Category: SpaceX

SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55 Million Each

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there…


SpaceX Launches Transporter-4 Mission

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-4 on Friday, a mission comprised of numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and goverment use. The satellites will be put into a sun-synchronous orbit. SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on a droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


NASA Preparing for Upcoming SpaceX Mission

NASA is getting ready for the SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be NASA’s latest crew rotation flight involving a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts. NASA officials held a press conference Thursday, detailing their efforts and the importance of mission safety. “We are getting ready for our crew rotation missions….


SpaceX to Launch Starlink Satellite Service in the Philippines

MANILA—Billionaire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will launch its satellite broadband service in the Philippines, a first in Southeast Asia, the trade secretary said on Thursday. SpaceX’s business permit application is being processed while the company scouts locations for its gateways, said Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. The company is setting up a wholly-owned…


When Could SpaceX Hit 69 Launches a Year? Here’s What Elon Musk Said

Space company SpaceX has been at the forefront of rocket launches over the past several years, vaulting the company and the space industry to new heights. Earlier this year, NASA highlighted an ambitious launch schedule from SpaceX. The guidance may have been conservative. What Happened SpaceX set a company record with 31 launches in 2021….


Elon Musk and the Chinese Temptation

Commentary Elon Musk has fans all over the ideological spectrum. People on the Left love him for popularizing electric cars with his Tesla company, or maybe for openly smoking pot on podcaster Joe Rogan’s show. Conservatives love him for his entrepreneurial dash and penchant for standing up to politicians and Big Tech censorship of the…


Tesla and SpaceX Are Apparently Compromised by China

News Analysis Elon Musk and his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, are under scrutiny for their billion-dollar links to China and their CEO’s political support for the totalitarian country. Some of that support comes in the same breath as his denigration of the United States. While the freedom that America gives business is legendary in attracting…


Elon Musk Says SpaceX’s Starship Orbital Likely in May Despite Pending Regulatory Approval: Here’s Why

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said on Monday SpaceX’s orbital debut for the Starship rocket from the Boca Chica launch site in Texas is likely to take place in May. What Happened The billionaire entrepreneur said SpaceX is currently building 39 flight-worthy Raptor 2 engines that will be ready by next month, following which it will take another month to integrate them with…


OneWeb to Launch Satellites With SpaceX After Suspending Ties With Russian Agency

OneWeb will resume satellite launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the British satellite communications company said on Monday after it suspended launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. OneWeb did not disclose the terms of the new launch agreement. Earlier in March, OneWeb, said it would halt launches after Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos demanded guarantees that…


SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites From Florida

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into space on Saturday. The Falcon 9 carried 53 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Starlink provides high-speed broadband internet across the globe. It was the 12th time the reusable Falcon 9 first-stage…