Space X

Space launch company Firefly Aerospace announced this week that when its Blue Ghost lander launches to the moon in 2023, it will do so on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. “Firefly is delighted to pilot our Blue Ghost spacecraft on the highly reliable Falcon 9, which will provide NASA instruments …

Brownsville residents are divided as SpaceX sets up its main launch facilities near the region. Some locals are excited that Elon Musk is creating jobs and pumping money into the city. Others are concerned that SpaceX will displace people, raise prices, and destroy nature reserves. See more stories on the …

HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO) – Space X has some of the brightest minds working to bring Earthlings to Mars. Ahead of the planetary journey, the brightest stars are in schools at schools in the Rio Grande Valley, including Harlingen STEM² Preparatory Academy and South Texas ISD Science Academy. At Harlingen STEM² …

Tesla EVs are fast, very fast, but with its next round of crucial updates, the Tesla Roadster in particular could be fiercely fast. CEO Elon Musk has previously confirmed that during the Roadster’s design update, reports suggest the EV could receive a SpaceX package that could help it go from …

The private astronauts of the Inspiration4 mission will launch on a SpaceX rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft in September 2021. They are: (left to right) billionaire Jared Isaacman (who funded the flight); cancer survivor Hayley Arcenaux; geoscientist Sian Proctor; and data engineer Chris Sembroski. (Image credit: Inspiration4 / Twitter) Four …

NASA suspended the lunar lander contract with SpaceX, which was reportedly worth $ 2.9 billion. Elon Musk’s SpaceX was selected by NASA on April 16 this year to build NASA’s first human lunar lander since the Apollo program. However, the decision was challenged by SpaceX competitors who filed protests with …

North Pole could become a host site for a “satellite earth station,” as part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX plan to develop a global Internet network that reaches remote communities in Alaska and around the world. SpaceX Services Inc. has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to develop an …

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett has message on the insurability of Elon Musk’s future SpaceX missions. “It would depend on the premium,” the Oracle of Omaha joked Saturday at Berkshire’s annual meeting of shareholders, broadcast live exclusively on Yahoo Finance. During an extensive question-and-answer session with Buffett and …

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule – and the Nasa Crew-1 mission it was carrying – returned safely to Earth after a trip to the International Space Station. It was the first official crew to make this trip in a SpaceX spacecraft, as the name suggests, although the astronauts made the same trip …

SN10 takes off. SN15 has several upgrades over its predecessors. SpaceX After four successes test flights of SpaceX’s next-generation spacecraft prototypes it all ended with dramatic explosions during the landing phase, Elon’s Musk’s space company switched to SN15, a new version of its interplanetary rocket. SpaceX has performed high-altitude test …

The SN15 spacecraft prototype undergoes cryogenic testing earlier this month (April 2021) at SpaceX’s South Texas site. The SN15 has been equipped with many updates, in hopes of keeping it from exploding, as have 4 previous Starship prototype vehicles over the past 5 months. Image via SpaceX. Update April 30, …

Update for 1:45 p.m. ET: SpaceX is apparently not attempting a test flight of the Starship SN15 today and closed roads have been lifted near their Starbase facility. The above video is provided by NASA space flight. SpaceX may soon launch its latest prototype spacecraft from the company’s Starbase test …

Through European Space Agency (ESA) April 30, 2021 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon breathes fire as it takes off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: SpaceX SpaceXCrew Dragon breathes fire as it takes off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23, 2021 at 5:49 am local time. On board is …

CAP CANAVERAL, Fla .– A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit Wednesday evening (April 28) and successfully landed at sea to cap off a successful mission. The veteran Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 here at the …

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 40 on Tuesday at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station. The burnt out first stage booster flew through space and back six times. Credit: Steven Young / Spaceflight Now SpaceX aims to resume satellite launch for its Starlink Internet network with the …

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CAP CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – SpaceX’s four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered to return to their spacesuits due to a potential collision with debris in orbit. It turns out that there was no object or threat, the US Space Command acknowledged on Monday. …

NASA and SpaceX plan to return to the moon as early as 2024. The agency will give up some control but also save money, said Scott Hubbard, a SpaceX adviser. “There is no backup plan in place if SpaceX fails,” said another former NASA engineer. See more stories on the …

Four astronauts aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission. Frenchman Thomas Pesquet is the first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to fly in the billionaire tech entrepreneur’s space capsule, alongside Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, and …

Elon musk don’t think NASA’s 2024 moon landing target is out of reach. The space agency is working to bring people back to the moon through its Artemis program, which aims to establish a long-term sustainable human presence on and around Earth’s closest neighbor by the end of the 2020s. …