USA

SpaceX’s Starship test flight explodes on touchdown

An unmanned test flight for SpaceX’s Starship, a rocketship Elon Musk hopes will carry people to Mars, ended in a spectacular explosion upon touchdown on Wednesday night.

10 December 2020

USA

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

17 November 2020

World News

NASA astronauts make historic splashdown to Earth on SpaceX capsule

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are the first NASA astronauts to splash down for 45 years after staying on the space station for two months on a NASA-SpaceX mission.

2 August 2020

World News

Astronomers irked as SpaceX launches 60 internet-from-space satellites

"I'm a bit afraid of our future view of the night sky when there are 10,000 of them in orbit," said German amateur astrophotographer Marcel Nowaczyk.

23 April 2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. 50 years after the moon landing, protecting the space sector’s intellectual property is vital ǀ View

We have seen a shift in innovation in the space sector from previously state-owned activities to now private [...] activities, operated by the likes of SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. As a consequence, the protection of intellectual property in the space sector is rapidly increasing.

2 August 2019

World News

Light pollution from SpaceX satellites may block view of stars

After Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully placed all 60 of its first Starlink v0.9 satellites into orbit last week, astronomers and astrophysicists alike have been expressing their concerns over the light pollution they could cause.

29 May 2019

USA

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on first commercial flight

The massive booster is carrying a Saudi telecommunications satellite into orbit.

12 April 2019

USA

Watch: SpaceX's Crew Dragon docks at ISS

The Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station 27 hours after launching into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast.

3 March 2019

USA

Watch this space: Four rockets set for blast-off in busy 24 hours

SpaceX, Blue Origin, Arianespace and United Launch Alliance all have rockets scheduled for lift-off today. Here's how to watch them.

18 December 2018

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Aurora Borealis and SpaceX light up night skies

Aurora Borealis and SpeceX light up night skies

8 October 2018

USA

Elon Musk’s Big Falcon Rocket: what you need to know

The BFR is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle which SpaceX hopes to use to transport the first passenger to the moon since the US Apollo missions in the early 1970s.

18 September 2018

World

SpaceX reveals identity of first private passenger on moon flight

SpaceX revealed the identity of the first private passenger who has signed up to go to the moon.

18 September 2018

World News

Musk’s SpaceX signs up first private passenger to fly around the moon

The company will reveal who is flying and why on Monday.

14 September 2018

USA

Manned space flights to resume from U.S. soil

The first flights to the International Space Station from the U.S. are due to take off in 2019 using commercially-funded craft built by SpaceX and Boeing

4 August 2018

USA

SpaceX makes successful launch of new Block 5 rocket

An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions for NASA, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh into orbit.

12 May 2018

USA

Billionaire Musk successfully launches world's largest rocket.

The world's most powerful rocket roared into space in another milestone for entrepreneur Elon Musk's private rocket service.

7 February 2018

USA

SpaceX maiden flight exceeds expectations

Elon Musk is over the moon, and his Tesla is on course for the sun, after the Falcon Heavy became the world's most powerful rocket.

7 February 2018