JULY 25, 2024 FALCON 9 RETURNS TO FLIGHT SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify
[22 Jul 2024] The Falcon 9 rocket may return to flight as soon as Tuesday night
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch on May 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX is waiting for a determination from the FAA. It was only about 10 days ago that the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage
[17 Jul 2024] SpaceX’s vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station is a Dragon on steroids
The $843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to transport astronauts and cargo to orbit today, the
[12 Jul 2024] SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experiences rare failure
The rocket, a prolific launch vehicle that propels both satellites and astronauts into orbit, blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night. SpaceX’s highly reliable Falcon 9 rocket has experienced a rare failure that means the
[07 Jul 2024] SpaceX’s Starship to fly again ‘in 4 weeks,’ Elon Musk says
SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches on its fourth fully integrated test flight, on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) We won’t have to wait much longer to see the most powerful rocket ever built take to the skies again, if all
[27 Jun 2024] SpaceX launches 350th Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink flight from Cape Canaveral
The 350th Falcon 9 rocket launches on June 27, 2024, on the Starlink 10-3 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX is marking two key records with the launch of its latest batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force
[26 Jun 2024] NASA and SpaceX Will Destroy the International Space Station After 2030
Starship docked with ISS NASA has selected SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the International space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas. The single-award contract has a
[06 Jun 2024] SpaceX Starship launches nail-biting Flight 4 test of the world’s most powerful rocket
It was quite a sight…and quite a fiery success for SpaceX. The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX
[04 Jun 2024] SpaceX lands FAA license for next Starship megarocket launch on June 6
SpaceX and the FAA have even outlined 3 ways Starship’s Flight 4 could fail and skip an anomaly investigation. SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. The company received an FAA launch license for
[01 Jun 2024] Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship
“I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer.” Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018 On Friday night the