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SpaceX wants a company town, and the firm may get it after a vote among residents is certified, expected in mid-May.

Launch provider says a nozzle extension on the upper engine was lost during stage separation, preventing the rocket from reaching orbit.

Prototype orbital reentry capsule transmits data in space but goes dark after returning to the atmosphere.

Company’s New Shepard rocket launches celebrities and four others to the edge of space and back.

Questions remain about the Shift4 CEO and civilian astronaut’s priorities for the space agency.

Company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, which is planned to be retired at the end of the decade.

Trio of launch providers is awarded a total of 54 national security spaceflight missions over about five years.

International four-person crew returns after nearly four days flying a 90-degree polar orbit and observing Earth’s poles from orbit for the first time.

Space agency so far has contracted Axiom Space for five private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.

Billionaire SpaceX ally is a space industry outsider but is broadly viewed as a solid choice to lead the space agency.