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A pair of onlookers at Florida’s Apollo Beach watch as SpaceX launches its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 in support of Space42’s Thuraya 4-NGS mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 9:21 p.m. EST (0221 UTC): SpaceX confirms successful deployment of the Thuraya 4-NGS. SpaceX kicked off the year of…

Elon Musk begins 2025 as the world’s richest individual, cementing his status as the first billionaire worth over $400 billion, according to a Forbes report on Wednesday. The SpaceX founder led a list of global tycoons whose combined net worth totals $1.9 trillion up from $1.8 trillion just a month…

A Falcon 9 launch of a Dragon cargo spacecraft in November, one of more than 130 launches by SpaceX in 2024. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The world set another record for orbital launches in 2024 in a continuing surge of launch activity driven almost entirely by SpaceX. There were 259…

Home » Space » SpaceX Starlink Direct to Cellphone Text and Voice Will Be Available to Millions in 2025 There are 370 SpaceX DTC (Direct to Cellphone) Starlink satellites in orbit now. There could be over 1000 SpaceX DTC satellites by the end of 2025. The @SpaceX team achieved an…

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…