Worker Died and They Kept It a Secret

By Victor Tangermann

Federal regulators grounded Starship after its failed orbital flight test. SpaceX is annoyed it still hasn't gotten permission to fly again.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Says Feds Are Being Unfair About Its Rocket That Exploded

By Frank Landymore

A livid SpaceX has responded to the Federal Aviation Administration warnings, denouncing its analysis as "deeply flawed."

FAA Warns That Falling Satellites Are Going to Start Killing People

By Frank Landymore

NASA has readied a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for a mission to launch a spacecraft to study a big metal asteroid called Psyche.

SpaceX Prepares Spacecraft for Mission to Mysterious Metal Asteroid

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk hopes that SpaceX's Starship won't explode again next time it attempts to launch into orbit — but he's tempering his expectations.

Elon Musk Expresses Hope Starship Won’t Explode Next Time He Launches It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Videos show Tesla's Cybertruck slowly driving down a road, with a second-stage Raptor Vacuum on a trailer behind it.

Advanced Transport

Awesome Video Shows Cybertruck Towing Gigantic Starship Engine

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is, as anecdotes from Walter Isaacson's bombastic new biography illustrate, apparently a huge crybaby.

Elon Musk Apparently Bursts Into Tears With Surprising Frequency

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA and SpaceX test-fired a Raptor engine meant for a Moon mission from a cold start in order to simulate conditions in space.

SpaceX Just Simulated a Lunar Landing With Its Rocket Engine

By Sharon Adarlo

Starlink is over $10 billion short of the revenue it projected to have back in 2015, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Starlink Is Falling Way Short of Projections on Revenue and Users

By Frank Landymore

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has admitted to thwarting a Ukrainian attack on Russia's fleet near the Crimean coast by cutting off Starlink internet.

Elon Musk Admits to Sabotaging Ukraine’s Military

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk intentionally hamstrung SpaceX's Starlink network to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia's naval fleet near the Crimean coast.

Elon Musk Secretly Manipulated Starlink to Hamstring Ukrainian Attack Against Russia

By Victor Tangermann

Debris from the rocket's obliterated launchpad was blasted up to half a mile from the launchpad, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX’s Botched Starship Launch Left Wildlife Officials Stunned

By Frank Landymore

The Justice Department is suing SpaceX, alleging it has been discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring practices.

The Department of Justice Just Sued SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's handing out of Starlink terminals to Ukrainian soldiers has thrown Elon Musk into the middle of a crisis. The Pentagon is worried.

Elon Musk Is Apparently Making the US Government Quite Nervous

By Victor Tangermann

Boeing's latest Starliner delay highlights the widening gap between it and SpaceX, which is slated to launch its seventh crewed NASA mission.

Boeing Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed by SpaceX

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The FAA is still awaiting the report that will detail the steps SpaceX will have to implement before it can try to launch its Starship again.

FAA Throws Cold Water on SpaceX’s Next Starship Orbital Launch

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low frequency waves from their onboard electronics.

SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With “Unintended” Radiation

By Frank Landymore

On Monday, SpaceX conducted a static fire test of its Starship spaceship, firing all six of its Raptor engines.

Advanced Transport

SpaceX Fires Up Starship Engines Ahead of Next Orbital Test

By Frank Landymore

A space tug that launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission on June 12 started spinning uncontrollably after being deployed.

Private Spacecraft Lost in Accident After SpaceX Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk has found a way to be involved in the missing submarine debacle. The company behind the mission is using SpaceX Starlink.

The Lost Submarine’s Comms Are Reportedly Run by SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

After unceremoniously blowing up during its first test, Starship's next launch could be this summer, if SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is to believed.

Elon Musk Preparing to Launch His Explodey Starship Rocket Once Again

By Frank Landymore

14-Year-Old SpaceX Employee Furious When LinkedIn Restricts His Account for Being Too Young

By Noor Al-Sibai

Kairan Quazi, 14 years old, is set to graduate from college and has already nabbed a job to be a software engineer at SpaceX.

Advanced Transport

14-Year-Old Graduates College, Gets Job at SpaceX

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA is getting increasingly worried that SpaceX's Starship may not be ready for the space agency's return to the lunar surface in 2025.

NASA Worried SpaceX’s Failure Will Push Back Landing on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

The final frontier is, apparently, the new site of marketing as space tourism companies partner with brands.

SpaceX Tourists Charting New Frontiers in Product Placement

By Noor Al-Sibai

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has delivered a crew of space tourists to the ISS as part of Axiom Space's second-ever mission to the station.

International Space Station

SpaceX Tourists Swoop Into International Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

NASA officially awarded a Blue Origin-led team a $3.4 billion contract for its upcoming Artemis V mission to the Moon.

NASA Awards Sore Loser Jeff Bezos a Consolation Prize Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Jed McCaleb, who founded the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has announced he's planning to launch the world's first private space station.

The Mt Gox Guy Is Back and He Says He’s Launching a Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Pieces of what appear to be heat shield tiles from SpaceX's explosive Starship orbital test launch keep appearing on beaches in Texas.

It Looks Like Starship Chunks Are Washing Up on Beaches

By Noor Al-Sibai