News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- NASA, SpaceX launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021 NASA and SpaceX have launched the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff occurred at 5:07 AM EST (1...
- SpaceX go for last launch of 2021 [webcast] Teslarati · 20 Dec 2021 Update: Despite terrible weather, SpaceX and NASA are on track to attempt to launch Cargo Dragon’s CRS-24 space station resupply mission –...
- SpaceX’s final launch of the year set for early Tuesday, weather permitting Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2021 SpaceX’s 31st and final Falcon 9 launch of the year is scheduled to take off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting, with a Dragon cargo ship carrying more than 6,500 pounds of supplies to the...
- SpaceX two-for-two in company’s first Falcon 9 launch doubleheader Spaceflight Now · 19 Dec 2021 Fifteen hours after hurling a package of Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California, SpaceX launched a high-power geostationary communications spacecraft for Turkey from Cape Canaveral late Saturday, the fir...
- SpaceX launches Turkey’s Turksat 5B communications satellite SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2021 SpaceX successfully launched the Turksat 5B Turkish communications satellite Dec. 18, less than 16 hours after launching a batch of Starlink broadband spacecraft.
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California on unusual coast-hugging trajectory Spaceflight Now · 18 Dec 2021 SpaceX deployed 52 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Saturday after a predawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California that routed a Falcon 9 rocket on an unusual track southeast from the We...
- Turksat-5B rides second of three Falcon 9 launches in three days NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2021 Following a successful Starlink mission from Vandenberg, California, SpaceX has launched a second Falcon 9 mission Saturday, this time from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The second of three missions planned for just three day...
- Falcon 9 sets reuse milestone with Starlink launch SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a new set of Starlink satellites Dec. 18, setting a new reusability mark for the vehicle in the process.
- SpaceX vs. the world SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2021 SpaceX has legions of fans worldwide cheering every minor development. And yet, at times, it can seem like the whole world is taking on SpaceX as the company expands from launch vehicles to satellite broadband to lunar l...
- SpaceX completes second Falcon 9 launch and landing in 15 hours Teslarati · 18 Dec 2021 SpaceX has successfully completed two Falcon 9 launches and booster landings in just 15 hours, delivering around 20 metric tons (44,000 lb)...
- Falcon 9 launch timeline with Turksat 5B Spaceflight Now · 18 Dec 2021 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Turkish Turksat 5B communications satellite into orbit around 33 minutes later.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 completes rare 53 degree inclination launch from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2021 In the company’s third-to-last launch of 2021, SpaceX deployed another group of Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit early on Saturday morning. The Starlink Group 4-4 mission launched 52 Starlink satellites into a 53.2...
- SpaceX to set new company records with back-to-back weekend launches Spaceflight Now · 17 Dec 2021 SpaceX will set a new record for rocket reuse Saturday with the launch of a Falcon 9 booster from California for an 11th trip to space Saturday, carrying more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. If schedules hold, a...
- NASA promotes East Coast Starship option at LC-49 following SpaceX interest NASASpaceflight · 17 Dec 2021 The prospect of Starship making its mark on the Space Coast entered another level this week when NASA revealed it would conduct environmental assessments on LC-49 to support Starship launch and landing operations.
- Rocket Report: SpaceX plans a Falcon 9 flurry, Bill Gates buys into rockets Ars Technica · 17 Dec 2021 SpaceX seeks to launch three mission in 72 hours to close out 2021.
- SpaceX to replicate Starbase, build multiple Starship launch pads in Florida Teslarati · 17 Dec 2021 Less than two weeks after CEO Elon Musk revealed that SpaceX has restarted construction of a Starship launch site at Kennedy Space...
- Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission NASA · 16 Dec 2021 NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
- SpaceX VP says Starship is already winning commercial launch contracts Teslarati · 16 Dec 2021 A SpaceX executive says that the company’s next-generation, full-reusable Starship rocket has already secured multiple commercial launch contracts. Set to debut no...
- SpaceX to close out year with surge of launches Spaceflight Now · 15 Dec 2021 SpaceX is set to close out the year with three Falcon 9 rocket flights in just four days from launch pads in Florida and California, carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites, a Turkish data relay spacecraft...
- SpaceX’s next West Coast Starlink launch is heading to an unexpected orbit Teslarati · 15 Dec 2021 SpaceX has unexpectedly changed the Earth orbit its next Starlink launch is targeting. Like all planned Starlink launches, the latest batch of...
