Articles about SpaceX – Page 11 of 17

Time for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to fly: Watch live video of the final countdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The maiden launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably the biggest thing to hit NASA’s… Read More

Elon Musk explains why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is risky – and revolutionary

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Launching the Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably one of the riskiest operations that SpaceX has ever… Read More

Jeff Bezos wishes SpaceX ‘best of luck’ with Falcon Heavy – and Elon Musk replies with a smooch

All eyes are on Elon Musk as his company SpaceX gets ready to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket from… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When SpaceX launches a Tesla Roadster sports car into deep space atop its very first Falcon… Read More

SpaceX launches GovSat-1 satellite, clearing the way for Falcon Heavy’s debut

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a telecommunications satellite into orbit today for Luxembourg’s government and the SES satellite venture, setting… Read More

It’s a date! SpaceX’s Elon Musk sets Falcon Heavy rocket’s huge first launch for Feb. 6

The world’s most powerful rocket finally has a date for its debut: Feb. 6. In a tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon… Read More

SpaceX test-fires Falcon Heavy rocket’s 27 engines amid clouds of steam and thunder

SpaceX test-fired all 27 Merlin rocket engines on its mammoth Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time today, throwing up… Read More

Amid Zuma satellite controversy, SpaceX gets a vote of confidence from Air Force

News Brief: The classified satellite known as Zuma was said to have disappeared soon after its Jan. 7 launch on… Read More

Mysterious U.S. government spy satellite believed to be lost after SpaceX launch

Turns out this weekend’s SpaceX mission didn’t go off without a hitch, after all. The secret U.S. government payload —… Read More

SpaceX launches ‘Zuma’ spacecraft with secret U.S. government payload, lands Falcon 9

UPDATED: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this evening, carrying a secretive U.S. government payload… Read More

Aliens in L.A.? Santa? Even Elon Musk has some fun with SpaceX rocket’s sky show

The bloom of exhaust that blossomed in Southern California’s skies during Friday evening’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket sparked… Read More

SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky

SpaceX has sent 10 more satellites into orbit for the Iridium NEXT constellation, passing the halfway point in its 75-satellite… Read More

A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoff

After a flurry of speculation, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is showing off his midnight cherry-red Tesla Roadster sports car as… Read More

Elon Musk lifts the veil on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket being readied for its debut

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket just got more real, now that billionaire founder Elon Musk has tweeted out pictures of the… Read More

Russian Soyuz sends crew to space station while SpaceX Dragon makes cargo delivery

News Brief: Three new crew members are on their way to the International Space Station after a successful launch from… Read More

SpaceX takes rocket reusability to new heights with launch to space station

For the first time, SpaceX has sent a refurbished Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station from a refurbished… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Elon Musk’s race to Mars takes some unexpected turns

Depending on how you see it, Elon Musk is either an innovative genius building the future of mankind or a… Read More

Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg says he’ll beat SpaceX to Mars; Elon Musk says ‘Do it’

So what does SpaceX CEO Elon Musk think of Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s claim that the first people to set… Read More

Yes, Elon Musk will launch Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Update: After a bit of back and forth, SpaceX is confirming that the Roadster to Mars is a real payload, and that it… Read More

SpaceX raises $100M more in investment, bringing valuation estimate to $21.5 billion

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket venture has filled out its latest funding round by attracting another $100 million in investments since… Read More

Survey finds a big name in Seattle missing from list of tech companies where people most want to work

A recent survey of tech professionals around the world about which company they would most want to work for produced… Read More

SpaceX backer Steve Jurvetson shares financing lessons from the final frontier

Few space geeks are geekier than Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson: His office at Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo… Read More

Next-generation SpaceX rocket engine goes up in flames during Texas test

SpaceX says its next-generation Merlin rocket engine experienced a fiery anomaly during preparations for testing at its facility in McGregor,… Read More

Sweet 16! SpaceX sends KoreaSat-5A into orbit and then lands Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX executed its 16th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year today, sending the Koreasat-5A telecommunications satellite into orbit and… Read More

SpaceX seeks FCC approval to test satellite communications system in Seattle area

SpaceX has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to begin ground testing of a satellite communications system between… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk explains how his big rocket’s short hops will lead to giant leaps

SpaceX CEO says he “chickened out” and made the design for the monster spaceship he’s planning to send to Mars… Read More

Elon Musk will chat about his big rocket plans with SpaceX fans on Reddit

Two weeks after SpaceX founder Elon Musk updated his vision for a monster rocket designed to take settlers to the… Read More

SpaceX launches a satellite and lands a Falcon 9 booster for second time this week

Good things came in threes for SpaceX today: For the third time, it used a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket… Read More

SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium, then lands Falcon 9 booster at sea

SpaceX launched its third batch of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from California today on a Falcon 9 rocket, then… Read More

Sizing up billionaire Elon Musk’s big bet on SpaceX’s Big Frickin’ Rocket of the future

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s rocket roadmap just got much bigger than Mars. Now the question is, who else will follow… Read More