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SpaceX delays launch due to weather

SpaceX has postponed the return to flight for its Falcon 9 rocket until Jan. 14 at the earliest, due to… Read More

FAA closes the case on SpaceX’s rocket explosion and OKs Falcon 9 satellite launch

SpaceX has the all-clear to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight next week after a four-month suspension due to a… Read More

Boeing and SpaceX win four more NASA orders for space taxis, with one big ‘if’

NASA has awarded four more contracts to Boeing and to SpaceX for space taxi trips to and from the International Space… Read More

SpaceX traces Falcon 9 blast to failed helium tank; return to flight set for Jan. 8

SpaceX says an investigation has concluded that the Sept. 1 explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket occurred due to the failure of… Read More

NASA confirms delay in commercial crew flights to 2018, pushing the envelope

NASA has confirmed that the commercial space taxis being developed by SpaceX and the Boeing Co. will start carrying astronauts… Read More

SpaceX targets early January for Falcon 9 rocket’s return to flight after explosion

SpaceX says it expects to finish its investigation of September’s fiery loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its payload… Read More

SpaceX files FCC application for internet access network with 4,425 satellites

SpaceX has laid out further details about a 4,425-satellite communications network that’s expected to provide global broadband internet access, with… Read More

Here’s what Donald Trump, NASA and SpaceX need to do to get us to Mars

The “Mars” miniseries premiering on the National Geographic Channel is only the latest in a decades-long string of media projects… Read More

Elon Musk holds forth on SolarCity, Tesla, SpaceX … and Donald Trump

Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence… Read More

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System liftoff

SpaceX’s Elon Musk geeks out over Mars interplanetary transport plan on Reddit

In the weeks ahead, SpaceX plans to pressure-test a prototype carbon fiber tank on an oceangoing barge, to gauge how well… Read More

Obama talks up NASA’s vision for sending astronauts on giant leap to Mars by 2030s

President Barack Obama is throwing a spotlight on NASA’s plan for Mars exploration – and habitation – in advance of this week’s White… Read More

Reality check: Elon Musk’s Mars plan will cost more, take longer. What else is new?

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – In order to make the figures work for Elon Musk’s plan to put settlers on Mars, SpaceX will… Read More

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A million people on Mars? Explaining Elon Musk’s bold plan to colonize the Red Planet

Colonies on Mars are no longer restricted to the pages of sci-fi classics and the imagination of ambitious space geeks. These settlements… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk makes the big pitch for his decades-long plan to colonize Mars

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made some ambitious sales pitches in his career, but today’s big reveal about his… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweets sneak peeks at interplanetary transport system for Mars

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – In advance of this week’s big reveal, SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, is dropping hints about the scale… Read More

SpaceX says probe into Falcon 9 launch pad blast points to helium system leak

SpaceX says an investigation into the launch pad explosion that destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite payload has… Read More

Elon Musk says launch-pad rocket fireball poses SpaceX’s biggest puzzle yet

SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, says the launch-pad explosion that resulted in the loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and… Read More

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ‘deeply disappointed’ to lose his satellite in SpaceX’s rocket explosion

Today’s loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite payload was a bummer for Facebook billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down, bringing mice and more from space station

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, carrying more than 3,000 pounds of cargo and… Read More

Docking adapter installed on International Space Station

Space station crew installs a new front door for SpaceX and Boeing spaceships

The International Space Station now has a door that will let crews float in from the commercial space taxis that… Read More

Carbon fiber report whips up interest in SpaceX’s plans for a colony on Mars

Is SpaceX planning to buy billions of dollars’ worth of carbon fiber for future Mars-bound spaceships? The answer’s up in… Read More

SpaceX launches JCSAT-16 satellite, then lands Falcon 9 rocket at sea

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite for a Japanese communication company tonight, and then made a bull’s-eye landing on a floating… Read More

SpaceX’s HR guy addresses tales of overworked engineers and more on Reddit

SpaceX’s engineers are pursuing the high-flying goal of getting people to Mars, and by some accounts, the workload can lead… Read More

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivers DNA sequencer and new door to space station

Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup to the International Space Station today… Read More

Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’

Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space,… Read More

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