Tagged: SpaceX

Following a very busy 2020 that saw it make a number of achievements, including the launch of the first astronauts to space from American soil since 2011, SpaceX completed its first rocket launch of 2021 on Thursday. The Elon Musk-led company sent a communications satellite...

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship left the International Space Station and returned to Earth Saturday (Jan. 13), wrapping up a nearly month-long delivery mission for NASA that also marked the spacecraft’s second trip to space. The uncrewed Dragon supply ship detached from the space station’s...

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its 10th commercial cargo mission on Saturday morning (Feb. 18), ferrying supplies and an assortment of science investigations to the International Space Station — including a deadly superbug, an advanced lightning sensor, a tool for new autonomous rendezvous capabilities...

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft crewed by NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken has docked with the International Space Station on its historic Demo-2 mission. The spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Saturday. The mission is the first time...

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have described their historic ride to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour capsule. Speaking during a press conference on Monday morning, Behnken said that the first stage of their ascent was smoother than they had experienced...

SpaceX successfully launched a Spanish communications satellite early today (March 6) on the landmark 50th flight of the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The two-stage Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:33 a.m. EST (0533 GMT) this morning, delivering...

SPACEX is hoping to launch more Starlink satellites into orbit tonight. Avid stargazers will be able to watch live via a SpaceX YouTube link, that’s currently counting down to the launch. 6 Starlink satellites can be spotted without a telescope 6 Starlink satellites can be...

The Trump administration’s push to ease regulations on private industry is no longer confined to Earth. Yesterday (May 24), President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-2 (SPD-2), which instructs the secretary of transportation to devise a new regulatory regime for launch and re-entry activities, and...

SpaceX aims to launch its first cargo mission to Mars in 2022 and send people toward the Red Planet just two years after that. Those are just two of the highlights of the company’s current Mars-colonization plan, which SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After unfavorable weather conditions scrubbed SpaceX and NASA’s historic launch plans Wednesday, the eyes of space fanatics will return to Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday at 3:22 P.M. EDT. Wednesday’s launch would have been the first time a private company sent astronauts...