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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SpaceX Starship Separates from Super Heavy Rocket

No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin is seen inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster with Earth in the background, shortly after launch on Feb. 6, 2018. As of Nov. 2, the duo were beyond the orbit of Mars.

SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

By Mike Wall

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.

Artist's illustration of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane carrying out its mysterious duties in Earth orbit.

X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 400 Days on Latest Mystery Mission

By Leonard David

The latest mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has now passed the 400-day mark.

SpaceX to Attempt 1st West Coast Falcon 9 Rocket Landing on Sunday

By Amy Thompson

Smoke billowed around a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, Oct. 2, as it briefly fired its engines during a preflight test from SLC-4E at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Dec. 22, 2017, with bystanders on the ground getting a gorgeous light show.

US Air Force: Don't Worry About Those Weird Lights and Booms Sunday, It's Just a Space Ship

By Rafi Letzter

SpaceX will attempt to launch and land a rocket on the West Coast Sunday, and the USAF wants Californians to know in advance so they won't worry.

A promotional image from iSpace includes artwork depicting both a rover and a lander.

A Japanese Company Says It Will Use SpaceX Rockets to Land on the Moon

By Rafi Letzter

There won't be any people on the first two iSpace landers. But the company said its long term goal is human exploration of the lunar surface.

Elon Musk has claimed his Big Falcon Rocket crew vehicle might one day land on the moon. But that's not in the cards for any missions in the foreseeable future.

Why the SpaceX Lunar Tourists Won't Walk on the Moon

By Rafi Letzter

Twelve people have walked on the moon, and Elon Musk won't add any Japanese billionaires to that number anytime soon.

The Big Falcon Rocket would have three fins and a retractable forward wing, according to an illustration of the rocket’s design released by SpaceX's Elon Musk.

Japanese Billionaire Will Be First Lunar Tourist. And He Plans to Invite Artists.

By Stephanie Pappas

Yusaku Maezawa, founder of clothing company ZoZo, will be the first space tourist to travel around the moon, private spaceflight company SpaceX announced tonight (Sept. 17).

The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk Is Blasting Someone to the Moon, and We Have Questions

By Brandon Specktor

Elon Musk's lunar flyby is one giant leap for space tourism.

NASA has unveiled the first astronaut crews to fly on private spaceships built by SpaceX and Boeing. The astronauts are: (from left to right) Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Chris Ferguson of Boeing, Eric Boe, Jo

Trump Hails Astronauts That Will Fly on SpaceX and Boeing Spaceships. And Space Force, Too?

By Tariq Malik

Sorry Elon Musk, Colonizing Mars Is Unlikely. And It's a Bad Idea, Space Scientist Says

By Andrew Coates

We have learned that there could be life beneath Mars’ surface and that it may be impossible to terraform its surface.

Watch as a camera set up by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls melts in a grass fire after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 22, 2018.

Here's What NASA's 'Toasty' Camera Saw As It Melted After a SpaceX Launch

By Tariq Malik

Scientists Say Elon Musk's 'Nano' Claims Don't Make Any Sense

By Rafi Letzter

The SpaceX and Tesla founder is having a very public meltdown right now, and making some weird claims about a prefix used in some sciences.

Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Design Studio on April 30, 2015, in Hawthorne, California.

SpaceX's Elon Musk Proposes Media Company That Rates Journalists. Is He Serious?

By Elizabeth Howell

What's behind his posts? Is it just another Musk prank, or is he actually serious about the idea?

If things go south on Earth, could Mars or an exoplanet be Earth 2.0?

Does Humanity Need a Backup Earth?

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a vision: He wants to get humans to Mars as soon as possible. Is that humanity's best option?

Why This New Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Blows Kepler Out of the Water

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

TESS will have the ultimate view of the night sky from a perfect orbit around Earth.

A long, slim rocket points toward the sky between four tall metal framework towers.

SpaceX Rocket Launching NASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter Today: Watch Live

By Mike Wall

NASA's next exoplanet-hunting mission is scheduled to launch today (April 16) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and you can watch the action live.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Try to Land a Rocket with a 'Giant Party Balloon'

By Tariq Malik

From anyone else, it would sound ridiculous: Elon Musk says SpaceX is going to try to land a rocket stage with … wait for it … a "giant party balloon."

A launchpad photo provided by SpaceX shows the Falcon 9 carrying Zuma

SpaceX Not to Blame for Loss of Top-Secret Spy Satellite

By Mike Wall

SpaceX isn't responsible for the loss of the top-secret Zuma spy satellite during the craft's launch earlier this year, according to media reports.

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