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According to purchase terms filed with the SEC, Tesla CEO Elon Musk can't insult Twitter or its representatives if he wants the $46.5 billion sale to work.

Terms of Twitter Deal Say Elon Musk Isn’t Allowed to Insult Twitter

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Musk's Twitter buy raises the inevitable question of why he's pouring resources in something as earthbound as a messy, controversial social media platform.

Buying Twitter Seems Like a Huge Distraction for Elon Musk’s Mars Plans

By Jon Christian

A Booster was damaged in part of a SpaceX test and photos leaked online. CEO Elon Musk hasn't said anything on Twitter while trying to buy the platform.

Advanced Transport

Leaked Photo Shows SpaceX’s New Prototype Damaged

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”

Head of NASA Completely Bemused by Question from “Angry Astronaut”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."

Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

By Noor Al-Sibai

Delta CEO Says Airline Is Testing SpaceX Starlink Internet in Flights

Delta CEO Says Airline Is Testing SpaceX Starlink Internet in Flights

By Victor Tangermann

A wonderful shot by NASASpaceFlight photojournalist Nic Ansuini appears to show a chagrined face atop one of SpaceX's Starships prototypes.

Photographer Spots Tiny, Annoyed Face Welded Onto SpaceX Rocket

By Noor Al-Sibai

The crew on the SpaceX Crew Dragon are currently docked at the International Space Station and will have to wait a couple of days before returning to Earth.

The SpaceX Tourists Can’t Leave the Space Station Quite Yet, NASA Says

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The first-ever all-civilian mission to the International Space Station is well underway — and the crew is already talking about wanting to go to the Moon.

Tourists on Space Station Say They’re Discussing Private Moon Mission

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX Watchers Spot Starship Cargo Bay Doors at Launch Facility

SpaceX Watchers Spot Starship Cargo Bay Doors at Launch Facility

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX successfully landed the first all-private crew on the International Space Station as part of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission earlier today.

SpaceX’s First All-Private Space Crew Just Landed on the ISS

By Lonnie Lee Hood

SpaceX has successfully launched the first all-private crew of space tourists to the International Space Station, as part of Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission.

SpaceX Successfully Launches First All-Private Mission to the Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is joining the board of Twitter — and he's already throwing his weight around by promising big changes to the site.

Elon Musk Joins Board of Twitter, Promises “Significant Improvements”

By Jon Christian

Vermont representative Bernie Sanders wants to make sure $10 billion of taxpayers' funds won't land in the hands of Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos.

Bernie Sanders Working to Block Jeff Bezos From NASA Moon Contract

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX's long-awaited Crew-4 mission, previously scheduled for April 19, is now slated for April 20, a day with particular significance to CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX Is Launching a Bunch of NASA Astronauts to Space on 4/20

By Jon Christian

Well, turns out that SpaceX's latest Crew Dragon capeule, "Freedom," is probably going to be the last of the iconic spacecraft ever made.

SpaceX Says It’s Not Building Any More Crew Dragon Spacecraft

By Jon Christian

A Florida couple is headed to space with Blue Origin -- and then, they say, possibly on a longer orbital trip via Elon Musk's SpaceX.

First Married Space Tourist Couple Say They’re Taking a Vacation with SpaceX Too

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk paints him as the lonely, eccentric hero working to colonize Mars, champion AI and harness solar power.

Elon Musk Says Sometimes He Feels Lonely

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink terminals can outmaneuver Russian milles to maintain internet connectivity for Ukraine.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Can Launch Satellites Faster Than Russia Can Shoot Them Down

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA announced that the agency would be moving forward with a second human lunar lander as part of the Artemis program to bring astronauts back to the Moon

NASA Says It Wants Second Moon Lander After Jeff Bezos Sued It for Not Wanting a Second Moon Lander

By Tony Ho Tran

Celebrity Spanish chef José Andrés is partnering with Axiom Space to send delicious dishes to the International Space Station on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Spoiled SpaceX Tourists Will Eat Meals Prepared by Famous Chef

By Victor Tangermann

Now, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sending the fourth operational crew to the International Space Station has a name as well.

SpaceX’s Latest Spacecraft Officially Has a Name

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news, weed nerds — it looks like SpaceX's maiden voyage won't have a "420" joke after all.

