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Did China just copy SpaceX's Starship?

China's redesigned Long March 9 rocket signals a shift toward reusable, Starship-like spacecraft.

SpaceX will develop a space capsule to destroy the International Space Station

The ISS will be old enough to retire by the end of this decade. Here's what will happen once it's out of service.

Elon Musk's Starlink is leaking radiation interfering with science

Scientists reveal that Starlink satellites are disrupting their cosmic research.

India’s first autonomous reusable spaceplane makes successful runway landing

India's space agency is on its way to achieve another breakthrough. They are developing their own unmanned spaceplane.

Students make $10,000 satellite with a 3-D printed drag sail that won’t leave any space junk

The satellites demonstrate a super low-cost solution for preventing space debris.

It's a date: SpaceX set for world’s first all-civilian spaceflight

It will all be for charity, paid for by a US entrepreneur.

SpaceX rocket aced a landing, then exploded so hard it launched again for a bit

Maybe it was jumping for joy?

SpaceX launch aborted and postponed for today. You can still watch it live

One Falcon 9 rocket that was shuttling Starlink satellites into orbit for SpaceX has encountered problems before launch on Sunday night. The launch was aborted just 90 seconds away from taking off. The veteran rocket was scheduled to take 60 new Starlink satellites to orbit, helping the company establish its fleet of internet-providing orbiters. Still, […]

SpaceX will fly the first civilian crew to space - and two seats are up for grabs

The flight will be done this year, funded by an entrepreneur

SpaceX bought two oil platforms to transform them into launchpads

Talk about an exciting change.

Early SpaceX Starlink users claim they're 'streaming 4K with zero buffering'

Beta testers for SpaceX's internet satellite network are reporting good connections so far.

SpaceX makes history, launches its first crew mission to the ISS

It's the first maned launched from US soil since the space shuttle was retired nine years ago.

SpaceX delays next launch due to COVID-19 travel restrictions

So far, SpaceX has been putting a lot of effort into insulating itself from the outbreak, but it seems to have caught it in the end.

"Mighty Mice" arrive at the ISS to improve astronaut health

Scientists sent extraordinarily muscular mice to the International Space Station to study how microgravity affects muscles and bones.

Musk unveils SpaceX's Starship on livestream

We musk spread the word!

Elon Musk says 'we' could land on the moon in "less than two years"

Who's 'we' though?

SpaceX launches 24 satellites (along with 152 dead people)

It was the most difficult launch the company has ever undertaken.

Why the SpaceX satellite fleet could spell major headaches for astronomers

It's an unexpected side effect of a useful plan.

SpaceX lands Falcon Heavy boosters -- plans to reuse them later this year

Honestly, it's like SpaceX is showing off.

First Crew Dragon launch and docking a success for SpaceX

These are exciting times for SpaceX

Tesla Roadster and Starman have now traveled beyond Mars

The Tesla electric car has exceeded its warranty mileage more than 10,000 times.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first Moon tourist -- and he's bringing artists along

Very Renaissance-y, I love it!

SpaceX will send its first passenger around the moon aboard a Big Freaking Rocket

It's been almost 50 years since a human has come this close to the moon.

NASA explains how one of its cameras melted during rocket launch

Watch this brave camera's last moments as it gets engulfed in flames.

Elon Musk: Mars spaceship might test flight in early 2019

Another audacious claim from quite possibly the boldest man on Earth.

Elon Musk's Roadster will most likely crash into Earth or Venus millions of years from now

Radiation might destroy the car long before that happens, though.

SpaceX to test the world's most powerful operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy, later today

This is what Elon Musk hopes will put men on Mars.

Elon Musk shows off Falcon Heavy one month before its maiden flight

The stunning pictures capture the might of the soon-to-be 'most powerful rocket' in operation.

Blue Origin makes first test flight in over a year, tests new Crew Capsule

The booster sent the unmanned crew capsule to the edge of space. They both soft landed on Earth later.

Experimental SpaceX engine explodes during trials, damaging the McGregor, Texas facilities

Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

Tonight, SpaceX will live-broadcast launch of previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket

Brave move. Hopefully, it will pay off.

Elon Musk proposes landing rocket on Mars by 2022. The same system will also get you anywhere on Earth in less than 30 minutes

The serial entrepreneur is at it again with yet another audacious claim.

Elon Musk shares full-body pic of SpaceX's sleek astronaut suit

Space flight just got a lot sexier.

SpaceX completes critical test ahead of the first launch for world's most powerful operational rocket

This year is shaping up as SpaceX's best one yet.

Hewlett Packard supercomputer to be delivered to the ISS next Monday

Time to dust off that old Skyrim dvd.

Russian space agency finally admits it's afraid of SpaceX and reveals how it plans to fight back

Can the Russians take on SpaceX?

Elon Musk shares his view of Mars colonization: one million people living in a self sustainable city

Shoot for the stars and you might just land on Mars.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy -- the most powerful rocket in the world -- is nearly ready

Heavy metal in space.

SpaceX will launch three times more satellites than there currently are in orbit to give you fast internet

The first satellites could appear in 2019.

SpaceX rockets are just inches away from full reusability. Space flight might never be the same after

Last week was a historic one for SpaceX. Here's what should happen next.

Elon Musk's SpaceX just announced it will send two tourists to the Moon

SpaceX just made a stunning announcement.

Federal investigators find persistent cracks in SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets

Space is tough -- and SpaceX is learning that first hand.

Elon Musk unveils the ITS: a spaceship capable of carrying 100 people destined to settle Mars

Yet another audacious plan from the billionaire entrepreneur.

SpaceX rocket explodes during satellite launch

SpaceX has suffered a serious setback after one of its rockets, carrying a $200 million communications satellite, exploded yesterday.

Elon Musk warns that settling Mars will be harsh, even deadly for the first colonists

Mars will be very safe and very comfortable one day. But first it's going to be harsh and unwelcoming.

SpaceX perfectly lands a rocket on a floating barge. The footage will take your breath away

Few things in life can claim to be truly breathtaking, and even fewer of those things are man-made. But this perfect rocket landing from SpaceX can definitely claim that:

Here's why Elon Musk thinks we might be characters in a giant computer simulation

At Recode's Code Conference serial entrepreneur Elon Musk gave his own two cents on why our existence could be in fact a simulation on some advanced civilization's supercomputers.

SpaceX wants to send a Red Dragon to Mars as early as 2018

All aboard the hype train!

SpaceX has clean satellite launch, but crashing landing

It was a bittersweet moment for SpaceX, as the space flight company successfully launched a communications satellite to a distant orbit but failed to land the remnants safely. This wasn’t completely unexpected though, as this was more a way to test the waters for the next launch. After a bunch of frustrating delays, SpaceX successfully launched […]

History has been made: SpaceX touches down Falcon! Reusable rockets are here!

YES! SpaceX made it! Wooohooo!