TechSpot

JANUARY 29, 2024

Cabada was performing pressure testing checks on the Raptor V2 engine at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California site on January 18, 2022, when a fuel-controller assembly cover broke off. The part struck Cabada on the head, fracturing his skull. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Every four days over the last 12 months SpaceX sent a rocket into orbit, for a total of 98 successful missions, topping its previous record of 61 orbital launches in 2022 and coming within striking distance of founder Elon Musk's goal of 100 launches for 2023. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2023

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its pad, sending four astronauts into space. Axiom Space via YouTube) SpaceX and Axiom Space teamed up today to send four spacefliers — including the first Saudi woman in orbit — to the International Space Station for a 10-day trip focusing on zero-gravity research.

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Vox

APRIL 21, 2023

SpaceX seemed to experience a setback this Thursday when the inaugural test flight of its Starship rocket ended in a fiery explosion. Multiple engines went out, according to SpaceX , leading the rocket to lose altitude and begin to tumble. Four minutes after it lifted off, the rocket exploded after traveling 24 miles.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. SpaceX Illustration). billion contract that NASA awarded to SpaceX for building the lunar lander destined to carry astronauts to the moon. We’ve reached out to SpaceX as well, and wlll update this story with anything we hear back.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 17, 2022

SpaceX has supplied around 25,000 Starlink ground terminals to Ukraine since the war began. Additionally, SpaceX must create, launch, maintain and replenish satellites and ground stations, and pay telcos for. Musk says this has cost the company $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year.

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster makes its landing after the Transporter-2 launch. SpaceX via YouTube). SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent dozens of satellites into orbit today with a launch that featured an unusual on-the-ground touchdown for its first-stage booster. A startup based in Kent, Wash., based LeoStella.

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GeekWire

MARCH 2, 2021

SpaceX’s Starlink antenna connects with satellites for high-speed internet access. SpaceX Starlink Photo). SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that got its start in Redmond, Wash.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon | Image: NASA / Joel Kowsky. The SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed again, this time to November 10th at 9:03PM ET, NASA said Sunday. Wednesday so far has an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff, SpaceX noted in a tweet on Sunday.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket ship on the moon. SpaceX Illustration). The court also shared redacted responses from SpaceX. The filings focus on NASA’s April decision to award SpaceX a $2.9 SpaceX had the low bid, with Blue Origin’s team proposing $5.9

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

SpaceX employees received a nightmare email over the holiday weekend from CEO Elon Musk, warning them of a brewing crisis with its Raptor engine production that, if unsolved, could result in the company’s bankruptcy. The email, obtained by SpaceExplored , CNBC , and The Verge , urged employees to work over the weekend in… Read more.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Washington state emergency officials are using SpaceX satellites to provide internet access in Malden, Wash., SpaceX is lending a helping hand to Washington state towns ravaged by recent wildfires. SpaceX is providing the service for free. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded to the tweet above: Glad SpaceX could help!

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GeekWire

MAY 30, 2023

NASA via Axiom Space) The second crew to be sent into space as a profit-making proposition for Texas-based Axiom Space came back to Earth tonight in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after spending nine days on the International Space Station. “We really enjoyed all of it,” she told SpaceX’s Mission Control.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 4, 2022

They spoke to Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at the Australian National University, who noted that their description matched a SpaceX craft that re-entered the earth's atmosphere on July 9, twenty months. Last Thursday, Mick Miners and Jock Wallace, two sheep farmers in the town of Dalgety, reported finding the object.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to send its first “all-civilian” crew to space at the end of 2021 in a charity-focused mission commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The company said in a press release it’ll pick three people to ride alongside Isaacman to orbit aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2021

The atmospheric re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage created a fiery display in the skies above the Pacific Northwest a week ago, but not all of those shooting stars burned up on the way down. ” We’ve reached out to SpaceX and will update this report with anything we hear back. .

