Articles about SpaceX – Page 3 of 17

Court filings shed light on Blue Origin vs. SpaceX lunar lander fight, with dark spots

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin’s federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX lay out further details… Read More

Citizen spacefliers splash down, finishing up Inspiration4’s charity mission in orbit

The first non-governmental flight to orbit ended with a splash — and with the safe return of the Inspiration4 mission’s… Read More

Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ spacefliers share orbital activities — including a ukulele solo

On the eve of their scheduled return from orbit, four amateur spacefliers brought the world up to date on their… Read More

With a billionaire’s backing, SpaceX sends citizen spacefliers into orbit for a mission like no other

A tech billionaire and three other non-professional spacefliers blasted off today to begin the first non-governmental, philanthropic mission carrying a… Read More

Why Inspiration4’s ‘all-civilian’ trip to orbit represents the dawn of a second space age

Are they space tourists? Citizen spacefliers? All-civilian astronauts? Whatever you call them, the four teammates who are due to go… Read More

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Blue Origin and four other companies win millions to keep lunar lander dreams alive

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar… Read More

Amazon fires back at SpaceX in regulatory war of words over satellite constellations

Amazon laid out out a laundry list of SpaceX’s regulatory tussles today in a letter sent to the Federal Communications… Read More

Elon Musk goads Jeff Bezos on Twitter as their prolonged space spat escalates

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has fired a fresh volley of tart tweets at Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and… Read More

NASA agrees to pause SpaceX lunar contract until November after Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files suit

NASA paused its contract with SpaceX to take astronauts back to the moon pending the initial outcome of a lawsuit… Read More

Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

— Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In… Read More

GAO denies Blue Origin’s protest of NASA’s lunar lander contract award to SpaceX

The Government Accountability Office today turned back protests from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Alabama-based Dynetics, ruling that… Read More

Bezos vs. Branson vs. Musk: A reality check on the billionaire space race — and space station sci-fi

The state of commercial space travel is changing so quickly that even science-fiction authors are struggling to keep up. That’s… Read More

SpaceX launches 88 spacecraft into orbit — including two of Spaceflight’s orbital tugs

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent dozens of satellites into orbit today with a launch that featured an unusual on-the-ground touchdown… Read More

LeoStella delivers first Loft Orbital satellite for SpaceX’s jam-packed rideshare mission

SpaceX is getting set to launch scores of satellites for its Transporter-2 rideshare mission, and one of those satellites marks… Read More

SpaceX provides a ride to the space station for ‘kidney on a chip’ and new solar arrays

SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station today with more than 7,300 pounds of supplies and… Read More

Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program

The tussle over NASA funding for lunar landing systems has touched down in the Senate — with one leading senator… Read More

Billionaire commander and future space crewmates bond during Mount Rainier trek

The road to space runs through … Mount Rainier? Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, who’s paying for a trip to… Read More

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How Starlink, Project Kuiper and other satellite broadband providers could change society

Imagine a world where high-speed internet blankets every corner of the globe, transforming the way people access health care, education… Read More

NASA freezes SpaceX’s lunar lander cash due to protests from Blue Origin, Dynetics

NASA says it’ll hold up on its payments to SpaceX for developing its Starship super-rocket as a lunar lander while… Read More

Amazon sees ‘positive outcome’ after FCC puts conditions on a shift in SpaceX Starlink satellites

The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to modify the planned orbits for future satellites in its… Read More

Elon Musk taunts Jeff Bezos over Blue Origin’s challenge to SpaceX’s contract for lunar lander

The billionaire space battle just got kicked up a notch, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture challenging… Read More

NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out

In a surprise move that was dictated by budget constraints, NASA is awarding $2.89 billion to SpaceX alone for the… Read More

SpaceX leases new 125,000-square-foot complex in Seattle area as Starlink satellite operation grows

SpaceX is leasing a 124,907-square-foot building complex that’s under construction in Redmond Ridge Business Park, east of Seattle, according to… Read More

SpaceX rocket debris recovered from Central Washington farm after fiery fall

The atmospheric re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage created a fiery display in the skies… Read More

Seattle-area engineer and Arizona teacher join billionaire’s crew for charity space trip

The crew is set for a philanthropic space flight that’s being funded by a tech billionaire — and Christopher Sembroski,… Read More

Expert skywatchers quickly solve Pacific Northwest’s meteor mystery

Was it a meteor? A broken-up satellite? Maybe a UFO? Leave it to an astronomer to identify what caused the… Read More

Critics take aim at SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper and other satellite constellations

SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb say their satellite mega-constellations will make broadband internet goodness available to billions of people around the… Read More

Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state

Melissa Santos is a reporter for Crosscut, where this story first appeared. You might think Russ Elliott would be pleased… Read More

SpaceX seeks FCC’s OK to extend Starlink satellite service to vehicles, ships, planes

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the operation of equipment extending the company’s Starlink satellite broadband internet… Read More

SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City

SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that… Read More