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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida on Dec. 31, 2024, completing the company’s 134th and final launch of the year. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — Florida’s Space Coast capped off a record-breaking year with 93 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, up from…

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, US on May 6, 2024. PUBLISHED ON January 02, 2025 4:43 AM Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and…

Peering through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image on Oct. 7, 2024 of the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft as vivid green and pink aurora swirled through Earth’s atmosphere while the International Space Station soared 273 miles above the Indian Ocean. Visit…

WASHINGTON — A new environmental study is intended to support the continued increase of SpaceX launches from a California spaceport, but that growth faces potential obstacles. A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off Dec. 28 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, deploying 22 Starlink satellites. That was the 47th and…

SpaceX has had a busy and memorable year, conducting more Falcon 9 missions than ever and making tangible progress with the development of its next-generation Starship vehicle, the most powerful rocket ever to fly. The most notable of the Starship test missions came on October 13 when SpaceX’s launch tower…

Elon Musk, the world's richest man and CEO of multiple tech companies, acknowledged the flaws in the H1-B visa system, which grants highly skilled foreign workers the ability to work in the United States. Musk admitted the program was "broken" and called for significant reform to address concerns about its…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into the clouds during the Starlink 12-6 mission, the final orbital launch around the world in 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Updated Dec. 31 at 1:45 a.m. EST (0645 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 21 Starlink satellites. SpaceX ended its orbital launch year…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 31, 2024, marking the company's 134th and last launch of the year. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX has launched its last mission of the year. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 21…

SpaceX landed the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster for reuse shortly after launch, marking the company’s 389th recovery of an orbital class rocket. Credit: SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec. 29, marking the first time a single commercial manufacturer has flown four…

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Astranis: From One to Many mission on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Image: Pete Carstens/MaxQ Productions for Spaceflight Now Update 12:45 p.m. (0545 UTC): SpaceX deployed the four satellites. Following a rare pad abort on Dec.…