Articles about SpaceX – Page 4 of 17

Seattle startup founder lobbies for seat on SpaceX craft that will take civilian crew to orbit

The founder of a bootstrapped Seattle startup who launched his company on Kickstarter is looking to hitch a ride to… Read More

Tech tycoon buys SpaceX flight to orbit, sets aside seats for sweepstakes winner (and a fellow techie)

A billionaire CEO who also happens to be a trained jet pilot is buying a days-long flight to orbit aboard… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper escalated a different kind of Star Wars today, over the orbital parameters… Read More

SpaceX puts record 143 satellites in orbit, with Spaceflight playing a supporting role

SpaceX set a record for the number of satellites sent into orbit by a single rocket, and that’s not the… Read More

Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight

Boeing’s rebuilding year drew to a close today with a milestone capping a momentous year in aerospace: the first U.S.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook fallout; Seattle’s status as ‘Cloud City’; testing SpaceX Starlink

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the antitrust case against Facebook could impact the rest of the tech industry;… Read More

SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos

SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery… Read More

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5… Read More

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More

SpaceX provides Starlink satellites to help Washington state towns get online after wildfires

SpaceX is lending a helping hand to Washington state towns ravaged by recent wildfires. The Washington Emergency Management Division is… Read More

Despite winning contract, SpaceX sticks with lawsuit against feds and rocket rivals

Update: A federal district judge in California ruled against SpaceX and ordered its case against the Air Force to be… Read More

ULA and SpaceX win shares of future national security launches; Blue Origin loses out

The U.S. Space Force designated United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as the winners of a multibillion-dollar competition for national security… Read More

SpaceX launches 57 stealth satellites for Starlink network, plus a pair for BlackSky

After weeks of delay, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent up 57 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation,… Read More

NASA astronauts splash down in SpaceX Dragon capsule, capping historic mission

The first mission to send NASA astronauts into orbit on a commercially owned spaceship came back down to Earth today… Read More

Astronauts dodge hurricane as they head for homecoming in SpaceX Dragon capsule

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule pulled away from the International Space Station today to begin the homeward flight for NASA astronauts… Read More

SpaceX sends third next-gen GPS III satellite into orbit for Space Force

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the third in a series of next-generation GPS III satellites into orbit today, marking… Read More

LeoStella confirms delivery of BlackSky’s Earth observation satellites for SpaceX launch

Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella cast a spotlight today on the delivery of its first two built-from-scratch satellites for the BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

Spaceflight signs deal with SpaceX for future rideshare satellite launch slots

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s signed an agreement to secure spots for secondary payloads on several of SpaceX’s rockets due… Read More

SpaceX sends Starlink and Planet satellites to orbit in a new kind of piggyback launch

SpaceX today launched dozens more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites, plus three piggyback satellites for Planet — marking the… Read More

5 trillion bytes a day: SpaceX engineers flash some facts about Starlink satellites

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation is still deep into testing mode, but it’s already generating 5 trillion bytes of data on… Read More

After sparking consternation at NASA, Trump campaign pulls ad featuring SpaceX launch

An online advertisement that plays off last weekend’s historic crewed SpaceX launch to boost President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign drew… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches eighth batch of 60 Starlink satellites and makes its ‘first fifth’ landing

Less than a week after sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, SpaceX sent 60 more of its… Read More

NASA’s Dragon riders capture the flag, nine years after it was left on the space station

A day after arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob… Read More

Closer than humanly possible: New launch pad photos capture historic SpaceX liftoff in all its glory

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are now safely aboard the International Space Station… Read More

‘Dragon arriving’: For first time, astronauts reach the space station in SpaceX capsule

For the first time in nearly nine years, astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station in a spaceship that… Read More

After seeing milestone launch, President Trump hails space effort as a force for ‘pride and unity’

President Donald Trump held up America’s space effort as a unifying endeavor for a divided nation after becoming only the… Read More

Crew Dragon’s astronauts give their SpaceX spaceship a storied name: Endeavour

The two NASA astronauts who rode SpaceX’s first crew-carrying Dragon capsule to orbit today named their spacecraft, continuing a tradition… Read More

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‘Light this candle!’ SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station in Dragon capsule

SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station today, becoming the first company to send humans to orbit… Read More

Another Starship super-rocket prototype blows up on SpaceX’s test pad in Texas

Starship SN4, the latest in a series of prototypes for SpaceX’s super-rocket, exploded in a huge fireball today just after… Read More

Weather concerns complicate plans for SpaceX’s next attempt to launch NASA astronauts

NASA and SpaceX are keeping a close eye on the weather in Florida and beyond as they get set for… Read More