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SpaceX tarship remains the most ambitious rocket, with thrust three times that of Saturn V and aiming for full rapid reusability. The biggest challenge is creating a fully reusable orbital heat shield, which has never been achieved before. SpaceX plans to recover the upper stage Starship possibly this year or…

Home » Artificial intelligence » Steve Jurvetson on Tesla, SpaceX, Optimus and AI Steve Jurvetson is a legendary venture capitalist who invested in Tesla (2007) and SpaceX (2008) despite skepticism. He made those investments driven by belief in inevitable futures. All vehicles will be electric and autonomous, and space access…

UPDATE (9:31 p.m.) — According to base officials, the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 9:31 p.m. Saturday from SLC-4E. ____ UPDATE (9:05 p.m.) — According to base officials, the Falcon 9 rocket launch was pushed back Saturday evening and is set to take off from SLC-4E at 9:31 p.m.…

A stack of 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites is pictured in low Earth orbit before being deployed from the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Image: SpaceX Update July 26, 7 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape…

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA and will liftoff on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are…

Amanda S. Vozeh Jul 25, 2025 NASA invites the public to participate as virtual guests in the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will…

Editor’s Note: This advisory was edited Aug. 1, 2025, to reflect a change in postlaunch news conference participants. Editor’s Note: This advisory was edited July 31, 2025, to reflect a change in launch date after the initial launch attempt was scrubbed due to weather. Editor’s Note: This advisory was edited…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 23 carrying NASA’s TRACERS mission and several other smallsats. Credit: SpaceX LAS VEGAS — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a NASA space science mission and several other smallsats July 23 after a one-day delay. To…

NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission launches at 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The TRACERS mission will study magnetic reconnection around Earth…

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing . 1. Trouble in orbit? China’s Starlink rival faces long delays amid rocket shortage A Chinese mega-constellation of communications satellites is facing serious delays that…