SpaceX Fans Annoyed That Starship Orbital Launch Won’t Involve a Weed Joke

By Noor Al-Sibai

We finally have a date for SpaceX's long-awaited, first orbital test launch of its Starship spacecraft for "hopefully May."

Elon Musk Sets Tentative Date for First Starship Orbital Test Flight

By Victor Tangermann

UK-based satellite internet company OneWeb has signed a contract with SpaceX — shortly after ditching the Russian-made Soyuz over the Ukraine invasion.

Satellite Company Now Launching With SpaceX After Ditching Russia

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars

Elon Musk Has a New Date He Says He’ll Land People on Mars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Elon Musk and Grimes gave their new daughter a very weird name: Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. Here's what Grimes says is the meaning behind it.

Elon Musk’s New Baby’s Weird Name, Explained

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hooking Ukrainians up with Starlink terminals, giving them a reliable and off-the-grid way to connect to the internet.

SpaceX Sends More Starlink Terminals to Ukraine, Along With Equipment to Run Them Off Grid

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that there would be a “slight delay” in the launch of the company’s experimental spacecraft.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is So Busy With Ukraine That It’ll Delay Starship

By Tony Ho Tran

Green Hydrogen International announced plans for a 60GW H2 plant in Texas powered by wind and solar. It'll also produce clean rocket fuel for SpaceX.

World’s Largest Hydrogen Plant Says It’s Going to Power SpaceX Launches

By Lonnie Lee Hood

More than a month after an errant rocket was spotted tumbling towards the Moon, it finally crashed into the lunar surface.

A Derelict Rocket Just Smashed Into the Moon, Experts Say

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is warning users in Ukraine who have received one of the company's Starlink dishes could be targeted by Russian actors.

Elon Musk Warns That Russia May Be Spying on Starlink Connections

By Victor Tangermann

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has had enough of sanctions. He's cutting the US off from Russian-made rocket engines.

Russia Mocked for Cutting US Off From Its Outdated Rocket Engines

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has awarded SpaceX contracts for three more Crew Dragon trips to the International Space Station, but made no mention of the situation in Ukraine.

As Tensions Soar With Russia, NASA Buys a Ton of SpaceX Astronaut Launches

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s much ballyhooed shipment of Starlink terminals to Ukraine has arrived — and under some suspiciously mysterious circumstances.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Terminals Already Arrived in Ukraine

By Tony Ho Tran

While the US supplies the outpost with both power and life support, Russia provides propulsion to keep the ISS in orbit using its Progress spacecraft.

NASA Investigating How to Keep Space Station Aloft Without Russian Boosters

By Victor Tangermann

The international space community has been distancing itself from Russia after it invaded Ukraine. But NASA astronaut Vande Hei will still ride a Soyuz.

Awkward! A NASA Astronaut Is Currently Scheduled to Fly Back to Earth in a Russian Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk walks into a sombrero festival...and the memes write themselves.

The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over a Photo of Elon Musk Eating a Huge Potato Spiral

By Noor Al-Sibai

Driving a SpaceX Starlink delivery truck full of satellite internet equipment into Ukraine, an active warzone, is no easy feat.

There’s a Problem With Elon Musk’s Promise to Provide Starlink in Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that a Dragon spacecraft could keep the International Space Station aloft if Russia abandons it as they threatened.

International Space Station

Elon Musk Suggests That SpaceX Could Keep ISS Aloft Despite Russian Threats

By Lonnie Lee Hood

With its unprovoked invasion of a European nation, Russia has chosen a scorched-Earth approach — and its space program will likely suffer the consequences.

There’s a Reason NASA Doesn’t Have to Submit to Russia: SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

China showed off a concept for a two-stage methane-liquid launch system that looks exactly like SpaceX's Starship spacecraft.

China’s New Rocket Concept Looks Suspiciously Like SpaceX’s Starship

By Victor Tangermann

At a space conference this week, SpaceX director of civil space development Nick Cummings teased future plans of a Moon base.

