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  SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to launch on September 15

  Science | September 05, 2021 16:36 IST

  Early this year in February, SpaceX announced the charity-driven mission named Inspiration4, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and will have three others.

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  SpaceX to use robot chopsticks to catch largest-ever flying object

  Science | August 30, 2021 23:26 IST

  "SpaceX will try to catch largest ever flying object with robot chopsticks. Success is not guaranteed, but excitement is," Musk wrote while sharing a clip from movie 'The Karate Kid'. In the clip one can see two leading actors from the film trying to catch a fly.

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  SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot, ice cream for 7 astronauts on the space station

  Science | August 29, 2021 14:45 IST

  The Dragon is carrying more than 4,800 pounds (2,170 kilograms) of supplies and experiments, and fresh food including avocados, lemons and even ice cream for the space station’s seven astronauts.

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  US squashes Bezos' protest against NASA-SpaceX $2.9 billion contract

  Science | July 31, 2021 16:53 IST

  Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics had filed a protest with the US GAO against NASA for awarding a $2.9 billion contracts to SpaceX for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024.  

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  NASA to take SpaceX flight for Mission to Jupiter's icy moon

  Science | July 24, 2021 17:18 IST

  Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life.

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  SpaceX aiming for July for Starship orbital launch: Report

  Science | June 27, 2021 20:30 IST

  Elon Musk-run SpaceX is "shooting for July" for the first orbital launch of the company's Starship vehicle despite lacking the regulatory approvals needed for such a launch, media reports said.

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  SpaceX may launch rockets from ocean spaceport by next year: Report

  Science | June 01, 2021 20:23 IST

  Elon Musk-run SpaceX's first ocean spaceport for the Starship launch vehicle could be ready as soon as next year, the CEO has revealed.

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  SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff

  Science | May 09, 2021 22:18 IST

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday launched 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit early and then stuck a landing at sea to cap a record 10th flight for the company's reusable booster.

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  Bad offshore weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday

  Science | April 21, 2021 20:31 IST

  SpaceX on Wednesday bumped its next astronaut launch by a day because of dangerously high waves and wind offshore. 

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  Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time

  Science | April 21, 2021 7:55 IST

  This will be SpaceX's third crew flight for NASA from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in under a year. The commercial flights ended the US' reliance on Russian rockets launched from Kazakhstan to get astronauts to and from the space station after the shuttles retired.

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  SpaceX wins $2.9bn NASA contract to build moon lander

  Science | April 17, 2021 10:35 IST

  NASA has picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop the first commercial lander and take the next two US astronauts to the moon, the US space agency said on Friday. The contract is worth $2.9 billion and is part of NASA's Artemis programme, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as a stepping stone to the first human mission to Mars, DPA news agency reported. SpaceX had been competing against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' private space company Blue Origin and defence contractor Dynetics.

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  Piece of SpaceX rocket debris lands at Washington state farm

  Science | April 03, 2021 6:56 IST

  The approximately 5-foot (1.5-meter) composite-overwrapped pressure vessel used for storing helium left a nearly 4-inch (10.16-centimeter) dent in the ground, Grant County sheriff's spokesman Kyle Foreman said.

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  SpaceX launches test rocket, breaks apart before landing

  Science | March 30, 2021 20:38 IST

  SpaceX chalked up another failed landing Tuesday for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.  

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  Two space fans get seats on billionaire's private flight

  Science | March 30, 2021 19:22 IST

  The new passengers: Sian Proctor, a community college educator in Tempe, Arizona, and Chris Sembroski, a former Air Force missileman from Everett, Washington. They will join flight sponsor Jared Isaacman and another passenger for three days in orbit this fall.

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  SpaceX Starship explosion: What exactly happened? Video shows exact moment

  Science | March 04, 2021 16:36 IST

  Minutes after SpaceX declared success on Thursday, its futuristic Starship exploded on the landing pad. Two previous test flights crash-landed in fireballs.

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  SpaceX rocket explodes after landing in test flight

  Science | March 04, 2021 8:27 IST

  After the flight, flames were seen to come out from the bottom of the Starship rocket Serial Number 10, or SN10, and it exploded minutes after landing.

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  Want to fly to moon? Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is offering trip on Elon Musk's SpaceX

  March 03, 2021 17:45 IST

  Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa, has invited eight people from around the world to join him for a private lunar expedition. Want to be one of his 'crew'?

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  Launch of Falcon 9 carrier rocket with Starlink satellites delayed: SpaceX

  Science | March 01, 2021 10:51 IST

  The Falcon 9 rocket was supposed to lift off from the Cape Canaveral (Kennedy) Air Force Station in Florida at 01:37 GMT on Monday.

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  SpaceX reveals 2nd crew member of all-civilian space mission

  Science | February 23, 2021 17:08 IST

  Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the US will be the second crew member of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian mission to space, SpaceX has announced.

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  SpaceX’s 2nd Starship test flight ends with another kaboom

  Science | February 04, 2021 17:09 IST

  The full-scale stainless steel rocket reached its intended altitude of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), slightly lower than the last one. Everything seemed to be going well as the 160-foot (50-meter) Starship flipped on its side and began its descent. But it did not manage to straighten itself back up in time for a landing and slammed into the ground.