SpaceX

Elon Musk says he can get $46.5bn to buy Twitter

This speech isn't free

Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 63

NASA taps commercial partners for near-Earth communications network

SpaceX and Kuiper in the $278.5m mix to replace space agency's Tracking Data and Relay Satellite fleet

Networks21 Apr 2022 | 4

SpaceX launches first totally private mission to the International Space Station

Saturday rendezvous planned for historic commercial orbit ride

Science08 Apr 2022 | 29

NASA will award contract for second lunar lander to a biz that's not SpaceX

'Competition is critical to our success,' says US agency boss

Science26 Mar 2022 | 37

OneWeb turns to SpaceX for satellite launches

Alternative sought after firm boycotts Russian rockets over Ukraine invasion

Offbeat21 Mar 2022 | 10

Geomagnetic storm takes out 40 of 49 brand new Starlink satellites

SpaceX launched even though the space weatherman predicted tricky conditions could follow a solar flare

Science09 Feb 2022 | 119

He ain't heavy, he's my brother: Bloke gives away SpaceX ticket because he was over weight limit

You must be this small to ride

Bootnotes01 Feb 2022 | 85

If you want less CGI and more real effects in movies, you may get your wish: Inflatable film studio to orbit Earth

What a retirement for the ISS: Gaining a totally feasible 'state-of-the-art media production capability'

Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 39

SpaceX Starlink sat streaks now present in nearly a fifth of all astronomical images snapped by Caltech telescope

Annoying, maybe – but totally ruining this science, maybe not

Science20 Jan 2022 | 26

No more Commercial Space Astronaut Wings after this year because FAA has been handing them out like candy

You can still get a badge if you go now

Science13 Dec 2021 | 16

Fail: Exam paper marked by Elon Musk up for auction

Sweary test on sale as Tesla CEO forgets where he parked his car

Bootnotes06 Dec 2021 | 12

One white cat and a volcano short of a Bond villain: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck shows off the 'Hungry Hippo'

Neutron updated, but the Spectre of SpaceX looms

Bootnotes03 Dec 2021 | 26

Desktop bust and custom iPhone 13 Pro made from melted-down Tesla car for the Elon Musk dork in your life

Just $8,300!

Bootnotes25 Nov 2021 | 60

Now that's a splash down: Astronauts spend 8-hour trip to Earth in diapers after SpaceX capsule toilet breaks

Puts a whole new spin on 'To boldly go where no one has gone before'

Science09 Nov 2021 | 38

SpaceX-powered trip to ISS grounded by 'medical issue'

It's not COVID-19 and it's not an emergency, insists NASA

Science02 Nov 2021 | 22

Jeff Bezos wants to build a business park in space

Pretty ambitious – none of this Blue-Origin-led consortium can put humans in orbit yet

Science26 Oct 2021 | 46

Nothing says 'We believe in you' like NASA switching two 'nauts off Boeing's Starliner onto SpaceX's Crew Dragon

All change on 2022 ride to the ISS

Science07 Oct 2021 | 30

US Federal Aviation Administration issues draft assessment of SpaceX Super Heavy impact

The environmental impact, not the smoking crater made by an impact

Science20 Sep 2021 | 21

Space tourists splash down in Atlantic Ocean after three days in orbit

Some sightseeing, music, gambling, chatting to folks back home – just like a regular roadtrip

Science19 Sep 2021 | 67

SpaceX successfully sends four amateurs into orbit for three-day tour

Vision from window seats didn't stream, everything else worked

Science16 Sep 2021 | 29

SpaceX prepares to launch four civilians and a glass dome into space

Musk to demonstrate his is mightier than Bezos or Branson's

Science15 Sep 2021 | 14

Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly

Yes, that Amazon. The one that's been fined for breaches of privacy and labor laws and accused of price-fixing, making life hell for unions …

Legal09 Sep 2021 | 66

More Boots on Moon delays: NASA stops work on SpaceX human landing system as Blue Origin lawsuit rolls on

US agency agrees to pause in exchange for 'expedited' schedule. That'll be a first for Artemis

Science20 Aug 2021 | 75

Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space

This isn't Boeing very well, is it?

Science13 Aug 2021 | 49

SpaceX Starship struts its stack to show it has the right stuff

Combined with its Super Heavy booster, Starship stood briefly as the tallest rocket yet

Bootnotes07 Aug 2021 | 89

US govt calmly but firmly tells Blue Origin it already has a ride to the Moon's surface with SpaceX, thanks

Hit us up next time you're free, though

Science02 Aug 2021 | 36

In the '80s, satellite comms showed promise – soon it'll be a viable means to punt internet services at anyone anywhere

Feature We've come a long way from Terry Wogan's celeb interviews

Networks22 Jul 2021 | 90

Annoyed US regulator warns it might knock SpaceX's shiny new Texas tower down

'It's only for building rockets, what's it got to do with you?' pouts stroppy interplanetary aspirant biz

Offbeat15 Jul 2021 | 71

New Yorkers react to strikingly indifferent statue of Elon Musk with cheerful hostility

