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Home News Spaceflight Artist's concept of the Gateway power and propulsion and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) in orbit around the moon. (Image: © NASA) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program,…

Starlink preorders: first come, first served — A $99 deposit today gives you a chance at service in the second half of 2021. Jon Brodkin - Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am UTC Enlarge / Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. SpaceX this week began…

NASA has announced that SpaceX will take two major parts of the Gateway lunar orbiter that will function as a pit stop for future moon missions. The Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost — which together will form the first usable lunar space station — will go…

by Jeff Foust — February 9, 2021 After launching 143 smallsats on its Transporter-1 mission Jan. 24, SpaceX has two more dedicated rideshare launches scheduled for later this year. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX is seeing strong demand for its dedicated smallsat rideshare missions, a program that is putting pricing…

Two time-honoured traditions this time of the year are an annual list of (ig)noble events of the past year, and predictions for the new. This article is a trifle late for the former, so we’ll take a stab at the latter. To start with a safe prediction, India’s remarkable success…

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An artist's illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Perseverance rover is set to land on Mars on Thursday, February 18. Entry, descent, and landing are the trickiest parts of a Mars mission, often called the "seven minutes of terror." To land in the Jezero…

The filing details future plans for Starlink SpaceX’s latest petition to the FCC in the United States outlines that it’s planning to offer a Starlink phone service. The petition details SpaceX’s request to receive status as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, as reported by Ars Technica. Although Starlink’s current beta only…

The reality of SpaceX mass production rockets is unfolding before our eyes. SpaceX Starships will cost over ten times less than current cargo planes, have over twice the range and will be thirty times faster. These massive advantages will give SpaceX dominance of the cargo business. The global cargo airline…

Home News Spaceflight An artist's depiction of the SPHEREx mission at work. Feb. 4, NASA announced that SpaceX will be launching the astrophysics mission, which is set to last for two years. (Image: © Caltech) SpaceX will be launching an astrophysics mission into Earth's orbit for NASA.  NASA has selected…