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This week’s launch demo — one of many in the books already — follows weeks of tension between SpaceX and the Federal Aviation Administration, which approves test launches like this one. This triggered an investigation that held up today’s SN9 flight and frustrated SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, The Verge reported last week.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SpaceX has supplied over 25,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine and maintained them since the war began, helping keep the nation's critical infrastructure and its citizens online as Russia continues its assault. Read Entire Article

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier today, engineers with SpaceX ever-so-carefully placed a Starship second-stage rocket atop a Super Heavy booster, resulting in the tallest rocket ever built, albeit a rocket that has yet to leave Earth’s surface. Read more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2020

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends 64 satellites into space in December 2018, on a mission that was arranged by Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. SpaceX via YouTube). says it’s signed an agreement to secure spots for secondary payloads on several of SpaceX’s rockets due for launch through the end of 2021.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 20, 2022

The event marked the 37th launch of the year for SpaceX and was the 9th launch overall for the specific Falcon 9 first-stage rocket that was used. The launch's second stage carried 53 of SpaceX's flat panel satellites into orbit. Their successful deployment brings the total number of Starlink satellites deployed to 3,108.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

SpaceX has officially opened pre-orders to everyone currently in its service area, reports The Verge. Hopeful Starlink users no longer have to wait for a magical beta invite to use the service. Read more.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

SpaceX is leasing a 124,907-square-foot building complex that’s under construction in Redmond Ridge Business Park, east of Seattle, according to the latest industrial real estate market report from Kidder Mathews. Those facilities serve as the headquarters for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite development and manufacturing operation.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

million to SpaceX for rapid throttling and restart testing of the Raptor rocket engine, which is destined for use on SpaceX’s Starship rocket, liquid methane specification development and testing; and combustion stability analysis and testing. The awards include: $24.35

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The Verge

OCTOBER 10, 2020

The crew access arm leading to the Crew Dragon, atop the Falcon 9 | Image: SpaceX. NASA has delayed the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission until early- to mid-November, the agency announced Saturday. We’re now targeting NET early-to-mid November for launch of @NASA ’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the @Space_Station.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Cargo Dragon spacecraft will launch Sunday from Kennedy Space Center | SpaceX. This morning, SpaceX is set to launch its latest batch of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station, but the company is using a slightly different spacecraft for this flight than resupply missions of the past.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida, sending four citizen spacefliers into orbit. SpaceX via YouTube). The founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, Jared Isaacman, is paying what’s thought to be in excess of $100 million for what’s expected to be a three-day flight in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2020

An artist’s conception shows the deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. SpaceX Illustration). SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation is still deep into testing mode, but it’s already generating 5 trillion bytes of data on a daily basis and getting software updates on a weekly basis.

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GeekWire

JUNE 22, 2020

with their launch on a SpaceX rocket set for Thursday. BlackSky’s Global satellites are riding to low Earth orbit as secondary payloads through the auspices of SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program. The primary payload is SpaceX’s 10th batch of Starlink broadband internet satellites , which are built in Redmond, Wash.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

An artist’s conception shows a Polaris Project crew member heading out for a spacewalk from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship. Jude’s will also be a beneficiary this time around, but the prime directive is to test technologies that SpaceX will rely on for future missions to the moon and Mars. And maybe again, and again.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is confident the Starlink satellite internet service will be going live as soon as next month. This would be two months later than originally planned, and calls into question the company's ability to acquire more than 500,000 users in its first year since launch.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

SpaceX is asking the FCC for approval to beam Starlink internet into moving vehicles. SpaceX is seeking regulatory approval to connect its rapidly growing network of internet-beaming Starlink satellites to cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft. A train of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit passes over Uruguay.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

In a letter viewed by The Verge , the Corps cited SpaceX’s failure to provide requested follow-up information about the proposed changes as a reason for closing the permit. SpaceX first purchased land in Boca Chica, Texas, in 2012 , with the intention of creating a facility to launch its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 7, 2020

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. SpaceX via YouTube). After weeks of delay, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent up 57 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation, with two BlackSky planet-watching satellites hitching a ride.

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2023

In February, SpaceX launched a set of 21 mini-satellites known as Group 6-1 for its expanded Starlink system. The company hopes to make a bundle off the tiny craft by charging a premium for Starlink's $200 per month Global Roaming service. The feature should allow RV users to receive and. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

AUGUST 2, 2020

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule is hoisted onto its recovery ship with the astronauts inside, while a gaggle of private vessels gawk around the perimeter of the landing zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The splashdown closed out a 64-day mission to the International Space Station, aimed at testing the first SpaceX Dragon to carry crew.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

NASA and SpaceX say they are looking into a recurring issue with lagging parachutes on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule — critical features the spacecraft needs to land when it returns from orbit. Today, personnel from both NASA and SpaceX held a press conference to discuss the parachutes ahead of SpaceX’s next crew launch on the Dragon.

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