SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.
SpaceX's four Crew-8 astronauts on theInternational Space Stationare now scheduled to return to Earth on Monday, Oct. 14, to end a months-long mission to the International Space Station, weather permitting. NASA announced today, Oct. 11, that the Crew-8 astronauts are currently scheduled to...
Tune in to this page for complete landing coverage during the Polaris Dawn crew's return to Earth. Today, to mark their final full day in space, the crew continued to perform a series of science experiments and used a new SpaceX Starlink plaser link connection on their Dragon to speak di...
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SpaceX’s Starship launch system went through its sixth flight test today, and although the Super Heavy booster missed out on being caught back at its launch pad, the mission checked off a key test objective with President-elect Donald Trump in the audience. ...
Return to sender SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality "Starships are meant to fly. It sure as hell flew today. So let’s get ready for the next one.” Stephen Clark – Oct 14, 2024 8:14 AM | 727 ...
carrying more people than were in the original group in 2025. And the spaceship that went over in 2025—the space Mayflower—will make its return trip to Earth, carrying some of the first group of Mars pioneers back home. They’ll return to massive celebration as international heroes, and ...
Starship is designed to carry cargo and people beyond Earth and is critical to NASA's plan to return astronauts to the moon. Two years ago, SpaceX won a nearly $3 billion contract from NASA to use Starship as a crewed lunar lander. That would see Starship be used for as part of NASA...
— SpaceX launched 10 satellites to orbit today (Jan. 14) in a rousing return-to-flight mission that also included a rocket landing on a ship at sea. SpaceX's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from a launch pad just a few hundred meters from the scenic California coastline here ...
Today we’re talking to Ray LaHood, a former Republican lawmaker who made the unusual move to serve in Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration as Transportation secretary. LaHood has gone on to serve as an adviser on transportation issues around the country and sits on the Bradley ...