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NASA reviews safety at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smokes pot on video

NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its… Read More

Goodbye, BFR … hello, Starship: Elon Musk gives a classic name to his Mars spaceship

First it was the Mars Colonial Transporter, or MCT … then it was the Interplanetary Transport System, or ITS …… Read More

SpaceX launches Qatar’s Es’hail-2 telecom satellite, and then lands Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX sent the Es’hail-2 telecommunications satellite into orbit today, then brought the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster back down for… Read More

FCC OKs SpaceX’s plan for 7,500 satellites in very low Earth orbit (and its rivals’ plans)

The Federal Communications Commission today gave the go-ahead for SpaceX to operate a constellation of more than 7,500 broadband access… Read More

Elon Musk and Mars take the spotlight in National Geographic TV doubleheader

Science fiction blends with fact in tonight’s double dose of Mars from National Geographic’s TV channel. Truth to tell, there’s… Read More

SpaceX sets its sights on a lower orbit for Starlink broadband network’s first satellites

SpaceX wants to lower the bar for its first batch of Starlink broadband satellites, with the aim of beginning deployment… Read More

In Recode Q&A, Elon Musk talks up ‘Blade Runner’ truck, Space Force and Jeff Bezos

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is really psyched about the electric pickup truck he’s got on… Read More

SpaceX reorganizes Starlink satellite operation, reportedly with high-level firings

SpaceX says it has reorganized its satellite development operation in Redmond, Wash., to accelerate design and testing of the elements… Read More

Who will get to Mars first? Oddsmakers favor SpaceX and Blue Origin over NASA

If sending humans to Mars is a race, which team is favored to win? Bookies give the nod to Elon… Read More

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