Articles about SpaceX – Page 13 of 17

It’s another first for SpaceX! Previously launched Falcon 9 rocket lifts off and lands a second time

Today SpaceX did something it’s never done before: reusing a Falcon 9 rocket booster that’s already been launched and landed.… Read More

Arcadia on the map: For future Mars landing sites, SpaceX thinks ice is nice

SpaceX’s current favorite place to land on Mars is reportedly Arcadia Planitia, which combines flat terrain, potential deposits of water… Read More

SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down, bringing space samples back to Earth

SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule brought tons of cargo back down to Earth from the International Space Station today, in a… Read More

After delay, SpaceX launches EchoStar satellite – but forgoes rocket landing

For the second time in a week, weather worries caused a delay in SpaceX’s launch of the EchoStar 23 communications… Read More

SpaceX postpones launch of EchoStar communications satellite due to high winds

High winds have forced SpaceX to postpone its launch of the EchoStar 23 communications satellite, a mission requiring so much… Read More

Round-the-moon trip intrigues billionaire spaceflier Charles Simonyi, but he won’t go

Charles Simonyi, the billionaire software executive who’s flown to space twice, says he doesn’t know who’s on SpaceX’s passenger list for… Read More

Google patent filing hints at how SpaceX’s satellite broadband network could work

When it comes to providing global broadband internet coverage, two satellite constellations in low Earth orbit are better than one.… Read More

Why choose to go to the moon? Trump changes commercial space calculations

Nearly 55 years ago, President John F. Kennedy said America chose to go to the moon and take on other… Read More

Citing schedule slips, Spaceflight rebooks 89 satellites on SpaceX’s launch list

For more than a year, Seattle-based Spaceflight has been waiting to launch an array of 89 miniaturized satellites aboard a… Read More

SpaceX reveals plan to send two private citizens around the moon in 2018

SpaceX says it’s making plans to send two private citizens around the moon late next year – using its yet-to-be-flown Falcon… Read More

SpaceX cargo ship makes ‘smooth’ hookup to space station one day after aborted try

SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule has made a trouble-free cargo delivery to the International Space Station, one day after a navigational… Read More

SpaceX delivery to space station delayed due to glitch; Russian cargo craft en route

NASA and SpaceX had to call off today’s planned arrival of a robotic Dragon cargo spaceship at the International Space… Read More

Get a drone’s-eye view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landing – and much, much more

SpaceX’s first-ever commercial rocket launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was picture-perfect, but the landing was arguably even more photogenic –… Read More

SpaceX makes its first liftoff from NASA’s historic moon pad – and then lands Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX sent a rocket rising from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A today for the first time since the space shuttle… Read More

Technical issue forces SpaceX to put its first liftoff from historic Pad 39A on hold

SpaceX postponed the first launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011, due to concerns about… Read More

Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX (and 29 other companies) back immigration lawsuit

If you can join them, you can try beating them, too. Today SpaceX and Tesla signed on to the legal… Read More

GAO reportedly faults SpaceX’s rocket engines and predicts delay in crew flights

Investigators are raising concerns about persistent cracking in the turbine blades in SpaceX’s rocket engines, and adding to doubts about the… Read More

Elon Musk hails Hyperloop teams – and touts the tunnel he’ll be boring at SpaceX

Three student teams got through the engineering gauntlet and sent their Hyperloop pods through a mile-long tube to test a… Read More

SpaceX adds a big new lab to its satellite development operation in Seattle area

SpaceX has taken on a 40,625-square-foot facility in Redmond, Wash., that will become a research and development lab for its… Read More

SpaceX returns to flight with Iridium satellite launch – and rocket landing!

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off for the first time in five months to put 10 advanced Iridium Next telecommunication sateliites… Read More

SpaceX gets ready to return to flight amid revelations about rocket finances

As SpaceX prepares for its first Falcon 9 rocket launch in five months, a new report about the company’s finances… Read More

SpaceX delays launch due to weather

SpaceX has postponed the return to flight for its Falcon 9 rocket until Jan. 14 at the earliest, due to… Read More

FAA closes the case on SpaceX’s rocket explosion and OKs Falcon 9 satellite launch

SpaceX has the all-clear to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight next week after a four-month suspension due to a… Read More

Boeing and SpaceX win four more NASA orders for space taxis, with one big ‘if’

NASA has awarded four more contracts to Boeing and to SpaceX for space taxi trips to and from the International Space… Read More

SpaceX traces Falcon 9 blast to failed helium tank; return to flight set for Jan. 8

SpaceX says an investigation has concluded that the Sept. 1 explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket occurred due to the failure of… Read More

NASA confirms delay in commercial crew flights to 2018, pushing the envelope

NASA has confirmed that the commercial space taxis being developed by SpaceX and the Boeing Co. will start carrying astronauts… Read More

SpaceX targets early January for Falcon 9 rocket’s return to flight after explosion

SpaceX says it expects to finish its investigation of September’s fiery loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its payload… Read More

SpaceX files FCC application for internet access network with 4,425 satellites

SpaceX has laid out further details about a 4,425-satellite communications network that’s expected to provide global broadband internet access, with… Read More

Here’s what Donald Trump, NASA and SpaceX need to do to get us to Mars

The “Mars” miniseries premiering on the National Geographic Channel is only the latest in a decades-long string of media projects… Read More

Elon Musk holds forth on SolarCity, Tesla, SpaceX … and Donald Trump

Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence… Read More