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SpaceX pushed back the planned test flight of its Starship megarocket on Monday after issues cropped up in the final seconds before liftoff. Mission controllers paused operations with 40 seconds remaining in the countdown, as engineers worked through technical problems with the Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship spacecraft.…

The note urged workers to exclude proprietary or contractually sensitive information. But Nasa workers were nonetheless rattled by the idea of disclosing what they were doing to OPM, an agency run by Musk’s allies – in the latest collision between Musk’s public role and his sprawling business empire. Since formally…

SpaceX's Starship/Super Heavy lifts off on its seventh test flight Jan. 16. Credit: SpaceX AUSTIN, Texas — The Federal Aviation Administration has given its approval for the next flight of SpaceX’s Starship even while the investigation into the failed previous flight continues. In a statement Feb. 28, the FAA said…

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event. — Reuters/File WASHINGTON: Tesla and SpaceX chief and close aid of United States President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, has become a father for the 14th time. His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk's Neuralink…

Super Heavy on the launch pad at Starbase ahead of Starship’s eighth flight test on Monday March 3, 2025. Now targeting to launch Starship's eighth flight test as soon as Monday, March 3 → https://t.co/alyJTRtOIP https://t.co/nVu5uHMGwi — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 27, 2025 The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing…

SpaceX's Starship megarocket launches on its seventh flight on Jan. 16, 2025. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX now has permission to launch its Starship megarocket for the eighth time. Elon Musk's company is targeting Monday evening (March 3) for Flight 8 of Starship, which will lift off from Starbase in South…

Intuitive Machines' IM-2 moon lander, named Athena, captured this view of Earth shortly after launching on Feb. 26, 2025. Visible at the bottom of the frame is the second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that lofted Athena. (Image credit: Intuitive Machines) A newly launched lunar lander just captured…

Monika Luabeya Feb 27, 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM-2) soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The lander is set to land on the Moon on March 6. The…

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it launched the IM-2 mission for Intuitive Machines and sent its Nova-C lander, Athena, to a lunar transfer orbit. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Intuitive Machines is heading back to the Moon following its first trip a year ago. The company based…

Should Wednesday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center proceed as planned, it’s gonna be carrying a buttload of science with it. The rocket will be carrying not one, not two, but three important payloads, including a satellite set to orbit the Moon, a privately operated…