Articles about SpaceX – Page 15 of 17

SpaceX’s satellite launch works like a charm, but rocket makes hard landing

After coping with a wayward boat, unfavorable winds and propellant problems, SpaceX launched the SES-9 telecommunication satellite on its Falcon… Read More

PayScale ratings rank SpaceX and Tesla low on salary, but high on meaningfulness

What do the employees at two of billionaire brainiac Elon Musk’s companies, SpaceX and Tesla Motors, think about their job… Read More

Wayward boat gets blamed after SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 rocket liftoff at last second

A wayward boat and a load of liquid oxygen that got too warm forced SpaceX to abort what might have been… Read More

SpaceX holds up on SES-9 satellite launch (and rocket landing) just before liftoff

For the second day in a row, SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the SES-9 telecommunications satellite as well as the… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making… Read More

SpaceX shows how its Dragon 2 spaceship hovers

A newly released video shows SpaceX’s Dragon 2 capsule pulling off a valuable trick: firing its thrusters to hover above a landing… Read More

SpaceX rocket launches satellite, but tips over during sea landing attempt

Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today –… Read More

Twitter truce: Jeff Bezos takes the high road, offers kudos to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Rocket launches can sometimes turn into flame wars, as shown by last year’s Twitter tug of war between space-minded billionaires Jeff… Read More

Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as… Read More

SpaceX rehearses Falcon 9 rocket launch – and relives last month’s rocket landing

SpaceX fired the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket on its California launch pad on Monday evening, marking a seemingly… Read More

SpaceX plans Falcon 9 rocket landing on Pacific drone ship after Jan. 17 launch

SpaceX is planning something completely different for its next rocket-landing trick: After launching the U.S.-European Jason 3 satellite on a Falcon… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Grading ‘Star Wars’, favorite stories of 2015, and New Year’s tech resolutions

How would you grade “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”? We offer our opinions of the blockbuster film in this special New Year’s… Read More

Billionaire Space Club pits Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos vs. Richard Branson vs. Paul Allen and more

When Jeff Bezos welcomed SpaceX to the rocket landing “club” last week, it set off a round of twittering over… Read More

Speculation mounts over Elon Musk’s plan for SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter

In the wake of SpaceX’s successful rocket landing, some of the company’s most ardent fans are guessing at the shape… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Alan Boyle’s guide to the year in space, and what’s next for the universe in 2016

It was a big year in space: Historic rocket launches; revelations from distant planets; an unprecedented glimpse of the surface of Pluto; evidence… Read More

SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch – and lands in Florida!

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in six months today, and then brought the first-stage booster… Read More

SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 launch by a day to maximize chances for landing

SpaceX has delayed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with 11 Orbcomm telecommunication satellites for a day, to wait… Read More

SpaceX gets set for Falcon 9’s return to flight – and Florida landing attempt

SpaceX is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in nearly six months on Sunday, and… Read More

More than 120 teams picked for SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s Hyperloop contest

More than 120 student engineering teams, including a group from the University of Washington, have been chosen for a Hyperloop… Read More

It’s official: NASA signs up to send crew on SpaceX’s Dragon space taxi

NASA has ordered its first mission from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, six months after placing… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk gets in the Thanksgiving spirit on ‘The Big Bang Theory’

You wouldn’t think Elon Musk was a warm and fuzzy guy, based on this year’s biography of the hard-driving CEO… Read More

SpaceX trumps United Launch Alliance in bid for Air Force GPS-3 launch contract

SpaceX is poised to win an Air Force national security launch contract by default because its archrival, United Launch Alliance, has… Read More

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell signals go-slow approach for Seattle satellite plan

It’s been nine months since SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, announced plans to put up a constellation of 4,000 satellites to provide… Read More

Vegas breaks down the odds on manned missions to Mars, and it’s looking good for SpaceX

It’s true that Las Vegas will bet on almost anything — and this incredible breakdown on the odds of who will… Read More

Former astronaut: NASA ‘certainly not dead, but they are lost at the moment’

Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu, who logged more than 206 days in space over his career, said there are a… Read More

Spaceflight buys a whole rocket from SpaceX for small satellites

In the first deal of its kind, Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s buying a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will be… Read More

Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent canceled in victory for SpaceX

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has capitulated to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a dispute over a Blue Origin patent covering… Read More

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Stephen Hawking searches for aliens, and Elon Musk explains the SpaceX explosion

We’ve been thrilled to have longtime space and science reporter Alan Boyle covering two big stories for GeekWire today: Stephen Hawking’s… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk traces Falcon 9 rocket failure to busted strut

The unexpected breakdown of a tank strut apparently caused last month’s failure of a Falcon 9 rocket launch to the… Read More