SpaceX

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX will attempt to test-fire the 33 Raptor engines of its first Starship/Super Heavy booster on Feb. 9.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A static firing of Super Heavy’s 33 Merlin engines is the last major milestone before debut launch.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station is nearing a challenging stretch.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Starship is a two-stage, Mars-class transport system in development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Funds raised will be used to launch a demonstrator capsule in 2024.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The company plans to pick up the pace, with an eye of up to 100 flights in 2023.
Commercial Space

By Molly McMillin
SpaceX officials traveled to Wichita Jan. 17 to meet with current suppliers and develop new supplier connections.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The launch was the 16th devoted to deploying OneWeb’s initial 648-member constellation into low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Splashdown is planned for 5:19 a.m. EST, following a deorbit burn at 4:35 a.m. EST.
Space

By Irene Klotz
“We have a real shot at late [February/March] launch attempt,” CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Gama Alpha mission aims to test the deployment and control of the 73.3-sq. 2 (789 ft. 2) sail in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Potential partners have until Jan. 24 to respond to NASA.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX's CRS-5 Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 20.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Mission-1's (Ax-1) four private astronauts successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) April 9, to begin an eight-day visit filled with medical and scientific research and technology development activities.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Eighteen days after OneWeb decided to suspend launches of its broadband satellites from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has signed with SpaceX.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Roscosmos continue to pursue an astronaut/cosmonaut crew exchange agreement for Soyuz and NASA Commercial Crew launches to the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The upgrades should help prevent issues encountered during previous flights, including a debris strike that damaged a drogue parachute used during the descent of the Crew-1 mission in May.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The SpaceX Dragon Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT, concluding the company’s fourth human spaceflight and first without NASA oversight and NASA astronauts.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX cannot launch the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle until FAA completes its licensing process, which includes the environmental review and other safety and financial responsibility requirements.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Inspiration4, the first all-civilian, non-government human spaceflight, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin its three-day mission in low Earth orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded five companies $146 million in contracts to develop and evaluate lunar Human Landing System concepts beyond the planned Artemis III landing.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Private pilot Jared Isaacman and three-member crew train for first all-civilian private space charter, aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The first of new generation of SpaceX Starlink satellites reached near-polar orbit Sept. 14, adding to growing broadband constellation.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is gradually acknowledging that efforts to return human explorers to the surface of the Moon in 2024 through the Artemis initiative are fading.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Fresh off Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, founder Jeff Bezos is offering to cut his company’s fee for a human lunar landing demonstration mission dramatically and add—at company expense—an orbital flight test.
Space