Articles about SpaceX – Page 9 of 17

SpaceX is reportedly looking for a $500M loan — and a few good Seattle baristas

Bloomberg News is quoting unnamed sources as saying that SpaceX is seeking to borrow $500 million in the leveraged loan… Read More

Sonic-boom UFO show! SpaceX launches satellite, lands rocket booster in California

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executed its first on-land touchdown on the West Coast tonight after sending Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A satellite… Read More

Boeing and SpaceX reschedule Starliner and Dragon space taxi flight tests for 2019

NASA says we’ll have to wait until 2019 to see the first orbital tests of the space taxis that are… Read More

Japan’s ispace strikes deal with SpaceX for launches to the moon in 2020 and 2021

SpaceX has been signed up to provide rides to the moon for a pair of payloads built by ispace, a… Read More

SpaceX’s round-the-moon trip could have VR, ‘Space Bar’ and in-flight entertainment

It’s been only a day since SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the plan to send Yusaku Maezawa and roughly half… Read More

Japan’s Yusaku Maezawa revealed as first customer for SpaceX trip around the moon

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk today introduced Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first paying customer for a trip around the… Read More

SpaceX gets set to reveal its first customer for BFR flight around the moon and back

News Brief: A year and a half after saying it had two passengers signed up for a privately funded flight… Read More

Israeli moon lander to ride SpaceX rocket in Spaceflight’s first move beyond low Earth orbit

SpaceIL’s lunar lander is go for launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that’s due to… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Telstar 18V satellite into orbit; booster lands at sea

SpaceX launched its second heavyweight Telstar telecommunications satellite from Florida tonight, and brought the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster down… Read More

SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite and kicks off new round for rocket reusability

SpaceX sent Indonesia’s Merah Putih telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight, marking the first reuse of its new-generation Falcon 9 Block… Read More

Spaceflight’s SmallSat Express rounds up more than 70 satellites for SpaceX launch

LOGAN, Utah — Seattle-based Spaceflight is confirming that it has more than 70 satellites from 18 countries signed up for launch… Read More

SpaceX Dragon cargo craft splashes down, delivering space algae and cell samples

News Brief: The International Space Station’s crew sent a Dragon back to Earth today, filled with more than 3,800 pounds… Read More

NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space station

NASA unveiled the first nine astronauts for its commercial crew missions to the International Space Station today, including rookies as… Read More

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

NASA today laid out a newly stretched-out schedule for flying astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil, with SpaceX’s… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent 10 more Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites into space today from a fogged-in California pad, then… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Telstar 19V satellite and lands on drone ship

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket executed a textbook launch to put the heavy-duty Telstar 19 Vantage telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight… Read More

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule arrives in Florida to get set for uncrewed test flight

After months of testing, a SpaceX Dragon capsule that’s designed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft vs. Slack, high-tech Nike store, Elon Musk wants to help Flint

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack ‘Not like Amazon… Read More

Tested for Thailand, SpaceX’s makeshift mini-sub could serve as space escape pod

The mini-submarine created by SpaceX engineers may not play a role in the crisis it was designed for — the Thai… Read More

Elon Musk sends Boring Company and SpaceX experts to Thai cave rescue effort

Billionaire techie Elon Musk is sending a team of engineers from SpaceX and the Boring Company to help with the… Read More

SpaceX’s science-laden Dragon cargo spaceship hooks up with space station

News Brief: Three days after its launch, SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule is now attached to the International Space Station.… Read More

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends AI robot pal and other experiments to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending an AI-enabled, sphere-shaped robot… Read More

Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers

RENTON, Wash. — When NASA’s Phil McAlister worked out the contracts with SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from… Read More

Night launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends SES-12 telecom satellite into orbit

News Brief: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the SES-12 telecommunications satellite into orbit tonight in a no-drama night launch.… Read More

Washington Hyperloop unveils pod racer with thrusters for SpaceX’s next contest

The Washington Hyperloop team is counting on the third time being the charm. But it’s not just a question of… Read More

SpaceX’s prototype internet satellites are good enough for gaming, Elon Musk says

It’s been three months since SpaceX launched the first prototype satellites for its Starlink broadband internet network, and there’s been… Read More

Control Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘Starman’ in quest to blow up Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos in video game

It’s the Friday before a three-day weekend, and your head is probably already in the clouds, so here’s something to… Read More

SpaceX propulsion guru Tom Mueller looks ahead to Raptor rocket engines for Mars

LOS ANGELES — SpaceX’s success owes a lot to the tenacity of the company’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, but some of… Read More

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell sees satellites as bigger market than rockets

SpaceX is taking a commanding role in the rocket business — but Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president and chief operating officer,… Read More

SpaceX launches gravity-mapping probes plus another five Iridium telecom satellites

A refurbished SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent two gravity-mapping satellites and five satellites for Iridium’s next-generation telecommunications network into orbit… Read More