Falcon 9

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Sunday launched a reconnaissance satellite for the U.S. government, its second this year. What Happened: SpaceX’s reusable rocket Falcon 9 launched the NROL-85 mission from Space Launch Complex-4E, located at Vandenberg Space Force Base...

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Wednesday took one more dig at just Russia, seconds before launching 48 Starlink satellites to Earth’s low orbit. What Happened: In the launch video of Falcon 9's latest mission, SpaceX launch engineer Julia Black can be heard...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Monday explained how SpaceX's two-staged Falcon 9 rocket performed a backflip during its latest launch for an Italian Earth observation satellite.  What Happened: SpaceX launched the reusable Falcon 9 COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to...

Private space company SpaceX has ambitious plans for 2022. After a record-setting 2021 year for launches, here’s how many launches SpaceX is planning for in 2022. What Happened: SpaceX, the space company founded and led by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, is targeting an average of one...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s stray Falcon 9 booster is headed on a collision course with the moon, The Washington Post reported, citing an independent space researcher in orbital dynamics.  What Happened: The booster, which was launched in 2015 as part of a...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched 49 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 humans...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Thursday successfully completed its second orbital launch of the year aboard the reusable Falcon 9 rocket to lift 105 small satellites to orbit for rideshare customers. What Happened: The two-stage Falcon 9 launched the Transporter-3 rideshare...

​Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-led SpaceX is planning a second orbital launch of the year aboard the reusable Falcon 9 rocket later this week to transport dozens of small satellites for rideshare customers. What Happened: Falcon 9 rocket is expected to deploy the Transporter 3 mission...

SpaceX said on Tuesday its partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket has completed the thirty-first and the final launch of this year, marking the twenty-fourth resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). What Happened: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-led company’s Falcon 9...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-led SpaceX said it had completed two back-to-back Falcon 9 missions over the weekend, taking about 15 hours for two separate missions. It has also broken its annual launch record from a year ago. What Happened: The space company run by the billionaire...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX said on Thursday it launched 48 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky spacecraft to orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. What Happened: Falcon 9, a partially reusable rocket designed by SpaceX to transport people and...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or SpaceX, is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night in what will be the first all-civilian crew to be sent to space. The three-day Inspiration4 mission aims to raise $200 million...

On Monday, SpaceX announced it will send four space tourists to orbit Earth on “the world's first all-civilian mission.” What Happened: SpaceX will take four civilians aboard its Crew Dragon Capsule, launched by one of its Falcon 9 rockets, to outer space to orbit Earth during...

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX is urging employees to renew focus on Starship, a massive rocket that can take as many as 100 people in one go to the moon and Mars. What Happened In an email to employees Saturday, Musk wrote, “We need to accelerate Starship progress....

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 was scheduled to launch the Crew Dragon Wednesday afternoon with two NASA astronauts on board. Due to weather conditions, the launch has been delayed — or in space jargon, the launch is scrubbing. The next opportunity to launch will be Saturday, May 30 at 3:...