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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a robotic spacecraft to the moon early Thursday, setting up a landing on Feb. 22, which if successful would be the first soft landing on the moon for the United States since the last of the Apollo missions and the first commercial vehicle to touch down on the lunar surface. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:05 a.m. Continue reading →

SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Feb. 15), the third mission in less than 24 hours for the company Continue reading →

Another Elon Musk-led company has moved its home base from Delaware as the tech billionaire continues to criticize the state after a judge there voided his nearly $56 billion payday at Tesla. Moving the incorporation of SpaceX, Musks privately held rocket giant, to Texas will help bolster the Lone Star States standing with business. But it remains unclear whether Tesla itself will be able to make the same journey. Continue reading →

A potentially history-making private moon mission is underway. Odysseus, a robotic lunar lander built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida early this morning (Feb Continue reading →

A pioneering private moon mission is going well so far. The robotic Odysseus moon lander, which was built by Houston company Intuitive Machines, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning (Feb. Continue reading →

The American artist Jeff Koons watched as a SpaceX rocket carrying 125 of his miniature moon sculptures and other cargo departed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the early morning on Thursday. SpaceX estimates that a lunar lander, which was designed by Intuitive Machines and separated from the rocket after takeoff, will reach the moon in about a week if all goes as planned. The lander holds Koonss artwork and NASA equipment including a stereo camera and radio receiver. Continue reading →

Another month, another try at the moon but not on Wednesday. SpaceX announced the postponement on Tuesday night of the scheduled launch of a private robotic lunar lander. The spacecraft, built by Intuitive Machines of Houston, is on top the rocket on the launchpad Continue reading →

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 56 "Starlink" satellites into cloudy skies at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida in June, 2023. It launched 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force base in California Thursday afternoon. Continue reading →

Amazon claims the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional in a new legal document filed on Thursday, according to a report from The New York Times. The e-commerce giant joins the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX in making similar accusations after facing numerous labor complaints from employees. Continue reading →

SpaceX postponed the launch of a private moon lander built by Intuitive Machines late Tuesday (Feb. 13) due to a temperature issue with the spacecraft's liquid methane fuel. The Odysseus moon lander was originally scheduled to launch toward the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the early-morning hours Wednesday (Feb Continue reading →