Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy after he told media outlets this week that the billionaire’s space company is falling…
Why NASA may rethink its moon race plans after SpaceX delays – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA said it may consider new proposals from other top space companies to get America back to the moon amid rising concerns that Elon Musk’s SpaceX is behind schedule. Mark Strassmann has details. Source link
By SEAN MURPHY SpaceX has settled a lawsuit filed by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity over accusations that Elon Musk’s rocket company trespassed and damaged a plot of land the card company owns in Texas. Texas court records show a settlement was reached in the case last month, just weeks…
SpaceX’s Starship successfully completed its 11th test flight, achieving a dramatic water landing in the Indian Ocean, precisely where CEO Elon Musk predicted it would splash down. The mission marks the final flight for the “Version 2” Starship prototype, as SpaceX wraps up a year of significant advancements and prepares for the next generation of…
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight on Monday, striving to make it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites as it did the last time. Starship – the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built – thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas just…
Oct. 13 (UPI) — SpaceX on Monday launched the 11th flight test of its Starship, the two-stage, heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Liftoff was at 6:23 p.m. CT at the company’s Starbase compound in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and about 20 miles from…
SpaceX is preparing for the 11th test flight of its colossal Starship Super Heavy rocket, aiming to push the boundaries of fully reusable spaceflight and pave the way for future missions to the Moon and Mars. The flight, set to launch from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas, will introduce significant upgrades and new manoeuvres in…
A federal judge in New York has ordered the Trump administration to disclose the security clearances held by Elon Musk during his brief tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intensifying scrutiny of the billionaire’s unusual role at the center of U.S. national-security operations. The ruling follows earlier calls from Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)…
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth, with up to four burning up in the atmosphere each day, according to space trackers. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, told EarthSky that he has recorded “an average of between one to two Starlink satellites deorbiting each day in 2025.” That…
Oct. 7 (UPI) — SpaceX hit a milestone on Tuesday after dozens of new Starlink satellites were launched into orbit in its 130th launch this year. The Elon Musk-owned SpaceX added that its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket saw its 126th flight of 2025 as the Starlink 10-59 mission took off in the early morning hours….