News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy ‘center core’ passes through Arizona on its way to Texas Teslarati · 10 Feb 2021 On the heels SpaceX’s first new Falcon Heavy booster in two years beginning its journey to Florida, another of the rocket’s three...
- NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch first Gateway elements SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2021 NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX Feb. 9 for the launch of the first two elements of its lunar Gateway on a Falcon Heavy in 2024.
- SpaceX’s most rapidly-reusable rocket booster speeds towards next launch Teslarati · 9 Feb 2021 SpaceX’s most rapidly-reusable Falcon 9 booster has sped through its post-landing recovery process after becoming the first rocket in history to launch...
- NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost NASA · 9 Feb 2021 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the foundati...
- Elon Musk talks Starlink IPO Teslarati · 9 Feb 2021 Just months after pledging to prioritize retail investors in Starlink’s future IPO, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has noted that the satellite constellation...
- Crew Dragon breaks record for longest flight by human-rated U.S. spacecraft Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2021 The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried four astronauts to the International Space Station in November broke the record Sunday for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crew vehicle, surpassing the 84-day mark set by...
- NASA chooses SpaceX to launch a self-propelled space station to the Moon Teslarati · 9 Feb 2021 Days after SpaceX won a NASA contract to launch a galaxy-mapping space telescope, the space agency has selected Falcon Heavy to launch...
- SpaceX wins contract to launch first pieces of NASA’s Gateway lunar outpost Spaceflight Now · 9 Feb 2021 NASA announced Tuesday it has awarded SpaceX a $331 million contract to launch the first two pieces of the Gateway lunar outpost in 2024 using a modified version of the Falcon Heavy rocket to hurl the massive core of the...
- Strong interest for SpaceX smallsat rideshare launch services SpaceNews · 9 Feb 2021 SpaceX is seeing strong demand for its dedicated smallsat rideshare missions, a program that is putting pricing pressure on small launch vehicle developers.
- SpaceX Starship prototype gets frosty for a launch attempt as early as this week Teslarati · 8 Feb 2021 Update: It appears that SpaceX has completed Starship SN10’s first cryogenic proof test campaign and the company lifted its road closure around...
- SpaceX wants to launch its next Starship ASAP Teslarati · 8 Feb 2021 Contrary to recent comments from CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX appears to be forging ahead at full speed in a bid to launch...
- Photos: Sixty more Starlinks rocket through moonlit sky over Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 8 Feb 2021 With another SpaceX rocket poised for launch just a few miles away, a Falcon 9 launcher soared through a moonlit sky over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 4 carrying 60 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
- SpaceX opens up Starlink internet preorders around the world Teslarati · 8 Feb 2021 SpaceX has quietly opened up preorders around the world for its Starlink internet service, with confirmations already rolling in from across the...
- SpaceX’s Crew Dragon just became America’s longest-lived astronaut spaceship Teslarati · 7 Feb 2021 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has officially become the longest-lived American astronaut spacecraft ever built, beating an 84-day record set by the Apollo-era Skylab-4...
- Elon Musk announces he is writing a book about Tesla and SpaceX Teslarati · 7 Feb 2021 Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that he will be writing a book about the two companies’ stories. The...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks Starship explosion: “We were too dumb” Teslarati · 5 Feb 2021 Two days after a last-second failure caused Starship SN9 to smash into the ground and explode, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has returned...
- SpaceX to launch NASA astrophysics mission SpaceNews · 5 Feb 2021 SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics spacecraft, continuing the company’s string of similar agency contracts over the last two years.
- Rocket Report: SpaceX sets new reuse record, Astra valued at $2.1 billion Ars Technica · 5 Feb 2021 "This takes us a step closer to our mission of improving life on Earth from space."
- SpaceX teams up with NASA to launch a galaxy-mapping space telescope Teslarati · 5 Feb 2021 SpaceX appears to be continuing a streak of NASA launch contract awards, winning $98.8 million to launch a galaxy-mapping spacecraft known as...
- No SpaceX doubleheader this time, but Cape range ready for two launches in a day Spaceflight Now · 5 Feb 2021 One of the two Falcon 9 rockets SpaceX planned to launch in a span of less than five hours earlier this week will remain grounded until at least Sunday, preventing Cape Canaveral from hosting two launches on the same day...
- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission NASA · 4 Feb 2021 NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx...
