WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Tuesday it had voted to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet. Elon Musk’s SpaceX had asked the FCC for approval to fly 2,824 satellites at a lower…
False Alarm: No Space Junk Threat After All to SpaceX Crew
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk. It turns out there was no object and no threat, the U.S. Space Command acknowledged Monday. The false alarm is under review. Lt. Col. Erin Dick, a…
Old SpaceX Capsule Delivers New Crew to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, the third high-flying taxi ride in less than a year for Elon Musk’s company. The Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles above the Indian Ocean, a day after launching from NASA’s Kennedy…
Biggest Space Station Crowd in Decade After SpaceX Arrival
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year. It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts—representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France—managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory…
SpaceX Rocketship Launches 4 Astronauts on NASA Mission to Space Station
NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station on Friday, the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The company’s Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, also making its second flight, streaked into the darkened pre-dawn…
SpaceX Aims for 3rd Crew Launch Hour Before Friday’s Sunrise
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX aimed to launch its third crew a little before sunrise Friday, this time using a recycled capsule and rocket. The four astronauts, representing the United States, Japan, and France, were supposed to fly to the International Space Station on Thursday. But liftoff was delayed because of poor weather offshore. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule…
Astronauts Flying Reused SpaceX Rocket, Capsule for 1st Time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew. Astronaut Megan McArthur takes special pleasure in the reused spacecraft set to soar Thursday morning. In “a fun twist,” she’ll sit in the same seat in the same capsule as her husband, Bob Behnken, did…
Elon Musk’s Starlink To Offer Alternative High Speed Internet to Rural Australia
Rural and regional Australia may soon have high-speed internet after Elon Musk’s newest venture, Starlink Beta—the early stages of SpaceX’s satellite broadband program—came online in Australia, providing select remote and regional parts of the country with access to its high-speed satellite internet. The service, currently in beta testing mode, is only available in rural areas of…
SpaceX Starship SN11 Rocket Fails to Land Safely After Test Launch in Texas: SpaceX
An uncrewed SpaceX Starship prototype rocket failed to land safely on Tuesday after a test launch from Boca Chica, Texas, and engineers were investigating, SpaceX said. “We do appear to have lost all the data from the vehicle,” SpaceX engineer John Insprucker said in a webcast video of the rocket’s flight test. “We’re going to…
NASA to Test Rocket Engines That Could Eventually Send Humans to the Moon
NASA on Thursday will ignite the engines on a rocket that Boeing built to eventually launch Artemis missions to the moon after a previous test in January was cut short. NASA plans to conduct the engine test during a two-hour window that starts at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) at its Stennis Space Center in…
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