SpaceX

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 […]

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 […]