News: SpaceX
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
- SpaceX delivers new Falcon 9 booster for the first time in 8 months Teslarati · 18 May 2021 For the first time in eight months, SpaceX has delivered a new Falcon 9 booster to its Florida launch facilities in preparation...
- Tyvak satellite on SpaceX rideshare mission carries tiny space telescope SpaceNews · 17 May 2021 The Tyvak-0130 rideshare payload that flew to orbit May 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 carries a miniature space telescope for possible commercial use.
- Kayla Barron Joins NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station NASA · 17 May 2021 NASA has assigned Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23.
- SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship takes another step towards reuse Teslarati · 17 May 2021 Nine days after becoming the first full-size prototype to survive a high-altitude launch and landing, SpaceX has installed Starship SN15 at the...
- SpaceX on track to launch eight Falcon 9 rockets in six weeks Teslarati · 16 May 2021 After yesterday’s successful Starlink-26 launch, SpaceX is now more than half of the way to completing eight orbital Falcon 9 launches in...
- SpaceX ramps up launch rate with fifth Falcon 9 mission in three weeks Spaceflight Now · 16 May 2021 SpaceX’s fifth Falcon 9 launch in a little more than three weeks delivered 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two small hitchhiker payloads to orbit after a booming blastoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
- Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready for weekend launch Spaceflight Now · 15 May 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A Saturday afternoon as teams counted down to liftoff with 52 more Starlink internet satellites and two hitchhiker payloads.
- SpaceX launches Starlink rideshare mission as constellation deployment milestone nears NASASpaceflight · 15 May 2021 SpaceX launched its third Starlink mission in just 11 days on the v1.0 L26 flight. The mission brings the total number of operational Starlink v1.0 satellites launched to near 1,567 – just shy of the 1,584 needed to decl...
- Two hitchhiker smallsats to accompany SpaceX’s next Starlink mission into orbit Spaceflight Now · 15 May 2021 An innovative commercial Capella radar observation spacecraft with night vision and a small payload from the California-based smallest manufacturer Tyvak are set to rocket into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast Saturday w...
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites and rideshare payloads SpaceNews · 15 May 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched another group of Starlink satellites May 15 on a mission that included two rideshare payloads.
- SpaceX outlines first orbital Starship test flight SpaceNews · 14 May 2021 SpaceX has disclosed details for the first orbital test flight of its next-generation Starship launch system, but the company is still far short of the regulatory approvals needed for the mission.
- SpaceX begins work on Starship orbital propellant transfer test for NASA Teslarati · 14 May 2021 More than six months after SpaceX won a NASA ‘Tipping Point’ award to demonstrate a large-scale cryogenic propellant transfer in orbit with...
- Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS SpaceNews · 13 May 2021 A Japanese billionaire best known for buying a SpaceX Starship flight around the moon will go to space first on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, two months after a Russian actress and direct...
- SpaceX reveals concrete details about Starship’s first orbital test flight Teslarati · 13 May 2021 Via FCC regulatory filings, SpaceX has revealed the first concrete details about Starship and Super Heavy’s first orbital flight test. Earlier this...
- Starlink teams up with Google for ground infrastructure SpaceNews · 13 May 2021 SpaceX will install ground stations within Google’s data centers for its Starlink broadband satellites under a new cloud partnership.
- SpaceX’s sootiest Falcon 9 booster yet returns to port after record reuse Teslarati · 13 May 2021 Three days after acing record-breaking tenth launch and landing, SpaceX’s sootiest Falcon 9 rocket booster yet has returned to Port Canaveral to...
- Congress fires warning shot at NASA after SpaceX Moon lander award Ars Technica · 13 May 2021 "This bill, in the main, is not supposed to be about space."
- SpaceX outlines plans for Starship orbital test flight Spaceflight Now · 13 May 2021 SpaceX has revealed the flight plan for the first orbital test launch of the company’s huge stainless steel Starship rocket, a 90-minute, around-the-world mission that will originate from South Texas and culminate with a...
- SpaceX could land Starship on Mars in 2024, says Elon Musk Teslarati · 12 May 2021 Four years after Elon Musk revealed “aspirational” plans to launch Starships to Mars in 2022, the SpaceX CEO now believes that 2024...
- SpaceX’s first flight-proven Starship heads back to launch pad for round two Teslarati · 11 May 2021 Defying most expectations, SpaceX has moved the first full-size flight-proven Starship back to the launch pad less than a week after the...
- A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of SpaceX Ars Technica · 11 May 2021 "Executives from the two companies stopped talking."
