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SpaceX and NASA are set to launch its Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the live video of tonight’s launch, set for 6:03pm PT/9:03pm ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be SpaceX Dragon’s third long duration crew mission to the ISS, […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has officially dropped the word “beta” on its website, and with the company’s userbase growing around the globe, one user has decided to try the satellite internet out from a local park. A new video shared by MegaLag on Wednesday shows the host using Starlink internet to work from the park, […]

NASA announced on Tuesday its human lunar mission has been delayed from 2024 to 2025. The major reason? Litigation from Blue Origin, which fought NASA for awarding the lunar contract to SpaceX. Back in August, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a lunar contract to send humans back to the […]

After a couple of delays, SpaceX and NASA are set to bring back Dragon and its Crew-2 astronauts from the International Space Station. Dragon just recently autonomously undocked from the ISS and is set to come back to Earth 8 hours later and splashdown off the coast of Florida. Separation confirmed. Dragon will now perform […]

Update: NASA announced on Sunday the Crew-2 mission return has been delayed to Nov. 8 at 10:33pm ET. Due to high winds near the splashdown zone, the Crew-2 mission is now targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 10:33pm ET on Nov. 8. Crew Dragon Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the @Space_Station at […]

After Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin lodged a lawsuit against NASA over its granting SpaceX a 2024 moon outpost contract, the company has officially been defeated in a Federal court, a new report shows. Blue Origin lost a court battle with NASA over the awarding of SpaceX with the 2024 moon contract, according to CNBC. […]

Following the initial delay of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission to November 3, NASA has once again delayed the mission’s launch, this time due to a medical problem. NASA will delay the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, citing a non-emergency, minor medical issue with one of its crew medicals, according to a press release. The agency has […]

SpaceX confirmed plans to launch a non-beta release of Starlink in September, set to happen by the end of this month – despite some delays. The Starlink website has officially ditched the term “Beta,” and has instead added information about the company facing delays, due to the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage (via PCMag). The company has […]

SpaceX and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have postponed the launch of their joint Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), according to a tweet from NASA on Saturday. The delay has been caused by a large storm system predicted to make its way across the Ohio Valley this weekend, which […]

In a recent meeting, SpaceX head Elon Musk said that the company’s toilets aboard the Dragon spacecraft were set to be upgraded before the next mission, and per a new report, the company is indeed set to fix an issue with the unit ahead of its next launch. SpaceX will reportedly fix the Crew Dragon […]

Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced that SpaceX aims to attempt the first orbital Starship launch sometime in November, pending regulatory approval. Retweeting a plea from @SpacePadreIsle to submit comments in support of the project to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is currently evaluating the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the proposed launch and […]

A research team of Canadian professors has discovered that many stars may become permanently invisible to our eyes as a result of the rapid growth in satellites, including those from SpaceX’s Starlink. Professors Samantha Lawler from the University of Regina, Hanno Rein from the University of Toronto, and Aaron Boley from the University of British […]

After announcing plans to take Starlink mobile earlier in the year, SpaceX revealed back in June that the company was in talks with “several” airlines about the prospect of installing Starlink terminals for onboard, in-flight WiFi. In response to a recent tweet asking if SpaceX has any plans to make Starlink available on airlines, CEO […]

SpaceX’s total valuation surpassed $100 billion USD this week, following a secondary share sale by a number of investors, according to several sources familiar with the agreement, reports CNBC. A number of current and new investors have agreed with SpaceX to sell as much as $755 million USD in stock at $560 per share, which […]

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 […]