Well-travelled billionaire's likeness very likely to follow recent examples of other questionable public art

Offbeat30 Jun 2021 | 25

Intrepid squid mission may help in kraken riddle of why zero-g makes astronauts sick

Boffins looking for changes to cephalopods' symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria on ISS

Science23 Jun 2021 | 25

SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband constellation to achieve full global coverage by September, boss claims

Astronomers and amateur star gazers will be delighted

Networks22 Jun 2021 | 12

SpaceX spat with Viasat: Rival accused of abusing legislation to halt Elon's Starlink expansion

Viasat's 'newfound environmentalism is belied by its actions at every turn'

Legal16 Jun 2021 | 22

Spacewalk veterans take a trip outside the ISS to pump up the power with new solar arrays

Lego ISS fans, look away now

Science16 Jun 2021 | 13

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander set to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 to the Moon

Another NASA-awarded mission. Lucky those first stages are reusable, eh?

Science21 May 2021 | 14

Meme crypto-coin literally going to the Moon, if Elon Musk is to believed, on DOGE-1 mission courtesy of SpaceX Falcon 9

Rocket marks 10th successful launch and landing, though Dogecoin's descent was a little rougher

Bootnotes10 May 2021 | 7

The Starship has landed. Latest SpaceX test comes back to Earth without igniting fireballs

Video There was just a little fire. But not enough to worry anybody

Science06 May 2021 | 56

Not so fast, SpaceX: $3bn NASA Moon landing contract blocked by rivals' gripes

Blue Origin, Dynetics cry foul

Science04 May 2021 | 38

FCC gives SpaceX the go-ahead to drop Starlink satellite orbits by 500 kilometres or so

Low enough to witness Musk's Twitter trolling of Jeff Bezos?

Networks28 Apr 2021 | 30

SpaceX flings another bunch of humans into orbit in reused capsule atop reused booster

Second jaunt to the International Space Station for Endeavour

Science23 Apr 2021 | 25

Elon Musk's SpaceX bags $3bn NASA contract to, fingers crossed, land first woman on the Moon

And the 13th guy

Science16 Apr 2021 | 54

Ice, ice maybe? Astrobotic will ride SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023 and drop off NASA's water-hunting rover

Firm's Griffin lander to do the honours

Science14 Apr 2021 | 3

SpaceX's Starlink: Overhyped and underpowered to meet broadband needs of Rural America, say analysts

As the constellation stands anyway

Science09 Apr 2021 | 113

Another successful flight for SpaceX's Starship apart from the landing-in-one-piece thing

Explosions in the mist

Science30 Mar 2021 | 108

Satellites, space debris may have already brightened night skies 10% globally – and it's going to get worse

Goodbye darkness, my old friend

Science29 Mar 2021 | 61

Crims with ties to Tesla and SpaceX 'fess up to computerized conspiracies

Russian chap tried to crack Tesla security, SpaceX engineer traded dodgy info on dark web stock tipping forums

Security19 Mar 2021 | 6

Starlink's latent China crisis could spark a whole new world of warcraft

Column The politics of a global decentralised high-speed public internet service

Networks15 Mar 2021 | 113

Imagine Amazon, Uber and PayPal merging. Indonesia's rough equivalents are probably doing it

Tokopedia and Gojek deal reportedly close, as Indonesia courts Tesla and wrestles SpaceX

Off-Prem10 Mar 2021 | 5

SpaceX wants to slap Starlink internet terminals on planes, trucks, and boats – but Tesla owners need not apply

They're 'much too big' says Musk

Networks09 Mar 2021 | 58

Japanese billionaire invites y'all to apply for an all-expenses-paid Moon trip in a SpaceX Starship – like the one that blew up today

Video Eight plucky applicants will be picked for journey of a lifetime

Science04 Mar 2021 | 28

9 years after SpaceX strode into Texas village, Elon Musk floats name change for Boca Chica: 'Starbase'

If he said it on Twitter it must be all above board, right?

Science03 Mar 2021 | 34

SpaceX small print on Starlink insists no Earth government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities

Isn't this a subplot from those James S A Corey novels?

Networks23 Feb 2021 | 142

The hottest destination for 2021: China probe follows UAE's into Martian orbit

In Brief Also: NASA to use SpaceX's Falcon Heavy for the Lunar Gateway while eyeing another seat in a Soyuz

Science10 Feb 2021 | 5

Musk see: Watch SpaceX's latest Starship rocket explode while trying to touch down

Video Still hoping to lob a zillionaire and three commoners into space in a commercial flight later this year

Science02 Feb 2021 | 62

SpaceX powers through bad case of wind to nail Falcon 9's eighth droneship landing

Rapid reuse in sight, as are yet another batch of Starlink satellites

Science20 Jan 2021 | 19

SpaceX cargo ship splashes down off Florida with science in tow – but what we want to know is how space wine tastes

It's been sloshing around the International Space Station for a while

Science14 Jan 2021 | 17

SpaceX wins UK regulator Ofcom's approval for its Starlink mobile broadband base stations

New, expensive option for nation's notspots

Networks11 Jan 2021 | 43