SpaceX Coverage

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket sending 22 satellites into orbit

SpaceX held a Starlink launch Monday night. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, launching 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

NASA's SpaceX crew arrives at International Space Station

SpaceX's Crew-8 astronaut mission has arrived at the International Space Station.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches X-37B plane, one of the US military's most fascinating secrets

(CNN) -- SpaceX's hulking Falcon Heavy rocket returned to the skies Thursday evening, and this time it launched a mysterious spacecraft for the US military that will carry out cutting-edge research.

By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket for the SARah-2 mission from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Sunday morning.

The most powerful rocket ever built is about to attempt a second launch. Here's what's at stake

After months of rebuilding and clearing red tape following the April explosion of the Starship system's first test flight, SpaceX is set for its next attempt.

By Jackie Wattles, CNN

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites Friday evening, marking the 18th flight for the first stage booster.

SpaceX: Starship explosion 'rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation'

Thursday's launch marked the SpaceX Starship's historic first test flight. But ... "As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation," SpaceX tweeted.

SpaceX Starship rocket launch scrubbed

The SpaceX launch of the rocket Starship has been scrubbed for Monday.

SpaceX rocket lights up skies above Alaska with a blue spiral

Aurora filed skies above Alaska also features a blue spiral moving through the skies for a few minutes as the upper stage of a SpaceX rocket vented fuel.

Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador

SpaceX's big blast: Massive engine test is step on road to orbit for 'Super Heavy' rocket

SpaceX attempted to ignite all 33 engines in a test fire of its gargantuan Super Heavy rocket booster on Thursday. The trial marks the company's first "static fire" test for what is expected to be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.

Not a UFO!: Photos capture SpaceX flight from NC coast

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket took to the skies from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sunday night, and some viewers captured photos of the flight from the coast of North Carolina. The rocket was on a national security mission.

Rich man to hardly poor man: Musk loses $200 billion in wealth

Elon Musk's wealth destruction has become historic. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter is worth $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, good enough for second place on the list of the world's richest. But at its peak in November 2021, Musk's net worth was $340 billion.

Musk's SpaceX signs advertising deal with Musk's Twitter

While a number of major brands have announced advertising pauses on Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk's acquisition, the platform has scored a new ad buy from one notable billion-dollar business: Musk's SpaceX.

76 years ago, the first views of Earth from Space were delivered from a captured V-2 rocket

A modifed commercial movie camera atop a captured German V-2 rocket soared 65 miles above the New Mexico desert recording 200,000

Tony Rice, NASA ambassador

Musk: SpaceX will continue funding Starlink internet service targeting Ukraine

US billionaire Elon Musk says SpaceX will continue funding Starlink internet service in war-torn Ukraine, apparently reversing course after SpaceX asked the United States military to pick up the tab.

SpaceX, NASA launch 3 astronauts and 1 cosmonaut to the ISS. Here's everything you need to know

SpaceX and NASA launched a crew of astronauts who hail from all over the world on a trip to the International Space Station Wednesday.

By Jackie Wattles, CNN

VIDEOS: SpaceX rocket visible from NC sky

Viewer videos of SpaceX rocket Falcon 9, which was launched into orbit Saturday evening from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX rocket launch seen from Delco, Columbus County

SpaceX rocket launch seen from Delco in Columbus County. Video taken by Jack Hughes.

Musk wants to provide satellite internet service in Iran - feds to decide

Elon Musk's hope to operate his satellite internet firm in Iran requires permission from the Treasury Department, which said Tuesday it welcomes applications to support internet freedom in the country that is largely isolated from western economies.

Cell service from space: SpaceX, T-Mobile partnering to fight 'dead zones'

SpaceX and T-Mobile want to beam cell service to "most places in the US," including some of the most remote areas of the country that traditionally have not been touched by wireless connectivity.

Elon Musk's antics may be catching up with him - here's what's happening

It seems the Elon Musk mystique — whatever combination of wealth, carefully cultivated charm and A-plus lawyers that have helped him emerge unscathed from countless scandals — is starting to unravel.

FCC: SpaceX won't receive $900M in subsidies for satellite internet service Starlink

The Federal Communications Commission had earmarked the funds for SpaceX's Starlink internet service as part of the agency's largest-ever subsidy program designed to quickly get internet access to people across rural America.

Upcoming space experiments: Removing Sriracha stains, how dust travels the Earth

Among the 2.5+ tons of cargo heading to the International Space Station Thursday evening are climate investigations including one that will map airborne dust and how it impacts temperatures.

Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador

SpaceX CRS-25 Vertical at LC 39A

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Cargo Dragon spacecraft atop, is raised to a vertical position at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on July 12, 2022, in preparation for the 25th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. The mission will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:44 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 14, from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A. (Credit: NASA/KSC)

Musk: Explosion at Starship engine test ‘actually not good’

An explosion on the launch pad during a test of a massive SpaceX rocket prototype was “actually not good” and the company is assessing the damage, company CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter.