News: SpaceX
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- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 18 Mar 2025 The launch comes amid the return of three astronauts and a cosmonaut from the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 3:57 p.m. EDT (1957 UTC).
- LIVE UPDATES: NASA SpaceX Crew 9 Return To Earth; Butch and Suni Coming Home After Extended Mission The Launch Pad · 17 Mar 2025 LIVE UPDATES: NASA SpaceX Crew 9 Return To Earth; Butch and Suni Coming Home After Extended Mission
- SpaceX rescue mission for stranded ISS astronauts nears end — Here’s when they’ll return home Teslarati · 17 Mar 2025 SpaceX is ready to bring home Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the two astronauts that have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nine months. Last week, SpaceX launched its Crew-10 mission, which wo...
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch NASA · 17 Mar 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace...
- NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-9 Return, Splashdown NASA · 16 Mar 2025 NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and...
- Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13 SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2025 Among the 74 payloads on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission was a technology demonstrator from the National Reconnaissance Office
- SpaceX launches Transporter-13 rideshare mission SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 70 payloads in the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions that have reshaped the smallsat industry.
- NASA’s EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth’s Electrojets NASA · 15 Mar 2025 Under the nighttime California sky, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14. Taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 15 Mar 2025 A launch on Saturday would break the pad turnaround record at Space Launch Complex 40 by at least two hours. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 7:35 a.m. EDT (1135 UTC).
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches to International Space Station NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A Spa...
- SpaceX readies to rescue astronauts from International Space Station Teslarati · 14 Mar 2025 SpaceX is readying to launch the Crew-10 mission this evening, which will bring home U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months. SpaceX is work...
- SpaceX to launch Transporter-13 rideshare from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 14 Mar 2025 SpaceX will launch the Transporter-13 rideshare mission on Friday, March 14, during a 17-minute launch…
- SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2025 SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to…
- Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 If satellite manufacturers don’t find ways to compete more effectively, SpaceX could dominate their market.
- Texas awards SpaceX $17.3M grant to expand Bastrop tech hub Teslarati · 13 Mar 2025 The grant will be used to to expand SpaceX's Bastrop complex, which produces Starlink terminals.
- Familiar Spectacle and Setbacks From Starship Flight 8 Space Scout · 12 Mar 2025 SpaceX launched Starship’s eighth integrated test flight on Thursday, March 6th, producing a remarkably similar showing to its seventh flight. Exactly seven weeks after that test was cut short by an upper stage failure,...
- SpaceX set to launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission to the ISS NASASpaceflight · 12 Mar 2025 NASA and SpaceX are ready for the launch of the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10.…
- Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch Crew-10 astronaut mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 12 Mar 2025 The mission will be the 14th time that a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carries humans to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is set for Wednesday, March 12, at 7:48 p.m. EDT (2348 UTC).
- Sun Rises on Crew-10 at Launch Pad NASA · 12 Mar 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen during sunrise on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 lau...
- Falcon 9 launches NASA astrophysics and heliophysics missions SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 launched a pair of NASA science missions March 11 that will explore the infrared universe and study the solar wind. The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted […]
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 The last Falcon 9 launch from Florida was back on March 2 marking the longest stretch between Florida launches since an upper stage anomaly caused a launch halt from July 13 through July 27. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-21...
- SpaceX details Falcon 9 anomaly that temporarily grounded the rocket fleet Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 SpaceX hasn’t launched a Falcon 9 rocket since the March 2 flight of Starlink 12-20. It’s return to flight mission is set to be the rideshare launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions on Monday night.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly set to launch amid busy launch manifest NASASpaceflight · 10 Mar 2025 This week, a busy launch manifest will see SpaceX launch the Crew-10 and Starlink Group…
- NASA, Partners to Conduct Space Station Research During Expedition 73 NASA · 10 Mar 2025 NASA astronauts are gearing up for a scientific mission aboard the International Space Station. Expedition 73 NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Oni...
- What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX? Ars Technica · 10 Mar 2025 SpaceX has long had a hard-charging culture. Is it now charging too hard?
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 The infrared space telescope and Sun-centric missions will launch on a rideshare Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, March 10. Liftoff is set for 8:10 p.m. PST (11:10 p.m. EST, 0310 UTC).
- NASA, SpaceX to launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics mission from California NASASpaceflight · 8 Mar 2025 SpaceX and NASA are set for the launch of the agency’s newest space telescope and…
- FCC allows a power boost for SpaceX’s direct-to-smartphone service SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 SpaceX secured permission March 7 to provide direct-to-smartphone satellite services at higher power levels to improve connectivity beyond the reach of cell towers across the United States.
- Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch NASA · 7 Mar 2025 NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond. In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space...
- U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lands following 434-day orbital mission Spaceflight Now · 7 Mar 2025 The secret winged spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Dec. 29, 2023 to conduct a classified mission. The landing concludes the seventh flight of the Boeing-built spacecraft since 2010.
- Starship Flight 8: SpaceX nails Super Heavy booster catch but loses upper stage Teslarati · 7 Mar 2025 Flight 8 ended with mixed results as SpaceX nailed another Super Heavy Booster catch and the upper stage experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly.
- Starship upper stage lost in second mishap in a row Spaceflight Now · 7 Mar 2025 SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket on the program's eighth test flight Thursday, but a malfunction of some sort triggered multiple upper stage engine shutdowns and for the second flight in a row, the vehicle failed...
- IFT-8: Another Booster Catch, Another Starship RUD SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Mar 2025 SpaceX succeeded in catching a Super Heavy booster this evening, but the Starship second stage was lost minutes later. It was the second Starship explosion in a row, again over
- Starship destroyed on second consecutive test flight SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 SpaceX’s Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breakup up and reentering over the Caribbean.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Scientific Mission on Space Station Concludes NASA · 6 Mar 2025 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth following their science mission aboard the Inte...
- NASA Invites You to Share Excitement of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch NASA · 6 Mar 2025 NASA invites the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, alon...
- What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission NASA · 6 Mar 2025 Four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity lab...
- Silicon Valley players aim to follow SpaceX’s disruptive path in defense sector SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said that for commercial firms to gain substantial ground, ‘the processes have to be transparent and open and fair.’
- NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch, Docking NASA · 5 Mar 2025 NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, March 12, from Laun...
- SpaceX announces Starship Flight 8’s new target date Teslarati · 5 Mar 2025 Starship's eighth flight test is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, with the launch window opening at 5:30 p.m. CT.