The powerful rocket is poised to get quite a workout over the coming months. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches on its debut mission from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX’s Falcon
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites may be used for navigation and global positioning in addition to their core function of broadband Internet, a new research study suggests. Engineering researchers external to SpaceX found a way to use the Starlink constellation signals for navigation similar
SpaceX successfully launched the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth on Sept. 15, 2021 using a used Crew Dragon capsule and veteran Falcon 9 rocket and you can follow all the action live here. Called Inspiration4, the mission is sending send
SpaceX broadcast a livestream from orbit on Friday, with the crew of the historic Inspiration4 mission giving an update during their second day in space. The company noted that it is targeting Saturday at 7:06 p.m. ET for splashdown of
CNBC.com’s Pippa Stevens brings you the day’s top business news headlines. On today’s show, CNBC.com space reporter Michael Sheetz reports from Florida after SpaceX’s successful civilian space launch. Plus, Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood sells millions in Tesla shares. SpaceX’s historic
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth. For an added bonus, the rocket landed on its drone ship, marking the company’s 92nd booster recovery. The mission,
The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for lift-off on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth
There are actually two Super Heavy boosters in the shot. Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite captured this image of SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas on Aug. 9, 2021. Two Starship Super Heavy boosters are visible in the image: Booster 3
The contract locks SpaceX in as Planet’s ‘go-to launch provider’ through 2025. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 143 small satellites, including 48 of Earth-imaging company Planet’s SuperDove cubesats, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on
SpaceX rolled out its next version of Starship to the pad Thursday (Aug. 5) as the company shoots for an ambitious orbital test. The Starship prototype, known as SN20, left its production facility near the South Texas village of Boca Chica to arrive