A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new record
Following a mission early on Monday, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket entered the record books by becoming the first one to launch and land 27 times.…
Trippy time-lapse shows Starlink satellites streak light across space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a new time-lapse video showing some of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites streaking across space. Other lines of light appearing in the 18-second clip captured from…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to splash down in Pacific for first time — how to watch
SpaceX is making final preparations to bring home the Fram2 crew, which launched to orbit in a private mission on Monday. The Crew Dragon and its four crewmembers will splash…
SpaceX shares first views of polar regions from Crew Dragon
SpaceX has just shared a video from the Fram2 mission, which has become the first-ever crewed flight to take a polar orbit. The footage (below), captured by a camera attached…
They’re barfing on the Crew Dragon (though that’s normal, apparently)
SpaceX launched its Fram2 mission on Monday, becoming the first crewed flight to take a polar orbit. Mission commander Chun Wang, who also funded the flight, has just posted a…
World’s largest ‘space window’ has just launched to orbit again
SpaceX’s cupola is in orbit again. The company first used the dome-shaped window on its Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. And now a cupola-equipped Crew Dragon…
It’s not aliens, it’s just SpaceX: scientists figure out strange spiral in the sky
A strange swirl in the sky seen over much of Britain and Europe this week wasn’t the result of alien activity but rather a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The UK’s…
Watch these curious dolphins greet returning Crew-9 astronauts
A pod of curious dolphins showed up to greet the returning SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts shortly after they splashed down off the coast of Florida at about 6 p.m. ET on…
Watch SpaceX launch a relief crew for ‘stuck’ Starliner astronauts
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). After several delays, the members of Crew-10 lifted off in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9…
SpaceX will launch Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robot to Mars next year
The year 2025 is going to be pivotal for Tesla’s humanoid robot plans, if the words of CEO Elon Musk are to be believed. But next year could mark an…