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$200m Facebook satellite destroyed as SpaceX rocket explodes on launchpad
An unmanned SpaceX rocket and a $200 million satellite have been destroyed in an explosion during a routine test at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Three in a row: SpaceX lands another booster in push for reusable rockets
SpaceX has pulled off another rocket landing, the third in just under two months.
SpaceX defies own gloomy predictions as rocket lands safely after satellite launch
An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit, then made a swift return landing on...
Marvel movie superhero designer to make SpaceX astronaut outfits
The man who created the superhero outfits in the Iron Man and Captain America movies has been hired to design the space suits worn by SpaceX astronauts. Company...
SpaceX launches satellite, but fails to land rocket on barge
SpaceX has another launch under its belt, but not another rocket landing. The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off carrying a broadcasting satellite...
Elon Musk’s futuristic Hyperloop transport system edges closer to reality
A California company with visions of building a futuristic transportation system to one day zip people and packages at nearly the speed of sound has announced...
SpaceX launches deep-space weather observatory: NASA
SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday. The unmanned...
SpaceX aborted its second shot at a potentially historic rocket landing
SpaceX aborted its Falcon9 rocket launch on Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. due to strong upper-level winds.
SpaceX launch with deep-space weather buoy reset for Tuesday
Rainy weather in the U.S. state of Florida forced SpaceX to move to Tuesday its planned launch of a $340 million sun-observing spacecraft, followed by...
'Close but no cigar': SpaceX's rocket barge landing recycle bid fails
The world’s first attempt to recycle a rocket by guiding it down to a precision landing on an ocean platform (pictured above) failed today, SpaceX...
SpaceX to try ocean platform landing of Falcon rocket
SpaceX aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era Tuesday by landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic...
Splashdown: SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship returns to Earth with lab results
SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday carrying a heavy load of NASA cargo and scientific samples from...
Space cabs: Boeing, SpaceX to ferry astronauts to space station
Boeing Co. and Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will split as much as $6.8 billion in federal funding to help the U.S.
SpaceX rocket explodes during flight at central Texas test site
A reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket used to test landing systems the company hopes to incorporate on future operational launch vehicles exploded shortly...
SpaceX launch delayed again, this time because of weather
Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, on Saturday delayed the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying six communications satellites after cloudy...
SpaceX postpones rocket launch due to technical glitch
Space Exploration Technologies postponed Friday’s planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, which is slated to put six small satellites into orbit for...
SpaceX hopes to shuttle humans to Mars by 2024
SpaceX’s Elon Musk says his private space transport company hopes to shuttle humans to a settlement on Mars in the next 10 to 12 years.
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