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!

Axiom-3 lifting off from LC-39A atop of a Falcon 9. ©SpaceX SpaceX launches Axiom's third trip to the International Space Station

Axiom Space has begun its Axiom-3 mission bound for the International Space Station on the 18th of January at 21:49 pm Coordinated Universal Time. The mission was launched from Launch Complex 39A, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Jan 19, 2024 6 mins

SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the launchpad. ©SpaceX Starship's third flight aims for near-orbit!

In a SpaceX 'all-hands' meeting posted to X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, the company's CEO and founder, announced the goals for Starship-Super Heavy's next flight! Flight three of Starship-Super Heavy is likely going to be performed with Ship 28 and Super Heavy Booster 10

Jan 13, 2024 4 mins

Falcon Heavy lifting off for USSF-52. ©SpaceX Falcon Heavy lofts US Space Force's X-37B to orbit for the first time

On the morning of the 29th of December 2023 at 01:07 am, in Greenwich Mean Time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch was for the United States Space Force carrying the X-37B spaceplane, the first time launching on

Dec 29, 2023 4 mins

A render of Pallas-1 during first-stage flight. ©Galactic Energy Pallas-1: Just a smaller Falcon 9?

Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. Additional Disclaimer: This article contains the header image within the article in order to host the image in its full resolution as intended by Galactic Energy. With SpaceX proving the ability to lower costs

Dec 28, 2023 7 mins

B1058 returning to port after its final flight. ©@johnkrausphotos Record-setting Falcon 9 booster stumbles into port

Disclaimer: This article is intended to celebrate the record-breaking flight history of B1058. Early in the morning of the 26th of December, in Greenwich Mean Time, SpaceX sadly announced that the record-setting booster B1058 had been lost. In an announcement from SpaceX, the reason for the loss was the following:

Dec 26, 2023 8 mins

SpaceX's Super Heavy booser (left) and the N1 rocket (right). Why SpaceX's Super Heavy booster works where the N1 failed

Disclaimer: This article may contain the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole in some parts of the article. With the recent success of Super Heavy booster 9 during Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test, the conversation around the Soviet N1 rocket has begun

Dec 9, 2023 6 mins

Starship-Super Heavy during first stage flight with Ship 25 and Booster 9. ©SpaceX SpaceX provides post-flight update on Starship's second flight

Recently, SpaceX quietly updated the webpage for Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test clarifying the following information; * All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster started up successfully and, for the first time, completed a full-duration burn during ascent. * Starship executed a successful hot-stage separation, powering down

Nov 21, 2023 4 mins

Starship-Super Heavy during first stage flight with Ship 25 and Booster 9. ©SpaceX SpaceX successfully launches Starship for a second time!

Today, the 18th of November 2023, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle for the second time ever! Starship-Super Heavy launched at the start of its window lifting off at 07:02 am Central Standard Time and continuing powered flight for a little over eight minutes! The Super Heavy booster

Nov 18, 2023 4 mins

Ship 25 being stacked atop of Booster 9 in Starbase, Texas. ©SpaceX Starship to launch as early as Friday!

Very recently, the Federal Aviation Administration granted SpaceX a launch license for its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. This comes almost seven months after the first launch attempt of SpaceX's currently in development fully reusable orbital launch system. The issuing of the launch license also comes a few hours

Nov 15, 2023 3 mins

United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur (left) and SpaceX Falcon Heavy (right). U.S. Space Force awards $2.5 billion to ULA and SpaceX for 21 launches

The United States Space Force recently announced it had assigned the next twenty-one launches of its 'National Security Space Launch' phase two program. The twenty-one launches are assigned as follows; SpaceX received ten missions valued at $1.23 billion dollars, and United Launch Alliance received eleven missions valued

Nov 4, 2023 2 mins

Ship 25 being stacked at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. Elon Musk predicts over a thousand Starship launches per year

In an interview at the 74th International Astronautical Congress hosted by Clay Mowry, President of the International Astronautical Foundation, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Elon Musk was asked about his predictions and thoughts for Starship IFT-2, future Starship development, and Falcon 9 operations. In answering questions about Starship IFT-2 Musk revealed that

Oct 6, 2023 2 mins