The rise of Elon Musk's SpaceX

Overcoming long odds, SpaceX is on the brink of making space history. Mark Strassmann looks at the company's rise.

• May 26, 2020

SpaceX launch marks new era in space travel

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station this week, marking a new era in space travel. Mark Strassmann reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

• May 26, 2020

Weather improves for historic SpaceX astronaut launch

After heavy rain Monday, the forecast has improved for Wednesday's launch of American astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

• May 25, 2020

SpaceX and NASA launch a new era in commercial spaceflight

Nine years ago, a crewed spaceflight blasted off from American soil for the last time. But this week, astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will launch a new era of human spaceflight, when they board a commercial SpaceX rocket and take off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.

• May 24, 2020

NASA, SpaceX launching a new era of commercial crewed spaceflight

Nine years after the last spacecraft carrying humans took off from U.S. soil, astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will pilot a SpaceX Dragon rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center

• May 24, 2020

Astronauts work through practice countdown

The practice countdown sets the stage for Wednesday's planned launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

• May 23, 2020

Trump will travel to Florida to attend historic SpaceX launch

This week's trip will be the president's first that is not related to federal coronavirus response.

• May 23, 2020

NASA readiness review clears SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft

NASA managers are 'go' for launch Wednesday of a SpaceX capsule carrying to astronauts to the space station

• May 22, 2020

Astronauts fly to Florida ahead of historic launch to space station

The launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will mark the first such flight from U.S. soil since the shuttle's retirement in 2011.

• May 20, 2020

Meet the astronauts ready for historic launch

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly SpaceX's new spaceship on the historic test flight to the International Space Station. Mark Strassmann speaks with Behnken and Hurley.

• May 20, 2020

NASA spaceflight chief resigns days before launch

Douglas Loverro, NASA's chief of human spaceflight, unexpectedly stepped down after an unspecified "mistake" earlier this year.

• May 19, 2020

Atlas 5 launches military spaceplane on secret mission

Officials lifted the veil slightly before Sunday's launch, saying two experiments from NASA were on board.

• May 17, 2020

SpaceX reschedules Falcon 9 launch

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with crew supplies and science gear bound for the International Space Station — along with Christmas presents for the lab's crew — was called off Wednesday due to dangerously high upper-level winds. CBSN Los Angeles reports.

• Dec 4, 2019

Atlas 5 launch of military spaceplane delayed by clouds and high winds

The launch is delayed 24 hours.

• May 16, 2020

SpaceX launches communications satellite

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite for mobile and broadband service over the Asia-Pacific region blasted off from Cape Canaveral and vaulted into space Monday. Watch the launch here.

• Dec 16, 2019

SpaceX destroys boosters in dramatic abort test

SpaceX deliberately destroyed a Falcon 9 booster Sunday in a spectacular high-altitude conflagration moments after an unpiloted Crew Dragon astronaut ferry ship shot away in a critical test of its emergency escape system, propelled to safety with a rush of fiery exhaust from eight powerful abort engines. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN's Omar Villafranca from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the latest.

• Jan 19, 2020

SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites

After two days of delays, SpaceX finally launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday carrying a fourth batch of 60 Starlink internet relay satellites, part of what will be a globe-spanning constellation of broadband beacons. Watch the launch.

• Jan 29, 2020

Military spaceplane and Starlink satellites to launch this weekend

Back-to-back launches Saturday and Sunday mark the fastest pace for orbit-class U.S. rockets in decades

• May 15, 2020

SpaceX rocket misses landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a thrice-flown first stage vaulted into space Monday from Florida, releasing a fifth set of 60 Starlink internet relay satellites in an ongoing commercial initiative to provide broadband access around the world. As usual, SpaceX attempted to recover the rocket's first stage, but the booster missed its target, the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You," and instead landed in the water nearby.

• Feb 17, 2020

Tom Cruise to shoot next movie aboard space station

Elon Musk's SpaceX venture reportedly involved as well.

• May 6, 2020

Tom Cruise to shoot film in outer space

NASA is teaming up with Tom Cruise to create the first film shot in space. The Hollywood star will reportedly launch into space and stay aboard the International Space Station, where the film is set to take place. SpaceX is also a potential partner in the project, which is set to be in the early preparation phase.

• May 6, 2020

NASA awards $1 billion in moon lander contracts

Lunar lander is key to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the moon in 2024.

• Apr 30, 2020

SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites

SpaceX continues its push to deploy a globe-spanning constellation of internet relay satellites.

• Apr 22, 2020

NASA sets date for first SpaceX astronaut flight

The historic flight will mark the resumption of U.S. astronaut flights to orbit from American soil after a nine-year hiatus.

• Apr 17, 2020

SpaceX wins NASA moon program contract

SpaceX's Dragon XL cargo ships will support NASA's Artemis moonwalkers and allow extended research.

• Mar 27, 2020

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