SpaceX

NASA's carbon-detecting sleuth has left Earth. SpaceX launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) to the International Space Station (ISS) at 2:48 a.m. ET on Saturday morning aboard the company's dependable Falcon 9 rocket. After NASA's cargo load arr…

Yep, That SpaceX Crew Capsule Was Definitely Destroyed During Failed Ground Test, Company Confirms

Speaking at a press conference at the company’s headquarters, SpaceX’s vice president of Build and Flight Reliability Hans Koenigsmann said the capsule was destroyed during Super Draco thruster testing, just as initial rumors said."We fired them in two sets e…

SpaceX delayed a supply run Friday to the International Space Station, back to full power and accepting deliveries after quick repairs. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off before dawn Friday, with a Dragon cargo capsule. But an electrical problem cropped…

The SpaceX Crew Dragon has been to space, but not yet with humans inside. NASA SpaceX has been uncharacteristically mum since one of the company's Crew Dragon capsules suffered an "anomaly" last month. But that's beginning to change. On April 20, billowing…

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…