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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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 Starlink internet satellites into space from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 6, 2020. It was the third flight for the Falcon 9 booster.

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites and lands rocket at sea

By Amy Thompson published

SpaceX delivered its 13th batch of Starlink satellites to orbit Tuesday (Oct.6), following a two-week delay due to bad weather.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites stands atop Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a Sept. 28, 2020 launch attempt.

SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX postponed the launch of a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 28) due to bad weather at the mission's Florida launch site.

SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sept. 28, 2020.Shown here: A different Falcon launches the Starlink 11 mission on Sept. 3 from the same pad.

Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today

By Amy Thompson published

SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 28) and you can watch it live here.

SpaceX's Starship SN7.1 test tank, before it was intentionally destroyed during a Sept. 22, 2020, pressure test.

SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test

By Mike Wall published

The Starship SN7.1 tank was destroyed on purpose at SpaceX's South Texas facilities, during a pressure test designed to take the stainless-steel hardware to its bursting point.

SpaceX's SN6 Starship prototype flies on a 500-foot-high test hop on Sept. 3, 2020.

SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with prototype of Mars-colonizing Starship

By Mike Wall published

The next big leap for SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft appears to be right around the corner.

The net-equipped SpaceX boat GO Ms. Tree catches a Falcon 9 payload fairing half on Aug. 18, 2020.

Watch SpaceX boat catch falling payload fairing in giant net (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX just plucked another payload fairing out of the sky, and you can see video of the dramatic cosmic catch.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket takes off on an Air Force mission on Aug. 8, 2019. SpaceX and ULA will share the job of carrying "national security" cargo for the military going forward, as the Pentagon rushes to retire the Atlas V and its Russian-made rocket engines.

SpaceX wins Pentagon rocket contract to send spy satellites into orbit

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance will share the job of launching the Pentagon's most important military equipment from 2022 to 2026.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk spoke at the welcoming ceremony for Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken held on Aug. 2, 2020.

'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success

By Meghan Bartels published

The Crew Dragon "Endeavour" separates from the second stage of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday (May 30).

The first SpaceX astronauts are back on Earth

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX's Demo-2 test flight ended in the Gulf of Mexico today, about two months since its launch opened the era of commercial crewed spaceflight.

Comet NEOWISE seen in the night sky at Jaufenpass in South Tyrol, Itlay.

SpaceX satellites keep wrecking images of comet NEOWISE

By Rafi Letzter published

The comet NEOWISE is visible in the dawn sky right now, but photographers are facing a new challenge when they try to capture it: the SpaceX fleet of Starlink satellites.

A used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying three Canadian Radarsat satellites stands ready to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The rocket's first stage will launch a new Starlink mission from Florida on July 8, 2020.

SpaceX to launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites into orbit today. Here's how to watch live.

By Amy Thompson published

SpaceX will launch its tenth set of Starlink internet satellites into orbit today (July 8) and you can watch it live online.

SpaceX's predawn launch of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink and Planet SkySat satellites created a dazzling spectacle in the predawn sky after lifting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 13, 2020.

SpaceX's predawn Starlink satellite launch looks simply stunning in these Twitter photos

By Tariq Malik published

When SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space Saturday (June 13), it delivered 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet SkySats into orbit. It also looked amazing.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into space in this dazzling view of the Starlink 8 launch that sent 58 Starlink satellites and three Planet SkySats into orbit before dawn from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 13, 2020.

SpaceX launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 Planet SkySats, nails rocket landing

By Amy Thompson published

The Starlink constellation is growing fast.

A Rocket Lab Electron booster carrying satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, NASA and more stands atop Launch Complex 1 at Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand ahead of the "Don't Stop Me Now" mission launching on June 11, 2020.

Watch a rocket launch triple header from SpaceX, Rocket Lab and Japan tonight. Here's how.

By Space.com Staff published

In the next 24 hours, rockets from Interstellar Technologies, Rocket Lab and SpaceX will launch from three different countries in a space age triple-header. Here's how to watch.

The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched the Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020, arrives in Florida's Port Canaveral on June 2, 2020.

SpaceX rocket returns to shore after historic astronaut launch (photos)

By Mike Wall published

The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket that launched SpaceX's Demo-2 mission arrived in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday (June 2).

A blue and pink sequined dinosaur floats for the first time on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule after entering Earth orbit. The doll, chosen by the crew's sons, served as the zero-g indicator.

SpaceX 'stowaway' revealed by crew as sons' dinosaur toy 'Tremor'

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A stowaway aboard SpaceX's first mission to launch astronauts to the International Space Station may have set a new record — the most sequins to enter Earth orbit.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates after the successful launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 30, 2020.

Elon Musk 'overcome with emotion' after SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

By Hanneke Weitering published

SpaceX founder Elon Musk was choked up with emotion after his company successfully launched astronauts to space for the first time on Saturday (May 30).

The Crew Dragon "Endeavour" separates from the second stage of its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday (May 30).

Watch Live: SpaceX Crew Dragon to dock at International Space Station

By Jeanna Bryner published

SpaceX and NASA made history, sending astronauts from U.S. soil toward the International Space Station. And you can watch it all here.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch launches two NASA astronauts into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020.

With SpaceX's first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned

By Mike Wall published

The launch of SpaceX's first crewed mission is a very big deal. Here's why.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon craft atop a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:22 p.m. EDT, carrying two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.

SpaceX successfully launches two NASA astronauts into orbit for historic flight

By Stephanie Pappas published

Amid an uncertain weather forecast, SpaceX successfully launched two NASA astronauts toward the International Space Station today (May 30).