News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX resumes work on Starship launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 6 Dec 2021 Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and chief executive, says crews have started construction of the first Starship orbital launch pad in Florida inside the gates of historic launch complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
- After a “thorough review,” NASA awards additional astronaut flights to SpaceX Ars Technica · 6 Dec 2021 "NASA commends Boeing for its ongoing investigation."
- SpaceX fires up rocket for second NASA spacecraft launch in two weeks Teslarati · 6 Dec 2021 SpaceX says it has successfully static fired Falcon 9 ahead of the company’s second scientific NASA spacecraft launch in just two weeks....
- SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket ahead of NASA science probe launch Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2021 SpaceX completed a static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a launch Dec. 9 with the space agency’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer science mission.
- SpaceX aces 27th Falcon 9 rocket flight of the year, a new record Spaceflight Now · 3 Dec 2021 SpaceX set a new record Thursday for the most missions by the company’s Falcon rocket family in a year, successfully sending a cargo of 48 Starlink internet satellites and two BlackSky optical Earth-imaging spacecraft in...
- NASA to award SpaceX three more commercial crew flights SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2021 NASA announced Dec. 3 its intent to purchase three more commercial crew missions from SpaceX as a hedge against further delays in the certification of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
- SpaceX enters busy December with Starlink launch from Florida NASASpaceflight · 2 Dec 2021 Kicking off a busy end to the company’s 2021 launch campaign, SpaceX is poised to launch a group of Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday evening. The Group 4-3 mission, carrying 48 Starlink satellites and two ri...
- SpaceX tests Starship and Frankenstein ‘test tank’ simultaneously Teslarati · 2 Dec 2021 After another few weeks of downtime, SpaceX has simultaneously tested the first orbital-class Starship prototype and a Frankenstein-esque ‘test tank’ at its...
- SpaceX breaks annual launch record as it deploys 48 more Starlink satellites SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2021 SpaceX deployed 48 more satellites for its Starlink broadband constellation Dec. 2, along with two remote sensing spacecraft for BlackSky in a mission that broke the record for Falcon 9 launches in a calendar year.
- SpaceX breaks annual launch record with Starlink rideshare Teslarati · 2 Dec 2021 SpaceX has successfully launched 48 more Starlink V1.5 satellites and two rideshare payloads, simultaneously breaking its record for annual launches and making...
- SpaceX confirms Starlink launch plans hours before Thursday liftoff Teslarati · 1 Dec 2021 Update: Waiting longer than it ever has before, SpaceX finally confirmed it will attempt to launch Starlink 4-3 less than seven hours...
- Here’s why Elon Musk asked his SpaceX employees to work Thanksgiving Ars Technica · 1 Dec 2021 A fully operational Starship solves many of SpaceX's problems.
- SpaceX grapples with Raptor production problems SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2021 Problems increasing production of the Raptor engines that power SpaceX’s Starship vehicle have led to personnel shakeups at the company and a warning from founder Elon Musk that the company risked “bankruptcy” if the com...
- Elon Musk says SpaceX could soon face bankruptcy – here’s why that’s unlikely Teslarati · 30 Nov 2021 In a new leaked email, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that the company could go bankrupt if, by the end of 2022,...
- NASA wants SpaceX to dock Dragons at new Russian space station ‘node’ Teslarati · 30 Nov 2021 State media agency RIA says that NASA and Roscosmos are negotiating an agreement that would eventually allow SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and other...
- Two BlackSky satellites hitching ride on Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 30 Nov 2021 BlackSky said Tuesday it is launching two optical Earth observation satellites as rideshare payloads on a SpaceX Starlink mission planned for liftoff this week from Cape Canaveral. The mission is set for launch Thursday,...
- SpaceX drone ship heads to sea for record-breaking Starlink launch Teslarati · 29 Nov 2021 SpaceX’s newest drone ship is on its way out into the Atlantic Ocean for a Starlink mission that will break the company’s...
- India orders halt on Starlink presales until it gives regulatory approval SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2021 India’s government has told SpaceX to stop taking preorders for Starlink broadband services in the country until it has a license to operate there.
- SpaceX rocket sails into California port after interplanetary launch Teslarati · 29 Nov 2021 The first SpaceX Falcon 9 booster to help launch a payload directly into interplanetary space has safely arrived at a California port....
- Weather forecast favorable for SpaceX launch this week Spaceflight Now · 29 Nov 2021 Forecasters predict a 90% chance of good weather Wednesday night at Cape Canaveral for launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a fresh group of Starlink internet satellites.
