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SpaceX's first tourist crew brought a plush puppy wearing a spacesuit to orbit with them. The space pup is based on two service dogs, Puggle and Huckleberry, at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The plush dog is sold out, but it's part of the mission's fundraising for childhood-cancer research. Loading…

Home News Spaceflight Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor will bring indie-pop artist Foxanne's new single to space with her as part of a personal playlist. (Image credit: SpaceX) The all-civilian Inspiration4 crew is carrying a special package to space in their personal equipment — a digital copy of an independent artist's…

This article was translated from our Spanish edition. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA , announced this week the award of five contracts for $ 146 million to US companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin , to design lunar landers. NASA Concepto…

All four amateur astronauts on the flight have been training for months since the flight crew was announced in March. EPA Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Friday shared more images from inside its Crew Dragon capsule that’s already brought its four civilian passengers around the Earth more than 15 times, according…

by Jeff Foust — September 16, 2021 SpaceX says it's working closely with a number of government and commercial satellite operators to coordinate close approaches involving Starlink satellites with their spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX WAILEA, Hawaii — Two years after the close approach of a Starlink satellite with a European Space…

Last night at 8:02 PM EDT, the crew of Inspiration 4 — the first all-civilian spaceflight — blasted off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Tucked inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which was lofted to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, are four fortunate…

Home News CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth. For an added bonus, the rocket landed on its drone ship, marking the company's 92nd booster recovery. The mission, called Inspiration4, blasted off from Pad 39A at…

Home News Spaceflight Inspiration4 lifted off successfully on Sept. 15, 2021. (Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus)Astronauts, celebrities and regular folks around the globe shared their excitement for SpaceX's successful launch of the private Inspiration4 spaceflight last night (Sept. 15). At 8:02 p.m. EDT last night (0002 GMT Sept. 16), SpaceX's Inspiration4…

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience hurls sideways above the Earth as it approaches the International Space Station in 2020. NASA TV Space is just right there -- about 62 miles up, only a little farther away from you than San Jose is from San Francisco. Heck, you can get halfway to…

On Wednesday, SpaceX made history by sending the first all-civilian space crew into low-Earth orbit for its Inspiration4 mission. The crew are currently orbiting Earth at a distance of roughly 370 miles, at 22 times the speed of sound. The launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, was preceded by intense…