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 wins NASA contract to send cargo to lunar Gateway with new Dragon XL craft NASA has tapped a type of SpaceX cargo craft that hasn’t yet been built to deliver supplies to a moon-orbiting… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket puts a solar sail and scads of other experiments in orbit SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket had its first night launch tonight, sending 24 different spacecraft toward three different types of orbit… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy center core booster falls over on ship amid heavy seas Mother Nature has splashed cold water over SpaceX’s triumphant triple booster landing in the wake of last week’s Falcon Heavy… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial payload — then aces a triple landing More than a year after SpaceX sent its Falcon Heavy rocket on a majestic test launch, the second Falcon Heavy… Read More
Top GeekWire stories of 2018: Amazon HQ2, Paul Allen, Seattle’s boom, equality financing, and more It was another big year for tech, in Seattle and around the world. Amazon dominated headlines, this time with a… Read More
Year in Space: From the Falcon Heavy’s first flight to the solar system’s last frontier Launches, launches, launches! 2018 was a big year for liftoffs, particularly for SpaceX and its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk. The… Read More
SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52… Read More
Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n Rocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to raise up to $507 million in a new funding round, according to documents filed… Read More
Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019 SpaceX is building its first Mars transport vehicle, also known as the BFR, and “making good progress” toward short-hop test… Read More
Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions SpaceX CEO Elon Musk makes it sound as if he always wanted to put a Tesla Roadster, and not much… Read More
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff talks about his investments in SpaceX and other ventures Zillow Group has just reported an eye-popping $1 billion in annual revenue — but the Seattle-based real estate data company’s CEO,… Read More
Good news for Starman: Spacefaring Tesla Roadster will miss Mars and asteroids It took a day or two, but astronomers have figured out where the Tesla Roadster launched into deep space aboard… Read More
Dramatic photos of historic SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from GeekWire camera 1,200 feet away [Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with additional pictures, including the one above, retrieved Wednesday from a third camera… Read More
Elon Musk marvels at Falcon Heavy’s triumph, looks ahead to bigger rocket CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, says that even he was surprised by how successful the first flight… Read More
Internet users – including Donald Trump – are over the moon about SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket didn’t blow up on the launch pad, but it did blow up the internet. More than… Read More
Watch ‘Starman’ drift: SpaceX’s Tesla reaches the ultimate cruising altitude and rides off into space This might be the ultimate space oddity. High above his home planet, where millions of people are no doubt sitting… Read More
SpaceX launches its Falcon Heavy rocket for first time, putting a sports car (and Starman) in space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s triple-barreled Falcon Heavy rocket rose into space today for the first time on a pillar of… Read More
Time for SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to fly: Watch live video of the final countdown CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The maiden launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably the biggest thing to hit NASA’s… Read More
Elon Musk explains why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is risky – and revolutionary CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Launching the Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably one of the riskiest operations that SpaceX has ever… Read More
Jeff Bezos wishes SpaceX ‘best of luck’ with Falcon Heavy – and Elon Musk replies with a smooch All eyes are on Elon Musk as his company SpaceX gets ready to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket from… Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When SpaceX launches a Tesla Roadster sports car into deep space atop its very first Falcon… Read More
SpaceX launches GovSat-1 satellite, clearing the way for Falcon Heavy’s debut SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent a telecommunications satellite into orbit today for Luxembourg’s government and the SES satellite venture, setting… Read More
It’s a date! SpaceX’s Elon Musk sets Falcon Heavy rocket’s huge first launch for Feb. 6 The world’s most powerful rocket finally has a date for its debut: Feb. 6. In a tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon… Read More
SpaceX test-fires Falcon Heavy rocket’s 27 engines amid clouds of steam and thunder SpaceX test-fired all 27 Merlin rocket engines on its mammoth Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time today, throwing up… Read More
A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoff After a flurry of speculation, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is showing off his midnight cherry-red Tesla Roadster sports car as… Read More
Elon Musk lifts the veil on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket being readied for its debut SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket just got more real, now that billionaire founder Elon Musk has tweeted out pictures of the… Read More
Yes, Elon Musk will launch Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Update: After a bit of back and forth, SpaceX is confirming that the Roadster to Mars is a real payload, and that it… Read More
6 little words: Elon Musk targets November for Falcon Heavy rocket’s maiden launch SpaceX’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, says he’s aiming to launch the first test flight of his company’s Falcon Heavy rocket… Read More
Elon Musk is bullish on Dragon space rides, but Red Dragon on Mars? Not so much SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he expects to see astronauts flying to the International Space Station on his company’s Dragon… Read More
