News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites on 100th Falcon 9 flight Spaceflight Now · 25 Nov 2020 The 100th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket delivered 60 satellites to orbit for SpaceX’s Starlink network Tuesday night, adding another building block to a planned fleet of thousands of solar-powered space-based relay station...
- A SpaceX rocket just aced its seventh launch and landing for the first time Teslarati · 25 Nov 2020
- NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Space Station Resupply Mission with SpaceX NASA · 24 Nov 2020 NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:39 a.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 5, for the launch of its 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at t...
- SpaceX to attempt same-day Starship static fire, Starlink launch [livestream] Teslarati · 24 Nov 2020
- Starlink competitor Xfinity launches data caps, which SpaceX says it will not use Teslarati · 24 Nov 2020 SpaceX’s Starlink project has a series of main competitors in the internet market, one of the largest being Comcast’s Xfinity. The Philadelphia-based...
- SpaceX’s most important Falcon 9 booster yet returns to port with a lean Teslarati · 24 Nov 2020
- SpaceX sets new Falcon 9 reuse milestone on Starlink launch SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2020 SpaceX set a new milestone in Falcon 9 reuse with the latest Starlink satellite launch Nov. 24 as the company seeks permission to deploy Starlink satellites into a new orbit.
- SpaceX going for new rocket reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch Spaceflight Now · 22 Nov 2020 Sixty more Starlink internet satellites are ready to rocket into orbit Sunday night from Cape Canaveral on the 100th flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, and the seventh flight of SpaceX’s reusable “fleet leader” booste...
- SpaceX conducts multi-milestone flight and launch of 16th round of Starlinks NASASpaceflight · 22 Nov 2020 Just days after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the American-European Sentinel-6A oceanography satellite into orbit from the U.S. West Coast, SpaceX returned its focus to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
- SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9’s seventh-flight debut for more “mission assurance” Teslarati · 22 Nov 2020 Update: SpaceX has scrubbed Falcon 9’s seventh-flight debut and the 14th Starlink launch this year to allow more time for “data reviews”...
- SpaceX aces rare Falcon 9 land landing, first California launch in a year and a half Teslarati · 21 Nov 2020
- NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean NASA · 21 Nov 2020 A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Saturday at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST)...
- Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean science satellite SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Nov. 21 the latest in a series of satellites developed by the United States and Europe to track rising sea levels.
- Photos: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich encapsulated for launch Spaceflight Now · 21 Nov 2020 Check out photos of the encapsulation of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich oceanography satellite inside the payload shroud of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket before its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
- SpaceX, NASA, ESA launch Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission NASASpaceflight · 21 Nov 2020 Fresh off their second crewed launch for NASA, SpaceX temporarily shifted focus on launches to the U.S. West Coast, where a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich oceanography satellite in cooperation w...
- International satellite launches to extend measurements of sea level rise Spaceflight Now · 21 Nov 2020 A European-built satellite with the unusual shape of a house launched into orbit Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Central Coast, carrying a sophisticated radar altimeter to measure rising sea le...
- Crew-rated SpaceX booster returns to Cape Canaveral with a lean Spaceflight Now · 20 Nov 2020 The Falcon 9 booster that launched four astronauts toward orbit last weekend arrived back on Florida’s Space Coast Thursday aboard a SpaceX drone ship, sailing into Port Canaveral with a lean but otherwise in seemingly g...
- Photos: Four astronauts launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now · 20 Nov 2020 These images show the liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft on top of a 215-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on an expedition to t...
- Tesla and SpaceX are now worth over half a trillion dollars combined Teslarati · 20 Nov 2020
- SpaceX’s NASA Falcon Heavy launch debut a step closer as interplanetary payload powers up Teslarati · 20 Nov 2020
- SpaceX to transition to fully reusable fleet for national security launches SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2020 “Over the next 18 months we’ll complete the transition to a fully reusable SpaceX fleet for our national security missions,” said Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise...
- News Analysis | SpaceX has a lot riding on Starlink’s $499 “UFO on a stick” SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2020 SpaceX needs Starlink to improve and expand across three major areas at once: customer hardware, business models, and the satellite network. It’s a challenge no one in the satellite industry has attempted. What’s more, M...
- SpaceX’s plans for a reusable Dragon spacecraft fleet detailed by Gwynne Shotwell Teslarati · 19 Nov 2020
- SpaceX’s Elon Musk hints at “notable” Starship changes, explains static fire anomaly Teslarati · 18 Nov 2020
- SpaceX lining up two Falcon 9 launches and landings in ten hours Teslarati · 17 Nov 2020
- Crew Dragon docking gives space station its first long-term crew of seven Spaceflight Now · 17 Nov 2020 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft glided to a smooth automated docking Sunday night at the International Space Station, delivering four astronauts to join the three-person crew already aboard the orbiting resear...
- NASA Highlights Science, New Airlock on Next Space Station Resupply Mission NASA · 17 Nov 2020 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 20, to discuss science investigations and a new privately funded airlock launching on SpaceX’s 21st commercial cargo resupply mission for the agency to the...
- Crew Dragon docks to ISS on first operational mission SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2020 A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on board successfully docked with the International Space Station Nov. 16, a day after launch on the first operational commercial crew mission.
- SpaceX Crew Dragon set for space station docking, astronauts give live capsule tour Teslarati · 17 Nov 2020
- The Mandalorian’s ‘Baby Yoda’ becomes SpaceX’s zero-G indicator in Crew-1 mission Teslarati · 16 Nov 2020
- Astronauts fly with SpaceX in landmark launch for commercial spaceflight Spaceflight Now · 16 Nov 2020 A Crew Dragon capsule ferried four astronauts into space Sunday night after a rumbling departure from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting off on a 27-hour pursuit of the International Space Station on SpaceX’s f...
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station, NASA Leaders and Crew to Discuss Mission NASA · 16 Nov 2020 The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docked to the International Space Station at 11 p.m. EST Monday, transporting NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
- Thanks to SpaceX, NASA regains a capability it lost for a decade Ars Technica · 16 Nov 2020 SpaceX has now launched as many astronauts into space as the Mercury program.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket nails first operational NASA astronaut launch Teslarati · 16 Nov 2020
- With Resilience, NASA & SpaceX begin operational Commercial Crew flights NASASpaceflight · 15 Nov 2020 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 19:27 EST on 15 November (00:27 UTC on 16 November) lofting four space travelers into orbit ahead of a planned six month stay aboard the Inte...
- It’s launch day for the historic Crew-1 mission to the space station Ars Technica · 15 Nov 2020 NASA and SpaceX have made several small changes to Dragon for this flight.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Headed to International Space Station NASA · 15 Nov 2020 An international crew of astronauts is en route to the International Space Station following a successful launch on the first NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history.
- SpaceX launches first operational Crew Dragon mission to ISS SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2020 A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four American and Japanese astronauts is on its way to the International Space Station after a successful Falcon 9 launch Nov. 15.
- SpaceX Crew-1 launch set for Sunday, ULA successfully launches spy satellite Teslarati · 14 Nov 2020
- Veteran Japanese astronaut to become SpaceX’s first international passenger Spaceflight Now · 14 Nov 2020 Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has traveled to the International Space Station on a space shuttle and a Russian capsule. He’s now gearing up to launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship, becoming only the third astrona...