Following news of SpaceX’s plans to partner with Indian manufacturers ahead of the launch of Starlink internet in India, the company has doubled down on those claims with a report from its new Country Director. Head of SpaceX’s Starlink in India Sanjay Bhargava told reporters that Musk says broadband and satellite operators in the country […]
A Space Force spokesperson has said an issue with its U.S. military payload has caused SpaceX to delay the next Falcon Heavy launch to early 2022, according to Spaceflight Now. The launch was formerly set to happen on October 9, though the spokesperson claimed the Space Force USSF-44 Mission was being pushed back to “accommodate […]
An internal company memo at Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, originally sent in 2018, reveals that the company hired a management consultant from Avascent to evaluate SpaceX’s strengths and weaknesses in order to hopefully follow suit, according to details seen by ArsTechnica. The internal memo is dated November 1, 2018, and offers a blunt picture of […]
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew and mission successfully returned to Earth a few weeks ago, and the four members were reportedly surprised by the company with an acknowledgement of their status as astronauts over the weekend. The @Inspiration4 crew was awarded SpaceX Dragon Wings highlighting them as astronauts in a visit to the company’s Hawthorne, California headquarters […]
Following the release of Netflix’s Inspiration4 launch team documentary, the streaming service has now shared its final episode of the series. Netflix has now made its fourth part in the documentary series on the Inspiration4 missions available to watch. The series came out just days before the crew’s SpaceX launch in the Dragon spacecraft with […]
Musk has aired new criticisms of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, over his space exploration company Blue Origin’s recent lawsuits against NASA, according to CNBC. On Tuesday at CodeCon 2021 in Beverly Hills, Musk called Bezos out in response to a question, saying, “You cannot sue your way to the moon.” After being asked his feelings on […]
Image via u/CanadianOdyssey993 SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet suffered a short widespread outage this morning, affecting customers in Canada, the United States, Europe and beyond, including Australia and New Zealand. According to numerous reports on Reddit, Starlink customers shared they saw outages for about 25 minutes to an hour, where their satellite dishes were unable to […]
Last weekend, SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission successfully re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and made a safe return, and on Friday, SpaceX shared a ton of new pictures documenting the return. SpaceX has added to its album of photos on Flickr from the Inspiration4 crew’s recent return to Earth. There are various photos from the team’s return, as […]
The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission of civilians returned safely in the Dragon spacecraft over the weekend, and some are already looking to internal spacecraft upgrades for the next civilian mission Following a meeting with the Inspiration4 crew to congratulate them in person, SpaceX CEO @Elon Musk responded in jest to users saying that the next SpaceX […]
After a series of White House events and subsidies snubbing Tesla and other electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again taken to Twitter to raise questions about the administration’s decisions – this time, on behalf of SpaceX and the Inspiration4 team. Tesla’s @Elon Musk dealt another jab to U.S. President Joe […]
SpaceX Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew is returning to Earth and has just successfully deployed its four main parachutes! “After three days on-orbit, Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew – the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit – will return to Earth on September 18, splashing down at approximately 7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the […]
In a recent tweet, SpaceX CEO and celebrated visionary Elon Musk asked his supporters and the public to “please add” their voice to the comments (open to everyone) on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for SpaceX’s proposed Starship/Super Heavy project in Boca Chica, Texas. The space exploration pioneer said […]
Upon being asked on Friday when Starlink will “come out of beta,” SpaceX CEO @Elon Musk responded by saying “next month,” confirming the company’s plans to feature a wide release of the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet, potentially as soon as October. The news also comes amidst the month around which SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell […]
SpaceX had a successful launch of the Inspiration4 mission on Wednesday, and since the event, the crew has been enjoying the Dragon spacecraft’s cupola, as shown in some pictures shared on Friday. The Inspiration4 crew has officially completed 15 orbits around the Earth since its Wednesday launch, according to @SpaceX. The post was accompanied by […]
Image credit: @johnkrausphotos SpaceX made history tonight, as it sent the first all-civilian crew into orbit aboard its Dragon capsule. The Inspiration4 mission was sent into space by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s 39A launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Check out the liftoff below: Liftoff of @Inspiration4X! Go Falcon 9! Go Dragon! […]
