SpaceX

This tag contains all articles that pertain to the American Aerospace company SpaceX. SpaceX is quite deserving of a stand alone tag, and as time carries on we will add more tags for other predominant aerospace companies. Within this tag, any article that focuses on SpaceX can be found here!

Starship-Super Heavy lifting off for flight test six. ©SpaceX Totally Bananas! SpaceX Lands Starship and Super Heavy at Sea!

From SpaceX's Starbase launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas, Starship-Super Heavy flew its sixth flight test at 22:00 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This flight test utilized Ship 31 and Super Heavy Booster 13. In a first for the Starship program, a payload was onboard. This

Nov 20, 2024 7 mins

Super Heavy Booster 12 during its catch attempt during flight five. ©SpaceX Starship's sixth flight to launch on November 18th

A little over a month ago, SpaceX flew the fifth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. Since the previous flight test, the company has been working quickly towards the sixth flight test and announced today that this mission could occur as soon as November 18th. This flight test

Nov 7, 2024 5 mins

Cargo Dragon V2 docked to the International Space Station during CRS-31. ©Sen Dragon arrives at ISS ahead of reboost test

SpaceX's thirty-first Cargo Re-Supply (CRS) mission arrived at the International Space Station on November 5th, at 14:52 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This mission carries 2,762 kilograms of cargo, with 327 kilograms of unpressurized cargo. Notably, for the first time during a Dragon spacecraft's mission

Nov 5, 2024 6 mins

Falcon Heavy lifting off with Europa Clipper ©Kim Shiflett/NASA Europa Clipper begins journey to Jupiter atop Falcon Heavy

At 16:06 pm Universal Coordinated Time, Europa Clipper began its long journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. Launch lasted for almost an hour to escape Earth's gravity, with the spacecraft separating from Falcon Heavy's second-stage at

Oct 14, 2024 3 mins

Super Heavy Booster 12 during its catch attempt during flight five. ©SpaceX SpaceX nails first Super Heavy booster catch!

At 12:25 pm Universal Coordinated Time, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle on its fifth flight test. This test flight once again occurred from Starbase's launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas. Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/WyNRN1fLbd — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024 Super Heavy

Oct 13, 2024 8 mins

Ship 30 atop of Booster 12 at Starbase, Texas. ©SpaceX Starship could launch as soon as October 13th for flight five

A little over four months ago, SpaceX flew the fourth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle. Since then, the company has been working towards the fifth flight test and today announced that this test could come as soon as October 13th. For this test flight, Ship 30 and Booster

Oct 8, 2024 5 mins

Crew-9 lifting off atop of Falcon 9 from Florida. ©NASA NASA's Crew-9 mission blasts off!

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 17:17 pm Universal Coordinated Time with Crew Dragon 'Freedom' atop of a Falcon 9 rocket. On board Crew Dragon 'Freedom' are two astronauts, NASA's Nick Hague and Roscosmos'

Sep 28, 2024 4 mins

Falcon 9 lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 for the Galileo L13 mission. ©SpaceX Falcon 9 lands fastest booster during Galileo launch!

Falcon 9 has launched its second set of Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Galileo navigation system. This launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40, in Flordia. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/yG7YajyF2k — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024 The previous Galileo launch on Falcon 9 had the launch vehicle flying

Sep 18, 2024 4 mins

Polaris Dawn's Commander Jared Isaacman during his spacewalk. ©SpaceX Polaris Dawn completes first commercial spacewalk!

Back on September 10th, the Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida, at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time. The mission is utilizing Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience', which was launched atop of a Falcon 9 with its booster, B1083, flying for the fourth time.

Sep 14, 2024 6 mins

SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy vehicle on the launchpad ahead of it's fourth flight. ©SpaceX No, the FAA isn't deliberately barring Starship flights.

SpaceX has decided to go on the offensive against the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Sep 13, 2024 3 mins

Falcon 9 lifting off from Launch Complex 39A carrying Polaris Dawn. ©SpaceX Polaris Dawn blasts off!

After a few weather-related launch scrubs, Polaris Dawn lifted off from Launch Complex 39A atop of Falcon 9 at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time, on September 10th. Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience' separated from Falcon 9 at T+12:16 after being delivered to a 195 by 1200

Sep 10, 2024 5 mins

The Unusual Crew-9 Mission The Unusual Crew-9 Mission

Set to launch no earlier than September 24 atop a Falcon-9 is SpaceX's ninth Commercial Crew Program mission and will become the company's 15th crewed flight when it launches. Every crewed mission is special, but this mission will be a little more interesting than usual. The

Aug 29, 2024 5 mins

Falcon 9 booster B1062 during it's landing failure. ©SpaceX Falcon 9 grounded for the second time in 2024

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has suffered its second anomaly of 2024. In response to this, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the vehicle and is requiring a mishap investigation. This anomaly occurred during the booster landing of the Starlink Group 8-6 mission, with the satellites successfully

Aug 28, 2024 2 mins