SpaceX

SpaceX is by far the largest and most successful private spaceflight company ever, and it’s been able to carve its place in the history books thanks to a lot of out-of-the-box thinking. The company pioneered reusable rocket boosters and successfully developed the Falcon 9, which has a ridiculously shiny record…

Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are rolled up inside the trunk of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule for launch Thursday. Credit: SpaceX Two new solar array wings for the International Space Station are packed inside the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule for launch Thursday…

For months, NASA had strongly suggested that it would select two companies for the next phase of its Human Landing System (HLS) program. Just as with the commercial cargo and crew programs, agency officials said, having two companies develop and demonstrate lunar landers would provide redundancy and ensure NASA was…

Elon Musk said SpaceX's offshore launch platform called Deimos is under construction. In a tweet Sunday, he said the platform could be ready for launch operations next year. The platform is set to be used for the SpaceX Starship rockets. See more stories on Insider's business page. Elon Musk said…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new stack of Starlink internet satellites into orbit Wednesday afternoon (May 26), before sticking a landing at sea to top off the mission. The previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will launch its fourth Falcon 9 rocket of the month today (May 26) to carry a new fleet of Starlink broadband satellites into space and you can watch the action live online.  The private spaceflight company will launch a full stack of…

by Jason Rainbow — May 25, 2021 SpaceX has launched around 700 Starlink broadband satellites since January. Credit: SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of the…

Opium’s decentralized insurance contracts will work in accordance with UMA’s oracle solution that will offer derivative financial products for hedging the risks associated with SpaceX flights. Opium, the crypto derivatives protocol, has joined hands with decentralized finance (DeFi) platform UMA to offer decentralized insurance products for SpaceX flights. Opium also…

SpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 rocket Monday on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, running the launcher through a pre-flight checkout and clearing a hurdle before liftoff later this week with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket ignited its…

NASA astronaut Kayla Barron. Credit: NASA NASA has assigned astronaut Kayla Barron to join three crewmates on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft set to launch to the International Space Station in October, rounding out a four-person team after the space agency was unable to secure an agreement to add a Russian…