SpaceX Lands Mission To Explore Jupiter's Moon Europa, Launching From Florida
SpaceX just landed a major launch services contract for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon.
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SpaceX just landed a major launch services contract for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon.
Built by Lockheed Martin, the upgraded GPS satellite is some of the most sophisticated spacecraft ever built.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station carrying more than 7,000 pounds of supplies, science gear and other hardware, including the first two of six new roll-out solar wings to boost the lab's power.
Four astronauts are back down on Earth after SpaceX makes an overnight splashdown – the first since 1968.
Four astronauts are preparing to return home from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ending their five-month mission to the orbiting laboratory. The astronauts set a record for the longest time in space by a crew that launched aboard an American-built spacecraft.
NASA and SpaceX are promising more Coast Guard patrols and fewer pleasure boaters for this weekend's splashdown by four astronauts.
Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, a Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage roared to life and shot away up the East Coast early Friday, boosting a refurbished SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule into orbit carrying four astronauts on a day-long trip to the International Space Station.
After a one-day weather delay, SpaceX is scheduled to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station Friday morning in a mission that's set to make history.
SpaceX's most international crew of astronauts yet arrived at their launch site Friday in Cape Canaveral, after getting the go-ahead from NASA, for next week's planned launch.
The promise of private space travel is coming closer to reality thanks to some well-known billionaires. One company is selling seats for a new craft that could take passengers above the Earth next year, while another company is trying to get to Mars.
Spacewalking astronauts are taking extra safety precautions after possibly getting toxic ammonia on their suits.
The space agency is giving SpaceX more than $330 million for the mission called "Gateway."
Christmas treats and presents are on the way to the International Space Station courtesy of SpaceX's newer, bigger version of its Dragon supply ship.
A team of four astronauts who blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday has arrived at the International Space Station.
A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts soared into outer space from Cape Canaveral on Sunday evening.
The four astronauts part of the second SpaceX crew launch arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday.
SpaceX successfully launched and returned the Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from Cape Canaveral on a mission to deliver the SAOCOM 1B satellite.
While you were sleeping, SpaceX launched 57 Starlink satellites and two satellites from BlackSky into space.
Mission accomplished! Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth Sunday in the first U.S. splashdown in 45 years.
Riding back to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon capsule, NASA's Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken marked the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years.
They are ready for re-entry. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley bid farewell to the International Space Station and departed aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, beginning a 19-hour journey home that will mark the final stretch of an historic two-month mission.
Two U.S. astronauts hope to return home to Earth on Sunday if Hurricane Isaias allows it, and they will have seasick bags ready to use if needed.
Following their historic Crew Dragon flight test in May, NASA and SpaceX are planning their first operational astronaut launch for September.
Saturday's historic launch has been met with a smooth docking, as the two NASA astronauts riding in a SpaceX capsule have reached the International Space Station less than a day later.
NASA successfully launched astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday afternoon.
