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A Falcon Heavy demo mission on Feb. 6, 2018. (Image credit: SpaceX)

Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX continues to make headlines, as the company launches rockets and craft into space, with the ultimate goal of bringing humans to other planets like Mars. Live Science keeps up with the most interesting SpaceX developments and achievements, including the Tesla Roadster that is hurtling through space and the Falcon Heavy rocket that carried it there.

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An artist's illustration of SPHEREx orbiting above Earth.

Liftoff! NASA launches SPHEREx telescope — an infrared observatory that will help JWST solve the mysteries of the universe

By Ben Turner published

NASA's newly-launched SPHEREx space telescope will offer a complementary 'panoramic' view to the JWST's high resolution infrared snapshots, enabling astronomers to study some of the universe's biggest mysteries.

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A photo of starship launching in the distance with massive plume of smoke

Watch: SpaceX Starship explodes mid-flight for a 2nd time this year, raining fiery debris over Florida

By Ben Turner published

A photo of starship launching in the distance with massive plume of smoke.

Space Exploration
In the dark of night, a rocket blasts fire from its engines, sending plumes of smoke jetting out as it climbs the launch tower out of frame. A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket launches from LC-39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Floriday, carrying members of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, April 27, 2022.

There was nearly 1 rocket launch attempt every 34 hours in 2024 — this year will be even busier

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"There is reason to have confidence in upward trajectory of the space economy."

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streaks of fire in the evening sky

How much did SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 explosion pollute the atmosphere?

By Tereza Pultarova published

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.'

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A photo of a Tesla floating in space with a spacesuit-clas mannequin in the driver's seat

Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla

By Harry Baker published

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

Astronomy
SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, for its sixth flight test on November 19, 2024.

Watch SpaceX rocket explode over Grand Turk island in dramatic stream of fire and smoke

By Pandora Dewan published

Debris from the rocket's explosion was caught on camera by a family vacationing on Grand Turk island.

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A collage of three images of different spacecraft

Coolest space missions coming in 2025

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025.

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a view through a porthole in a spaceship showing the two Magellanic clouds in outer space

Space photo of the week: Astronaut spots 2 nearby galaxies from SpaceX capsule

By Jamie Carter published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit imaged the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as the International Space Station cruised 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

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The International Space Station at the center of the image with Earth in the background

Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS

By Ben Turner published

Russian cosmonauts aboard the ISS were forced to seal a hatch and don protective equipment after the arrival of a cargo vessel brought with it a bizarre smell.

Space Exploration
closeup photo of a small cubical brown satellite sitting on a green table, with a white-gloved hand next to it for scale

World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test

By Mike Wall published

The first-ever wooden satellite, called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule on Nov. 5 to perform some key in-space tests.

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