- SpaceX teases more Starship flight tests “in the days ahead” Teslarati · 11 May 2021 A SpaceX engineer hosting the company’s recent record-breaking Starlink launch told viewers to “stay tuned for additional [Starship] test flights in the...
- SpaceX launches fourth Starlink mission in 16 days Teslarati · 10 May 2021 Update: SpaceX has officially completed its fifth Falcon 9 launch and landing in three weeks and delivered its fourth batch of Starlink...
- SpaceX sleuths spot third drone ship under construction in Louisiana Teslarati · 10 May 2021 For the first time, SpaceX fleet-tracking sleuths have confirmed the identity and location – and captured photos – of the company’s third...
- A SpaceX booster now trails only 4 space shuttles in flight experience Ars Technica · 10 May 2021 This particular first stage is approaching historic status.
- Following Starship SN15’s success, SpaceX evaluating next steps toward orbital goals NASASpaceflight · 9 May 2021 SpaceX is considering numerous options for the upcoming Starship test schedule as the goal of reaching orbit by the summer becomes increasingly realistic.
- SpaceX reaches rocket reuse milestone on Starlink launch Spaceflight Now · 9 May 2021 The launch of another 60 Starlink internet spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Sunday thrust SpaceX past a major milestone in rocket reuse: the 10th successful flight of a Falcon 9 booster. The mission marked the fourth Space...
- SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch SpaceNews · 9 May 2021 SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites May 9 on a Falcon 9 whose first stage was making its tenth flight, a long-awaited goal in the company’s reusability efforts.
- SpaceX flies historic 10th mission of a Falcon 9 as Starlink constellation expands NASASpaceflight · 8 May 2021 SpaceX conducted the historic 10th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket booster on the Starlink V1.0 L27 mission Sunday. The mission launched from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 9 May at 02:42 EDT / 06:42 UTC wit...
- SpaceX ready to break another rocket reuse record with launch early Sunday Spaceflight Now · 8 May 2021 A Falcon 9 rocket and 60 more Starlink internet satellites set for launch early Sunday at Cape Canaveral will mark the first time SpaceX has flown a first stage 10 times, reaching a milestone that the company once said c...
- Elon Musk says SpaceX might refly Starship after historic landing Teslarati · 7 May 2021 Update: CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX “might try to refly SN15 soon” after it became the first Starship to ace a...
- Starship survives test flight SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 A SpaceX Starship prototype successfully carried out a brief suborbital flight May 5 after four previous vehicles were destroyed during or shortly after landing.
- Space Force to clear refurbished Falcon 9 booster for upcoming GPS launch SpaceNews · 5 May 2021 The U.S. Space Force this month will complete a design review of a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that flew a military GPS satellite to orbit last summer. The booster will be cleared to fly another GPS satellite sometime in Jun...
- SpaceX rocket booster aces tenth launch and landing in major reusability milestone Teslarati · 5 May 2021 Update: SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1051 aced its Starlink-27 launch without issue, becoming the first Falcon booster ever to complete ten consecutive...
- SpaceX nails first Starship landing weeks after NASA Moon lander contract [updated] Teslarati · 5 May 2021 Update: For the first time ever, SpaceX has successfully landed a Starship prototype in one piece and kept the giant steel rocket...
- Upgraded Starship prototype makes first soft landing after test flight Spaceflight Now · 5 May 2021 SpaceX launched and landed an upgraded prototype for the company’s next-generation Starship vehicle in South Texas on Wednesday, the company’s first Starship test flight since winning a $2.9 billion NASA contract to use...
- SpaceX aces Starlink launch and landing, reveals more than half a million preorders Teslarati · 4 May 2021 SpaceX has successfully completed its 25th operational Starlink satellite launch, stuck a bullseye Falcon 9 booster landing, and revealed that satellite internet...
- SpaceX continues Starlink deployment with latest launch SpaceNews · 4 May 2021 SpaceX continued the deployment of its Starlink broadband megaconstellation May 4 with the second launch of 60 satellites in less than a week.
- SpaceX’s upgraded Starship tracking towards Wednesday launch Teslarati · 4 May 2021 Update #2: A little over 24 hours after SpaceX’s 25th operational Starlink launch, the company’s first significantly upgraded Starship prototype is tracking...
- SpaceX resumes parallel pad operations with Starlink v1.0 L25 mission NASASpaceflight · 4 May 2021 Both of SpaceX’s Florida launch pads are back into Starlink launch flows as the company continues to deploy the satellite internet constellation. The next launch, Starlink v1.0 L25, is scheduled to lift off from LC-39A a...