News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX

• CRS-28 Dragon launches toward International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonJune 5th, 2023

  SpaceX’s autonomous CRS-28 cargo Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station for a delivery of crew supplies and a pair of new solar arrays.

• Axiom-2 crew back on Earth after capsule splashes down in Gulf

  Derek RichardsonMay 31st, 2023

  After nearly 10 days in space, the all-private Axiom-2 astronauts are back on Earth, having splashed down in their Dragon capsule in the water off the coast of Florida.

• Axiom-2 crew reaches International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonMay 22nd, 2023

  The four-person private Axiom-2 mission has docked with the International Space Station to begin an eight-day science mission aboard the outpost.

• ‘Let Freedom fly’: Private Axiom-2 mission launches to ISS

  Derek RichardsonMay 21st, 2023

  SpaceX launches Axiom Space’s second all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station using its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

• Starship Integrated Flight Test: A photo retrospective

  Scott JohnsonMay 20th, 2023

  It's been a month since SpaceX's Starship Integrated Flight Test from Starbase, Texas, and we thought we'd share a few our previously unpublished photos.

• Detector array delivered for Roman Space Telescope

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2023

  NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary instrument is set to receive its Focal Plane System, what NASA calls the "heart" of the observatory.

• Vast could launch 1st private space station in 2025

  Derek RichardsonMay 10th, 2023

  A private space venture called Vast announced its plans to fly a commercial space station as early as two years from now.

• Opinion: Is the Starship flight test a reality check for SpaceX, NASA and Artemis?

  Derek RichardsonApril 22nd, 2023

  By all honest measures, SpaceX’s first integrated flight test of Starship was a success, but it unearthed some serious problems.

• SpaceX’s Starship flies high, then explodes during ascent

  Derek RichardsonApril 20th, 2023

  The first integrated flight test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket failed just minutes into the booster phase of ascent.

• ‘One heck of a ride!’ Crew-5 astronauts, cosmonaut back on Earth

  Derek RichardsonMarch 12th, 2023

  Three astronauts and a cosmonaut returned to Earth in their Crew Dragon spacecraft after spending over five months in orbit aboard the International Space Station.

• Falcon Heavy orbits classified USSF-67 Space Force payload

  Theresa CrossJanuary 15th, 2023

  A classified payload for the United States Space Force, USSF-67, was lofted into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket just after sunset in Florida.

• SpaceX launches private Japanese Hakuto-R Moon lander

  Theresa CrossDecember 11th, 2022

  After a nearly two-week delay, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Japan-based ispace’s small Hakuto-R M1 lunar lander toward the Moon.

• OneWeb satellites launch atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

  Theresa CrossDecember 8th, 2022

  For the first time atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a batch of OneWeb internet satellites were launched into space to help build out the company's broadband constellation.

• Falcon 9 launches CRS-26 Dragon to International Space Station

  Theresa CrossNovember 26th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-26 cargo Dragon mission into orbit to resupply the International Space Station.

• The Orion Crew Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jason Hutt

  Scott JohnsonNovember 21st, 2022

  In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 Space Launch System launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in its design, construction, assembly, and flight. One of those people is Jason Hutt -- NASA's human-rating, systems engineering, and integration lead for the Orion crew module.