SpaceX

Entrepreneur and business magnate, Elon Musk is the CEO and founder of the aerospace company SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors. He also hopes to change the world, advancing private spaceflight with the aim of landing humans on other planets like Mars, and developing a new tube-transport system called the Hyperloop. Live Science will keep you up on Musk’s latest ideas and developments so you can keep your two feet on Earth while looking up at the stars.

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This pressure vessel, which came from the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, fell onto a farm in central Washington, local authorities reported April 2, 2021.

Debris from SpaceX rocket launch falls on farm in central Washington

By Hanneke Weitering published

A piece of debris from a SpaceX launch has turned up on someone's farm in central Washington, local authorities reported Friday (April 2).

The camera showing views from SN11 froze at 5 minutes, 49 seconds into flight on March 30, 2021.

SpaceX's Starship SN11 rocket prototype explodes on landing

By Amy Thompson published

We've got good news and bad news about the latest explosive SpaceX Starship test in Boca Chica, Texas.

That's no meteor shower: Glowing debris spotted over the Pacific Northwest this week was likely the remnants of a SpaceX rocket.

Mysterious explosion over Western US was likely SpaceX rocket debris, experts say

By Brandon Specktor published

The remains of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket burned up in the atmosphere over the Western US on Thursday, surprising and delighting stargazers.

SpaceX's Starship SN10 rocket prototype explodes after a successful liftoff and soft landing at the company's Boca Chica, Texas launch site on March 3. This view was provided by SPadre.com.

SpaceX successfully landed its giant Starship, but it exploded a few minutes later

By Rafi Letzter published

We've got good news and bad news about the latest explosive SpaceX Starship test in Boca Chica, Texas.

SpaceX's giant Starship SN9 is pictured attempting to right itself for landing, just before exploding.

Watch SpaceX launch and (hopefully) land its giant 10th Starship prototype today

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX looks set to launch yet another Starship prototype over Texas today. Two previous tests ended in explosions.

March 2, 2021, the dearMoon contest called for applicants to make up its 8-person crew.

Japanese billionaire seeks 8 crewmembers for moon-bound mission on SpaceX's Starship

By Chelsea Gohd published

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight crewmembers for a mission to the moon.

SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype conducted a 6.2-mile-high (10 kilometers) test flight from the company's South Texas site on Feb. 3, 2021.

FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash

By Mike Wall published

The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.

Crew-1's Dragon capsule docks with the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts break 47-year US space record

By Harry Baker published

SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts have now spent more time in space than the crew of any other mission launched from U.S. soil.

SpaceX's Starship SN9 and SN10 prototypes are seen from space in this image from a SkySat satellite.

Satellite spots SpaceX's Starship SN9 from space ahead of explosive test flight

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX's giant Starship SN9 is pictured attempting to right itself for landing, just before exploding.

2nd SpaceX 'Starship' explodes during landing test

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX tested one of its giant, silver "Starship" prototypes Tuesday (Feb. 2). And for the second time in two months, it exploded on landing.

SpaceX's Starship SN8 rocket prototype stands atop its test stand at the company's Boca Chica, Texas facility during an attempted high-altitude launch test on Dec. 8, 2020. Its successor, SN9, is undergoing testing today (Jan. 20).

SpaceX is about to run its final test of Starship SN9 before 1st launch

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX plans to test-fire its enormous Starship prototype's engines in Boca Chica, Texas at some point today (Jan. 20).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the classified NROL-108 spy satellite into orbit from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 19, 2020.

SpaceX launches classified US spy satellite, sticks rocket landing to cap record year

By Amy Thompson published

SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype launches on its first high-altitude test flight from Boca Chica, Texas on Dec. 9, 2020.

SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Starship spaceflight system just took a big step on its path to Mars.

The Starship MK1 assembled at SpaceX's build and launch facility in Texas.

Watch SpaceX test a giant 'Starship' over Texas today [UPDATED]

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX plans to test its enormous Starship prototype over Boca Chica, Texas at some point Tuesday (Dec. 8).

SpaceX's Starship SN8 rocket prototype stands atop its test stand at the company's Boca Chica, Texas facility during an attempted high-altitude launch test on Dec. 8, 2020.

SpaceX aborts Starship SN8 prototype test launch at last second

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's first attempt to launch a Starship prototype on a high-altitude test flight ended with a last-second abort in Texas on Tuesday (Dec. 8).

A small plush toy of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda" from the Disney Plus Star Wars series "The Mandalorian" is seen floating on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" as the zero-g indicator for the four Crew-1 astronauts on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020.

'Baby Yoda' revealed as astronauts' zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A few hours after launching to the International Space Station, the Crew-1 astronauts showed off their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda."

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lift off for the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Crew Dragon launches 4 astronauts to space station in historic flight

By Amy Thompson published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule launched its first operational space taxi flight for NASA Sunday (Nov. 15).

The Crew Dragon capsule that will deliver Crew-1 to the International Space Station sits on Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in anticipation of the Nov. 14 launch.

Watch SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to the ISS Saturday

By Rafi Letzter published

Watch here as SpaceX launches its first fully crewed mission to the International Space Station (despite mounting pre-launch woes).

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speak with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken prior to a scrubbed launch on May 27, 2020. Hurley and Behnken successfully launched on their next attempt, on May 30, and spent two months at the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Elon Musk says he's tested positive for COVID-19 on eve of NASA astronaut launch

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he has received mixed results from tests meant to diagnose infections of the novel coronavirus.

SpaceX's Starship could launch on its first uncrewed flight to Mars in 2024.

Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years

By Hanneke Weitering published

SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.