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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 …

This week, Elon Musk made a presentation to hundreds of thousands online, concerning the current state of SpaceX’s Mars project, specifically the changes that have occurred since his last presentation, where he unveiled the #dearMoon project. There has alrea…

Space Race 2.0: Get ready for commercial space exploration within YEARS, says expert - Express.co.uk

Photo by Pauline Acalin for The Verge SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has now given four presentations about his company’s Starship rocket, but all of those updates mostly focused on the vehicle’s external stats. Musk has barely touched on the technologies needed to kee…

SpaceX’s facility at Cape Canaveral just received a crucial new delivery: A Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that it will be using for an upcoming in-flight abort test. This test, which will demonstrate the spacecraft and launch system’s ability to abo…

After committing to having a first crewed launch of its rocket ship in 2019, Blue Origin, the rocket manufacturer and launch services company backed by Jeff Bezos, is likely going to have to push that timeline back to 2020. Speaking onstage at TechCrunch Dis…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video of the inside of the prototype of its Starship rocket — the vessel he wants to use to bring people to the moon, and eventually to Mars. SpaceX revealed the stainless-steel prototype of the Starship, the Starship Mk 1, over…