- Astranis unveils insurance package for Falcon Heavy launch SpaceNews · 14 Dec 2021 Startup Astranis unveiled more details Dec. 14 of the insurance package covering its first commercial small satellite, which SpaceX is slated to launch to geostationary orbit (GEO) as a secondary payload on a Falcon Heav...
- SpaceX whistleblowers allege widespread sexual harassment Teslarati · 14 Dec 2021 On the heels of a similar report on Blue Origin, five whistleblowers in two different exposes from Lioness and The Verge allege...
- Concerns about sexism in the aerospace industry land at SpaceX Ars Technica · 14 Dec 2021 "What will life on Elon's Mars be like? Probably much like life at SpaceX."
- SpaceX aces first of three back-to-back Falcon 9 launches Teslarati · 14 Dec 2021 Update #2: SpaceX has successfully delivered Starlink 4-4 – batch of 52 new satellites – to low Earth orbit (LEO), completing the...
- SpaceX installs Starship booster on orbital launch mount for the third time Teslarati · 13 Dec 2021 After several signs of imminent activity on Sunday, SpaceX has installed Super Heavy Booster 4 (B4) on Starbase’s lone ‘orbital launch mount’...
- SpaceX rolls Super Heavy booster to orbital launch mount Teslarati · 13 Dec 2021 For the third time in four months, SpaceX has rolled the first potentially flightworthy Super Heavy booster towards Starbase’s orbital launch mount....
- SpaceX launches NASA mission to study dead stars Spaceflight Now · 11 Dec 2021 SpaceX launched a refrigerator-sized NASA X-ray observatory from Kennedy Space Center into an unusual orbit hugging the equator Thursday, beginning a $214 million mission to study black holes and super-compact neutron st...
- SpaceX converts Falcon Heavy booster into Falcon 9 Teslarati · 10 Dec 2021 More than two years after the rocket’s last launch, SpaceX appears to have finally decided to give at least one of two...
- Roscosmos selects first cosmonaut for commercial crew flights SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2021 The head of Roscosmos announced Dec. 8 that the agency has selected the first cosmonaut to go on a SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, although a seat barter agreement between NASA and Rosc...
- Falcon 9 launches NASA X-ray astronomy satellite SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a small NASA X-ray astronomy satellite Dec. 9 to study black holes and neutron stars, an “appetizer” for the launch later this month of the much larger James Webb Space Telescope.
- NASA Launches New Mission to Explore Universe’s Most Dramatic Objects NASA · 9 Dec 2021 NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- NASA, SpaceX launch IXPE x-ray observatory atop Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 9 Dec 2021 NASA and SpaceX have launched the revolutionary Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space observatory from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Thursday morning atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:00 a.m....
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for 28th launch of 2021 [webcast] Teslarati · 8 Dec 2021 Carrying NASA’s tiny IXPE X-ray observatory spacecraft, a Falcon 9 rocket remains on track to lift off as early as 1am EST...
- NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Research Launching to Space Station NASA · 8 Dec 2021 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 14, to discuss science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station.
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says “overdue” Starship update is coming soon Teslarati · 8 Dec 2021 CEO Elon Musk says he may finally present the first cohesive update on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket development program in more than...
- SpaceX launches NASA mission to study black holes, dead stars, and more Teslarati · 8 Dec 2021 SpaceX has successfully launched NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer telescope, paving the way for a unique aspect of black holes, a variety...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rolls out to launch pad with NASA X-ray telescope Teslarati · 7 Dec 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s tiny IXPE X-ray telescope has rolled out to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Pad 39A for...
- Concerned about SpaceX, France to accelerate reusable rocket plans Ars Technica · 7 Dec 2021 "It's a real break from French strategy, and clearly inspired by the USA."
- SpaceX stacking two Starships at once for the first time in ten months Teslarati · 7 Dec 2021 As of late November, SpaceX has begun stacking two Starship prototypes simultaneously for the first time in ten months. Known as Starship...
- SpaceX mates NASA astronomy satellite with rocket at Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 6 Dec 2021 A NASA astronomy satellite will be the smallest payload to ever get a dedicated ride on a Falcon 9 rocket when it takes off from Florida this week, but the SpaceX launcher will need to flex its muscles to reach the missi...