SpaceX

Arguably the most exciting aspect of SpaceX’s most recent launch was watching the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket return to Landing Zone 1 (especially with the split-screen footage). Unfortunately, Monday night’s SpaceX launch won’t feature that same excitement, because this Falcon 9 rocket won’t have enough fuel to make a return trip. That’s […]

SpaceX this week unveiled a bold plan to send two private citizens around the moon by the end of next year. CEO Elon Musk told reporters Monday that the paying customers would “do a long loop around the moon” aboard one of SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsules. The company plans to use its Falcon Heavy rocket, […]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday placed the first 10 Iridium Next satellites into low-Earth orbit, each with an Aerion cargo package carrying an ADS-B receiver. The launch represents the first successful effort in space to create Aireon’s global ADS-B-based aircraft-tracking system expected to be operational by the […]

Update: High winds and rain at Vandenberg Air Force Base caused SpaceX to cancel Monday’s mission, according to Iridium. The launch is now scheduled for January 14 at 9:54 a.m. PST. After completing its investigation into the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket in September, it appears SpaceX is ready to resume launches. The private […]

Iridium isn’t sure when SpaceX will be ready to launch the company’s Iridium Next satellites following the explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket on September 1 in Florida, but the company is moving swiftly forward to offer business aviation new airborne hardware that will enable subscribers to take advantage of the new constellation’s faster data […]

An explosion at SpaceX’s launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Thursday morning sparked a social media storm when the blast sent clouds of smoke billowing into the sky and shook buildings several miles away. The Falcon 9 rocket, set for liftoff this Saturday, and its payload were destroyed in the incident. SpaceX pad on fire!! […]

Here is your chance to take a closer look at the Falcon 9 first-stage landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean last week. This video shows the impressive touchdown of the first-stage section of the rocket from three different angles, highlighting the accuracy of the spacecraft. Falcon 9’s mission was to fly to space […]

SpaceX has won its first military contract — $82.7 million to send a U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System satellite into space — breaking a long-held Boeing-Lockheed monopoly on military space launches. The aerospace company, founded by CEO Elon Musk, will launch the Air Force’s next generation GPS satellite in May 2018. The contract reintroduces […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history Monday night by being the first to launch a rocket into space and bring it back down for a perfect landing, a feat that allows the rocket to be used again and again. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 8:35 p.m., deploying 11 OrbComm satellites into low-Earth orbit before […]

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded shortly after takeoff from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday. While the Dragon spacecraft that was attached to Falcon 9 was only carrying cargo for delivery to the International Space Station, there is a Crew Dragon designed to bring astronauts into space. SpaceX is planning […]