Falcon 9

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company SpaceX on Thursday reminisced about its first orbital class rocket landing from 8 years ago. What Happened: On Dec. 21, 2015, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the booster landed back on Earth safe and sound for the...

Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing company, SpaceX, has successfully completed its 90th flight for 2023, surpassing the CEO’s launch target for the year ahead of schedule. As part of this milestone mission, a Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 carrying 22 Starlink satellites from Florida after reporting favorable weather conditions. What Happened: SpaceX confirmed via a post that all systems were functioning well and the weather was trending favorable for the Falcon 9’s launch of 22...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had a witty response to a video shared on Twitter showcasing the scale of the Falcon 9 rocket.  What Happened: The video, lasting 21 seconds, features a truck transporting a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The accompanying caption...

Elon Musk's SpaceX encountered a setback on Tuesday night (May 23), as it was forced to scrub the launch of the Arabsat BADR-8 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida due to bad weather. What Happened: A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the Arabsat BADR-8 satellite was scheduled to...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX readied two more Falcon 9 rockets on SpaceX launch pads on Friday, following a Starlink deployment earlier in the day. What Happened: SpaceX shared pictures of its three Falcon 9 rockets on 3 SpaceX launchpads. The rocket manufacturer launched 22 second-generation...

SpaceX conducted the first test launch of Starship last week. The rocket exploded in the air, less than four minutes after take-off, damaging the launch pad at Starbase. CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that Starship could be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months....

Elon Musk's SpaceX has completed 222 launches in total and has more missions lined up. What Happened: With its Falcon 9 rocket launching the Intelsat IS-40e mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Florida on Friday, SpaceX has touched 222 launches in total, as per its website. The...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has set its sights on March 24 for launching 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, or LEO, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida using a Falcon 9 rocket. What Happened: SpaceX is looking to launch 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from on Friday at 11:33...

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX completed two Falcon 9 missions — its 18th and 19th missions of 2023 — on Friday. What Happened: SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 missions SES-18 and SES-19 within four hours. The two rockets were headed to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape...

Elon Musk-led SpaceX finally launched its Falcon 9 reusable rocket with 54 Starlink satellites, following several weather-induced cancellations last week. What Happened: The private aerospace company launched the Starlink satellites on Sunday night from the Cape...

Private space company SpaceX, owned by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, has successfully launched its 25th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA. What Happened: SpaceX's latest mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lifted...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday the privately-held space company’s Merlin engine that powers the reusable Falcon 9 rocket is simpler than the more powerful, bigger, and under development Starship's Raptor engine. What Happened: The billionaire entrepreneur...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted to celebrate SpaceX’s first to-and-fro mission to the space station ten years ago. What Happened: The billionaire entrepreneur’s private space company had, in May 2012, launched a flight to demonstrate the capability of...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched 53 more Starlink satellites to earth’s low orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. What Happened: SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket that can transport payloads as well as...