SpaceX is counting down to launch its first astronaut flight of 2024 and you can watch it take off live online, but you need to know where and when to look. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA during the Crew-8 mission. The launch is … Read more
Four new astronauts will launch to the International Space Station on Friday as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Crew-8the eighth operational commercial crew mission for NASA, will launch on March 1 at 12:04 a.m. EST (0504 GMT). Kennedy Space Center in Florida using the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft, located atop a Falcon 9 … Read more
SpaceX readied a Falcon 9 rocket for launch early Wednesday to send a commercially built robotic lander to the moon, the first targeted landing near the moon’s south pole where NASA’s Artemis astronauts plan to orbit in a few years . The flight comes just five weeks after another American company’s attempt to land a … Read more
SpaceX uses Falcon 9 rockets to transport batches of about 60 Starlink satellites at a time.Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images SpaceX became astronomers’ worst enemy when it started launching Starlink internet satellites. But SpaceX worked with scientists to try to reduce the brightness of the satellites in telescope images. Some of SpaceX’s solutions do … Read more
Surprise, surprise: SpaceX plans to set more spaceflight records this year. Elon Musk’s company launched 96 orbital missions in 2023, a big jump from the previous record of 61, set a year earlier. And SpaceX is planning another big jump in 2024, a jump that will be well above the century mark. “As we look … Read more
Screenshot of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launch pad. This photo was taken during the SpaceX livestream on X.SpaceX This year the world has achieved several major successes in the race to space. They include SpaceX sending its most powerful rocket to space and India reaching the moon. Here’s everything you need to know … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. SpaceX’s massive space rocket system, Starship, lifted off safely Saturday morning, but ended prematurely with an explosion and loss of signal. The Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft successfully separated after launch, as the … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of the massive Starship rocket will have to wait another day, and it appears many of those who made the trek to see the rocket launch are willing to stick around for the show. Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation launch vehicle, is gearing up for its … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s giant starship has met another explosive end. SpaceX’s next-generation megarocket — the largest ever built — launched today (Nov. 18) on its second-ever test flight, a long-awaited journey that took the giant vehicle to space for the first time, but it didn’t last long. Shortly after the stages separated, … Read more
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. To say that space is a challenging environment is putting it lightly. During a recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station, a tool bag escaped NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral … Read more