- SpaceX fires 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, with more set to launch Friday Spaceflight Now · 4 Feb 2021 Sixty more SpaceX-owned Starlink internet satellites rocketed into orbit through a moonlit winter sky over Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 launcher early Thursday, while another Falcon 9 sat on a different launch pad a...
- Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites SpaceNews · 4 Feb 2021 SpaceX successfully launched another set of Starlink satellites Feb. 4 in the first of back-to-back Falcon 9 launches scheduled from Cape Canaveral.
- No SpaceX doubleheader for now, but range is ready for two launches in a day Spaceflight Now · 4 Feb 2021 One of the two Falcon 9 rockets SpaceX planned to launch in a span of less than five hours earlier this week will remain grounded until at least Sunday, preventing Cape Canaveral from hosting two launches on the same day...
- SpaceX is about to launch the same rocket twice in one month Teslarati · 3 Feb 2021 In a surprise twist, SpaceX’s 18th Starlink v1.0 mission could mark the first time a Falcon 9 booster rocket launches twice in...
- SpaceX launches first of twin Starlink missions, 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues NASASpaceflight · 3 Feb 2021 SpaceX launched their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, 4 February at 01:19 EST (06:19 UTC).
- SpaceX is halfway done building the world’s largest rocket booster Teslarati · 3 Feb 2021 New photos of the SpaceX Starship program’s first Super Heavy confirm that the booster prototype – known as Booster Number 1 (BN1)...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket cuts Space Shuttle turnaround record in half Teslarati · 3 Feb 2021 SpaceX has successfully kicked off the first of two Starlink launches scheduled in the same 28-hour period and reused a Falcon 9...
- SpaceX Starship prototype lost in test flight landing mishap Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2021 SpaceX launched a prototype Starship rocket Tuesday from its Boca Chica, Texas, flight facility, successfully sending the silver booster up to an altitude of about six miles as planned. But the unpiloted test flight ende...
- SpaceX Starship prototype aces test flight but explodes again Teslarati · 2 Feb 2021 SpaceX Starship prototype serial number 9 (SN9) has suffered a fate almost identical to its successor, SN8, acing an almost six-and-a-half-minute launch,...
- SpaceX Starship crashes after suborbital flight SpaceNews · 2 Feb 2021 A second prototype of SpaceX’s Starship reusable launch vehicle performed a suborbital flight Feb. 2, only to crash while landing.
- SpaceX crashes a second Starship into South Texas [Updated] Ars Technica · 2 Feb 2021 It's time to see if SN9 can stick the landing in South Texas.
- SpaceX violated launch license in Starship SN8 launch SpaceNews · 2 Feb 2021 The FAA said that SpaceX violated the conditions of a launch license for its Starship vehicle during a launch in December, prompting an investigation that delayed tests of another vehicle.
- FAA approves Starship test after saying SpaceX violated safety rules on last flight Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2021 SpaceX defied public safety rules on its most recent Starship launch over South Texas in December, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday as it approved a license for SpaceX’s next high-altitude Starship test f...
- SpaceX’s next Starship launch go for Tuesday attempt after licensing dispute Teslarati · 2 Feb 2021 Update: Despite signs to the contrary yesterday evening, SpaceX appears to have received an FAA license for Starship SN9’s high-altitude launch debut...
- Entrepreneur books SpaceX flight to benefit children’s research hospital Spaceflight Now · 2 Feb 2021 Jared Isaacman, a wealthy businessman and pilot, is chartering a four-seat SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for what will be the first fully commercial, non-government piloted flight to orbit, SpaceX and the entrepreneur annou...
- SpaceX announces Inspiration4, all-civilian space mission in support of St Jude’s Hospital NASASpaceflight · 1 Feb 2021 SpaceX has added a new private Crew Dragon mission to their growing human spaceflight manifest. The first all-civilian space mission, named Inspiration4, will be launched on a Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon Resilien...
- SpaceX announces first “free flyer” human spaceflight Ars Technica · 1 Feb 2021 "This is an important milestone towards enabling access to space for everyone."
- Orbit for all: SpaceX, Shift4 reveal private Crew Dragon launch and ticket raffle Teslarati · 1 Feb 2021 SpaceX and financial company Shift4 have announced what could become the world’s first private orbital astronaut launch into orbit – and two...
- SpaceX begins Falcon Heavy booster deliveries for first launch in two years Teslarati · 1 Feb 2021 SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket launch in almost two years has entered the final stages of preparations – flight hardware acceptance testing,...