On November 16, 2020, Falcon 9 launched Dragon with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi on board to the International Space Station for its first six-month operational mission. After 167 days in space – the longest duration mission for a U.S. spacecraft since the final Skylab mission in 1974 – Dragon and the Crew-1 astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Such an incredible accomplishment for SpaceX and NASA from start to finish. The future of human spaceflight is so exciting.
SpaceX’s Starlink constellation is continuing its rapid expansion, and the company is now on track to surpass 10,000 satellites in orbit by February 2026 — a milestone that would cement Starlink as one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever deployed in space. Looking at cumulative deployment trends over the past six years, the pace […]
SpaceX’s Starlink is proving that high-speed satellite internet isn’t just for homes, RVs, or airplanes — it can also keep up with off-road race trucks blasting through the desert at full throttle. In a new showcase shared by Starlink, competitive off-road racing team 1 Nine Industries and Terrible Herbst Motorsports used Starlink connectivity to prepare […]
SpaceX’s Starlink is closer than ever to launching in South Africa after a major regulatory shift removed one of the biggest barriers blocking the satellite internet provider from entering the country. As first highlighted by longtime Tesla watcher @SERobinsonJr, South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has issued a new directive — […]