- Starbase setting the stage for ambitious 2022 launch campaign NASASpaceflight · 26 Nov 2021 SpaceX is lining up a fleet of vehicles for an ambitious 2022 test campaign, opening with the first orbital velocity test in January or February, followed by the potential of around 12 flights during the year.
- SpaceX putting the finishing touches on Starship’s orbital launch pad Teslarati · 25 Nov 2021 SpaceX appears to have begun tying up a number of loose ends at Starship’s first orbital launch site, potentially setting the stage...
- NASA spacecraft blasts off on experimental mission to divert asteroid Spaceflight Now · 24 Nov 2021 A small NASA space probe blasted off from California early Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a first-of-its-kind mission to change the orbit of an asteroid, pioneering a technique that may one day be used to d...
- NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet Earth NASA · 24 Nov 2021 NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Fal...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces first interplanetary launch Teslarati · 24 Nov 2021 SpaceX has aced its first operational interplanetary launch, sending NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on its way out of the...
- Falcon 9 launches DART SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched a NASA mission that will deliberately collide with a near Earth asteroid to test a technique that could be used to deflect the trajectory of any future asteroid on a collision cour...
- SpaceX launches NASA’s mission to collide with an asteroid [Update] Ars Technica · 24 Nov 2021 "I believe we have a planetary defense program that is worth talking about now."
- Photos: Falcon 9 rocket stands on Vandenberg launch pad with NASA asteroid probe Spaceflight Now · 24 Nov 2021 These photos show SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket standing on Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, hours before liftoff with NASA’s DART mission, an experiment to test how a spacecraft might deflect a haz...
- SpaceX, NASA set to launch humanity’s first ‘dinosaur avenger’ spacecraft [webcast] Teslarati · 23 Nov 2021 SpaceX is firmly on track to launch NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission – sometimes half-seriously referred to as the first...
- NASA’s DART asteroid redirect mission launches aboard Falcon 9 from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 23 Nov 2021 SpaceX has launched NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket. DART is a demonstration mission to determine the effects of an intentional impact on an asteroid. DART’s collision with t...
- SpaceX to round out 2021 with a burst of Falcon launches Teslarati · 23 Nov 2021 After an unusual cadence downtick in the third quarter of the year, SpaceX looks set to round out the last several weeks...
- Falcon 9 launch timeline with DART Spaceflight Now · 23 Nov 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base, heading southeast over the Pacific Ocean with NASA’s DART asteroid deflection experiment. It will take 55 minutes to deploy the DART spacecraf...
- SpaceX encapsulates NASA DART spacecraft for first interplanetary Falcon 9 launch Teslarati · 22 Nov 2021 NASA says SpaceX has finished encapsulating its DART asteroid redirection spacecraft inside Falcon 9’s fairing and opened up its West Coast launch...
- SpaceX’s first two Super Heavy boosters making good progress towards test debuts Teslarati · 22 Nov 2021 SpaceX is making good progress on Starship’s first two Super Heavy boosters, both of which could potentially be ready for their first...
- SpaceX ready for first launch with NASA interplanetary mission Spaceflight Now · 22 Nov 2021 A small NASA spacecraft set to launch on a collision course with an asteroid has been encapsulated inside the payload fairing of its Falcon 9 rocket for blastoff from California this week, a mission that will mark SpaceX...
- SpaceX schedules next Starlink launch, fires up rocket for asteroid redirect mission Teslarati · 19 Nov 2021 Update: SpaceX has successfully static fired the Falcon 9 tasked with launching DART. The rocket will now roll back to SLC-4’s integration...
- SpaceX details plan to build Mars Base Alpha with reusable Starship rockets Teslarati · 18 Nov 2021 For the first time, SpaceX has teamed up with researchers from NASA and several other US institutions to publicly discuss how it...
- NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 24th Cargo Launch to Space Station NASA · 18 Nov 2021 Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 24th cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk forecasts a dozen Starship launches next year Teslarati · 18 Nov 2021 CEO Elon Musk has provided a small update on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket in a brief statement to and Q&A with the...
- SpaceX targets January or February for first launch of world’s largest rocket Spaceflight Now · 18 Nov 2021 SpaceX’s team in South Texas is gearing up to be ready for the first combined launch of the Super Heavy booster and Starship mega-rocket as soon as January, assuming the company completes launch pad construction, ground...