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 and Elon Musk have shifted their lunar strategy from treating the Moon as a distraction to positioning it as central to their vision of preserving civilization.
Redwire supported a cancer therapy investigation led by Aspera Biomedicines that launched aboard the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX and Elon Musk are pursuing orbital data centers.
SpaceX has an upcoming initial public offering that could provide funding for orbital data centers.
Elon Musk has proposed a merger between SpaceX and xAI.
SpaceX deployed 29 Starlink satellites on March 14, 2026.
SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 mission from Florida on March 14, 2026.
NASA is evaluating new proposals from SpaceX and Blue Origin to preserve a 2028 lunar mission target.
NASA reduced SpaceX’s contract by $1.5 million after a review.
The artwork launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission from California on November 28, 2025.
SpaceX is developing the Starship lunar lander and Blue Origin is developing the Blue Moon lunar lander.
NASA has contracts with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers for the Human Landing System.
NASA has not accepted SpaceX’s proposed Starship landing solution as sufficiently safe and operable for astronauts to intervene manually during the final descent to the Moon.
NASA’s internal risk-tracking systems show no significant progress on SpaceX’s manual-control requirement for Starship.
SpaceX launched the Ovzon-3 satellite on a Falcon 9 mission on Jan. 3, 2024.
Government Task Agreements allow SpaceX and Blue Origin to use NASA facilities and services.
SpaceX and Elon Musk have not provided detailed reasons for the Starship V3 schedule delay.
SpaceX conducted propellant system and structural strength reviews on Starship V3 and completed cryogenic proof-test operations on the vehicle on Sunday the 8th.
SpaceX is developing Ship 39 as the final Starship variant to serve as a lunar landing module within NASA's Artemis program.
SpaceX operates roughly 9,500 working satellites in orbit.