SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded in 2002, is an American space technology company and a dominant launch provider. It designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon spacecraft, and Starship. SpaceX partners with organizations like NASA and the United States Armed Forces and is known for its advancements in reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and satellite constellation technology like Starlink. Key words: launch provider, reusable rockets, space exploration, Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, Starship, NASA.
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SpaceX launched the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with 140 payloads onboard including three from Canada.
Wyvern launched Dragonette-004 in March on the SpaceX Transporter-13 mission, and it is on Loft Orbital’s YAM-8 satellite.
NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to develop and operate spacecraft capable of transporting U.S. astronauts to and from the ISS.
The spores returned to Earth by SpaceX CRS-16 after their exposure to space conditions.
The Starliner program has been affected by engineering issues and is considered behind SpaceX.
NASA has awarded additional flights to SpaceX with Dragon, reserving those missions through the planned decommissioning of the ISS in 2030.
Wilmore and Williams returned to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
SpaceX's next Transporter mission is scheduled for NET 18:19 UTC.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule has become NASA's primary crew transport since its first crewed flight in 2020.
SpaceX's next launch attempt is scheduled for NET Friday, November 28th at the same time.
The Spire 16U satellite is set to launch aboard SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 Twilight mission.
The countdown for SpaceX's launch went into a hold at T-15:33, resulting in a scrub for today.
SpaceX stated that the booster malfunction occurred during a gas system pressurization test prior to structural proof testing.
What was intended to be an eight-day Crew Flight Test mission extended to eight months, with the crew returning to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
SpaceX catches Starship with a tower.
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth in March 2025 aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule after flying Starliner to the ISS.
SpaceX lands Falcon 9 on boats.
During the test in South Texas, SpaceX aimed to test the redesigned propulsion system and structural integrity of the booster.
SpaceX conducted a test of the Super Heavy booster for the Starship rocket on November 20, but the booster was damaged.
SpaceX launched 28 Starlink small satellites into low-Earth orbit on November 23 at 12:48 a.m. PT.