By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday after one broke apart in space and doomed its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than

Nasa recently announced the awarding of contracts to seven companies, including industry giants such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, to investigate cheaper methods of returning rock samples from Mars to Earth. This initiative represents a significant step in the search

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly upgrade the country's space-based surveillance powers, the first deployment of several

By Gursimran Kaur (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, will probably have its fourth flight in 3-5 weeks, the company's Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a post on

By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Injury rates at SpaceX facilities continued to exceed an industry average in 2023, according to a Reuters review of safety data reported to U.S. regulators by the space venture controlled by billionaire Elon Musk. The 2023

Celebrating the contribution of science and technology to the progress of society International Day of Human Space Flight: "From up here the Earth is beautiful, without borders or boundaries". Chronicles of the time recount that these were some of the words

Elon Musk and Space X will build a constellation of spy satellites for the Pentagon. This news is not surprising because SpaceX is the largest satellite operator in the world. It is only natural that US intelligence turns to the

By Joey Roulette and Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FAA on Wednesday granted SpaceX a license to test-launch the company's Starship rocket system from Texas, according to the agency's website, paving the way for another early demonstration of a spacecraft crucial to Elon