SpaceX

For the first time after a video of an exploding Dragon capsule leaked in late April, SpaceX confirmed the spacecraft’s destruction during testing. In statements made today, SpaceX’s vice president of mission assurance Hans Koenigsmann provided a little insig…

May 2, 2019by Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press PHOTO: The International Space Stations Canadarm2 and Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM), was used to replace a failed Main Bus Switching Unit and restore full power capabilit…

The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceXs plans to fly a fleet of internet-transmitting satellites, Starlink, at a lower orbit than originally planned, the Verge reported on Saturday. SpaceX originally planned to launch 4,425 Starlink satell…

Its been nearly a week since an anomaly triggered the engine failure of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule during testing. Few details have been disclosed, and its not yet clear how the incident might delay NASAs ability to deliver astronauts to the ISS. Yesterday,…

Just nine months after launching from Y Combinator with a new propulsion technology, Momentus has inked its first customers for its transportation technology that can take cargo beyond geostationary orbit — and ultimately to a lunar orbit. With those custome…

One of SpaceXs Crew Dragon crew capsules suffered an anomaly on the launch pad at Floridas Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while testing its engines on Saturday, with Florida Today posting an image of orange plumes rising from the launchpad and noting unconf…

A SpaceX Crew Dragon experienced an "anomaly" during ground tests that manifested as a column of smoke rising from the spacecraft's thrusters. The Crew Dragons were expected to fly with astronauts aboard later in the year, and it is currently unclear whether …

Packed alongside supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station on an otherwise routine SpaceX resupply run, something rather special is headed to orbit next week: a refrigerator-sized instrument thatll measure the glow of Earths plant life.…