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NASA paid SpaceX $5 million so the company could conduct a workplace-culture review after CEO Elon Musk was filmed smoked marijuana during an interview, Politico's Jacqueline Feldscher reported. The review reportedly includes education and enforcement initia…

SpaceX already has permission to deploy 12,000 internet satellites in low-Earth orbit, and launched the first batch of 60 in May 2019. Now its seeking the go-ahead to launch an additional 30,000. The effort is part of SpaceX’s ambitious $10 billion Starlink …

This image of a distant galaxy group from Arizona's Lowell Observatory is marred by diagonal lines from the trails of Starlink satellites shortly after their launch in May. Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory If Elon Musk's rocket company succeeds in its gra…

WASHINGTON SpaceX has asked the International Telecommunication Union to arrange spectrum for 30,000 additional Starlink satellites.  SpaceX, which is already planning the worlds largest low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation by far, filed paperwork in rece…

As most people did, I only learned of the power outage on Tuesday afternoon, while I was at work. Once my workday was over, I waited in a long line for gasoline at 6 p.m., and then went to the local market, where I bought some nonperishable foods. By the…

HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that a recent Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a signal to all the space agency's contractors about realistic development timelines. Bridenstine addressed the issue during a press …

HAWTHORNE, Calif. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that a recent Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a signal to all the space agency’s contractors about realistic development timelines. Bridenstine addressed the issue during a press con…

Rocket Lab has received a new 5-year Launch Operator License from the Federal Aviation Administration, which grants it permission to do multiple launches of its Electron rocket from its LC-1 launch site in New Zealand without having to seek individual clearan…

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a bookish billionaire — as we've reported before, he has a love of all things science fiction.  He's actually tweeted about a favorite book that's helped clarify his galactic ambitions. "Reread Asimov's Foundation s…

The SpaceX Crew Dragon will head to the ISS on its first test flight. NASA NASA could receive a nice holiday present at Cape Canaveral in just a few months.  According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, its Crew Dragon spacecraft could be nearly ready to carry its …