News Archive / Tagged: Elon Musk

• Musk gives update on Starship progress, but is light on details

  Cullen DesforgesFebruary 11th, 2022

  For the first time in nearly two years, members of the press convened at SpaceX’s “Starbase” facility in South Texas to hear CEO Elon Musk deliver a highly-anticipated update on the company’s Starship rocket.

• SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offers details on Starship SN11 explosion

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 7th, 2021

  SpaceX Starship SN11 met a fiery demise last week, like the three iterations before it. Recently, Elon Musk tweeted details on why the prototype exploded.

• President Trump delivers remarks after Demo-2 launch

  Michael McCabeJune 6th, 2020

      President Donald J. Trump gave a speech inside of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building after the successful launch of astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

• U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B shuttle returns under cover of night

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 28th, 2019

  MERRITT ISLAND, FL – After a record-breaking 780 days on orbit the United States Air Force’s secretive space plane, the X-37B, touched down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 27, 2019.

• NASA’s IXPE mission marks another win in SpaceX’s contract column

  Patrick AttwellJuly 9th, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX keeps racking up contractual wins. The most recent to be announced was for a NASA mission, one that serves to demonstrate that the company's 74 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy flights - has not gone unnoticed.

• 2nd Falcon Heavy launch rescheduled for Wednesday

  Jason RhianApril 9th, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which had been slated to lift off today, has been rescheduled. The cause of this readjustment to the mission's time table is one all too familiar to launch service providers working on the Space Coast.

• Launch date of 2nd Falcon Heavy flight pushed back

  Jason RhianApril 5th, 2019

  The first flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket with a commercial payload will have to wait a little while longer before lifting off from Kennedy Space Center.

• 1st Starship Hopper test firing could be this week

  Derek RichardsonMarch 18th, 2019

  SpaceX’s Starship Hopper test article recently had a Raptor engine installed in advance of its first test firing, which could come as early as this week.

• Update: Raptor roars on SpaceX’s Texas test stand

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 4th, 2019

  SpaceX’s Raptor engine was briefly fired on a test stand days after company CEO and Founder Elon Musk revealed photos of the engine on Twitter.

• SpaceX’s Starship toppled, severely damaged during overnight storm

  Patrick AttwellJanuary 23rd, 2019

  In the overnight hours of Jan. 22 and 23, SpaceX's Starship Hopper test article was severely damaged by strong winds at the SpaceX South Texas launch facility.

• How tall do you have to be to take SpaceX’s Commercial Crew ‘ride?’

  Jason RhianJanuary 9th, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX has come to be known for its irreverent streak when it comes to its spacecraft and rockets. A recent tweet made by Elon Musk suggests this behavior is likely to continue.

• Musk teases Starship in round of Twitter posts

  Jason RhianDecember 30th, 2018

  Among a deluge of Tesla and The Boring Company tweets, SpaceX's founder, CEO and chief rocket designer Elon Musk teased the latest about the Big Falcon Rocket "Starship."

• A day of scrubs: No flights today for SpaceX, Blue Origin, Arianespace or ULA – UPDATE

  Jason RhianDecember 18th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Today wasn't the most productive for Arianespace, SpaceX, Blue Origin or ULA. Attempts to launch four missions all ended with the rockets and their payloads safe - but on the ground.

• SpaceX set to launch CRS-16 Dragon to ISS

  Michael ColeDecember 1st, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Elon Musk might not be Santa Claus, but the Expedition 57 crew on board the ISS might consider him to be after the CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft arrives.

• Falcon Heavy attracts customers looking to capitalize on rocket’s capabilities

  Curt GodwinOctober 31st, 2018

  The iconic quote attributed to 1989's Field of Dreams can also be applied to SpaceX and their Falcon Heavy rocket as well. While the company has yet to follow-up on the vehicle's maiden flight on February 6, 2018, it seems the success of that mission has attracted customers to the new rocket.