SpaceX Director Teases Moon Base Staffed by “Hundreds or Thousands”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stuck a tweet in his mouth today, tweeting a meme that compared Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Elon Musk Deletes Adolf Hitler Tweet After Widespread Outrage

By Jon Christian

Billionaire and SpaceX's first frequent flier Jared Isaacman is creating a private space program that culminates in the launch of the Starship megarocket.

Billionaire Says He’s Buying SpaceX Launches for “Private Space Program”

By Tony Ho Tran

Billionaire Jared Isaacman has purchased three flights with the company as a part of their upcoming “Polaris” missions to take humans into high Earth orbit.

Billionaire Space Tourist Buys Three More SpaceX Launches in Shocking Display of Wealth

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX is planning the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity in space, involving astronauts venturing outside of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Astronauts Announce First Ever Spacewalk From SpaceX Spaceship

By Victor Tangermann

Whoops. It turns out that reports of a SpaceX rocket crashing into the Moon were greatly exaggerated -- and it belongs to someone else entirely.

Fake News! The Rocket Crashing Into the Moon Is NOT SpaceX’s

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again expressed one of his favorite talking points: the demise of civilization.

Elon Musk: “Civilization Is Feeling a Little Bit Fragile Right Now”

By Victor Tangermann

While we anxiously await the first orbital test flight of SpaceX's Starship, CEO Elon Musk tried to keep our — and investors' — spirits up.

Elon Musk: Each Starship Launch Could Cost Just $1 Million

By Victor Tangermann

A geomagnetic storm earlier this month caused 40 of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites to fall out of orbit shortly after launch.

Dramatic Video Shows SpaceX Starlink Satellites Burning Up in the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has successfully stacked its orbital-class Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20 on top of its Super Heavy booster.

SpaceX Stacks Orbital-Class Starship on Booster, Hoists It With Mechazilla

By Victor Tangermann

The agency conducted a report in response to a recent request by SpaceX to launch the second generation of Starlink satellites into orbit.

NASA Warns That SpaceX Satellite Swarm Could Kill Astronauts

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX has hooked up the pair of massive "chopsticks" of its 460-foot "Mechazilla" tower to its latest Starship prototype dubbed Ship 20.

SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms

By Victor Tangermann

A solar storm killed 40 of 49 Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX last week after atmospheric drag doomed them to deorbit.

Geomagnetic Storm Kills 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

By Tony Ho Tran

Tesla CEO and Terrible Boss Elon Musk thinks there’s just too much bad news out there these days — and it’s the hateful media’s fault.

Elon Musk, Who Constantly Posts About Stuff He Hates, Complains About the Media’s “Relentless Hatestream”

By Tony Ho Tran

An aging SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon — and one space enthusiast has captured it on video.

Guy With Huge Telescope Spots Tumbling SpaceX Rocket About to Crash Into Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

People in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico got a lightshow of a lifetime over the weekend when a spectacular fireball streaked across the sky as it fell to Earth.

Video Appears to Show SpaceX Rocket Disintegrating in Epic Fireball

By Tony Ho Tran

At the end of January, Oklahomans were stunned by both an earthquake and an unidentified flying object that meteorologists believe to be a SpaceX rocket.

Oklahomans Saw a Spiral-Shaped UFO, But It Turned Out to Be SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

One Florida teen is converting Elon Musk's anger at him into his very own 15 minutes of fame.

Elon Musk’s Teen Stalker Yeets Himself Into 15 Minutes of Fame

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some legal experts believe that there could be grounds to sue Elon Musk and SpaceX for the rocket crash — though it likely won’t happen

SpaceX Could Get Sued When Its Derelict Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, Experts Say

By Tony Ho Tran

SpaceX was forced to scrub a launch after a cruise ship from Port Canaveral, Florida wandered into the launch exclusion zone on Sunday evening.

SpaceX Mission Scrubbed After Big Dumb Cruise Ship Wanders into Launch Zone

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk attempted to pay Jack Sweeney, a 19 year old who built a Twitter bot that tracks Musk’s private plane flights, to take down the account

Elon Musk Tries, Fails to Pay Teenager to Stop Stalking His Location

By Tony Ho Tran

An old SpaceX rocket is about to reach its final destination after a roughly six year journey — and crash on the Moon in spectacular fashion.

A Derelict SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon

By Tony Ho Tran