SpaceX announces upcoming launches on its website; however, it only begins promoting launches closer to the date. For a full, up-to-date calendar of private and public-sector spacecraft launches globally, check outSpaceFlightNow. If you are looking for NASA-specific information, follow theNASA ...
Inspiration4 used aSpaceXCrew Dragon spacecraft called "Resilience," which was commanded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments. You should get familiar with that name, as he's also leading the upcomingPolaris Dawnmission, the first effort in the thre...
Musk has suggested that SpaceX could launch as many as a dozen Starship test flights in 2022, with missions to the moon and Mars both on the horizon—and plenty of scientific potential to boot. “Once Starship starts flying, the development will be very fast,” says Margarita Marinova, a...
SpaceX launches truly international astronaut team on Crew-7 flight to space station for NASA (video) Meet the SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 2 Related: 'It's white-knuckle time:' NASA chief stresses safety for Crew-8 astronaut launch Can I watch the Crew-8 ...
SpaceX’s recent Starship rocket launch captured in space station video SpaceX wants to significantly boost number of Starship launches in 2025 SpaceX image captures dramatic moment during latest Starship test Once fully certified, the rocket will be used for crew and cargo missions to the moon ...
SpaceX / SpaceX Thefirst-stage Super Heavy boosteris powered by 33 Raptor engines, which will create a record-breaking 17 million pounds of thrust at launch, more than twice that of NASA’s mighty Space Launch System, which recently sent a spacecraft on a flyby of the moon. ...
How many Starlink satellites are in orbit As of June 2024, there are 6,219 satellites in Starlink’s constellation, though only 6,146 are currently working according to Astronomer Jonathan McDowell’s tracking research.The number constantly is changing as Starlink launches more and more. As for ...
After five Falcon 1 launches and three Falcon 9 launches, most of which were tests and demos, SpaceX was ready to start its space delivery service. Falcon 9’s fourth launch and the first official ISS resupply mission was the first in a string of 15 straight successful deliveries (six Dra...
Credit: SpaceX In 2015, Elon Musk announced that his company, SpaceX, would be deploying satellites to orbit that would provide high-speed broadband internet access to the entire world. Known as Starlink, SpaceX began deploying this constellation in May of 2019 with the launch of the first ...
How SpaceX is Making Space Cheaper In 2012, SpaceX advertised a launch price of $57 million for Falcon 9, a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by the company to transport satellites. At that point in time, the market for rocket launches was dominated by Arianespace, a French compan...