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by Sandra Erwin — October 18, 2022 Defense Department press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs reporters at the Pentagon. Credit: DoD Ryder: 'What an individual company may or may not do in any particular corner of the world of course is incumbent on that company to decide' WASHINGTON —…

Astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, consisting of crew members from the agency as well as ESA (European Space Agency), will answer questions about their recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 20...Read More

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX stacks the Ship 24 Starship prototype atop Booster 7 at Starbase, its South Texas facility, on Oct. 11, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) SpaceX isn't racing to get its giant Starship rocket to orbit for the first time. That landmark orbital test flight will likely…

SpaceX recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense last month, asking the Pentagon to take over paying for Ukraine's use of its Starlink satellite internet. According to CNN, SpaceX told the department that continued access would cost the company over $120 million for the rest of 2022 and…

Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that his company will “keep funding” the government of Ukraine for free even though Starlink is losing money, noting that it has cost Spacex $80 million so far to provide internet terminals and services to Ukraine. “We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks and jamming,…

Home News Spaceflight A Starlink antenna donated by SpaceX and Elon Musk in the Izyum, Kharkiv region of Ukraine on Sept. 25, 2022 amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk said SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine on Saturday…

Move comes a day after billionaire said company couldn’t indefinitely fund the broadband serviceSpaceX founder and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk speaks via video during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last year. Reuters Beta V.1.0 - Powered by automated translation Elon Musk said Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will…

A smartphone with the Starlink logo displayed on the screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that his company SpaceX would continue to fund Starlink satellite internet terminals for the Ukrainian government as it battles invading Russian forces. "The hell with it," the…

Elon Musk has a penchant for the letter “X.” He calls his son with the singer Grimes, whose actual name is a collection of letters and symbols, “X.” He named the company he created to buy Twitter "X Holdings." His rocket company is, naturally, SpaceX. Now he also apparently intends…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks into a moonlit sky over Cape Canaveral in this long exposure photo. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography An Airbus-built communications satellite rocketed into orbit early Saturday from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, bound for a high-altitude…