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SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype conducted a 6.2-mile-high (10 kilometers) test flight from the company's South Texas site on Feb. 3, 2021.

FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash

By Mike Wall published

The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.

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SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype launches on its first high-altitude test flight from Boca Chica, Texas on Dec. 9, 2020.

SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Starship spaceflight system just took a big step on its path to Mars.

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The Starship MK1 assembled at SpaceX's build and launch facility in Texas.

Watch SpaceX test a giant 'Starship' over Texas today [UPDATED]

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX plans to test its enormous Starship prototype over Boca Chica, Texas at some point Tuesday (Dec. 8).

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The Crew Dragon capsule that will deliver Crew-1 to the International Space Station sits on Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in anticipation of the Nov. 14 launch.

Watch SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to the ISS Saturday

By Rafi Letzter published

Watch here as SpaceX launches its first fully crewed mission to the International Space Station (despite mounting pre-launch woes).

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speak with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken prior to a scrubbed launch on May 27, 2020. Hurley and Behnken successfully launched on their next attempt, on May 30, and spent two months at the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Elon Musk says he's tested positive for COVID-19 on eve of NASA astronaut launch

By Meghan Bartels published

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that he has received mixed results from tests meant to diagnose infections of the novel coronavirus.

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NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi will fly on SpaceX's CREW-1 mission.

SpaceX set to launch first fully-crewed ISS mission Saturday

By Rafi Letzter published

We're likely just days away from the first fully-crewed SpaceX launch, after SpaceX fixed engine problems that cropped up in October.

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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk celebrates the successful launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 30, 2020.

The Elysium effect: The coming backlash to the billionaire 'NewSpace' revolution

By Rick Tumlinson published

As entrepreneurs spend billions on space, there is a backlash building that holds their projects as icons of extravagance, even as they may help save the Earth. This is the "Elysium effect."

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Starman sent pictures home before leaving Earth orbit.

'Starman' just zipped past Mars in his rapidly-decaying Tesla Roadster

By Rafi Letzter published

Starman — the dummy riding a Tesla Roadster through space — has made his closest approach ever to Mars since his stunt launch in 2018.

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SpaceX's Starship could launch on its first uncrewed flight to Mars in 2024.

Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years

By Hanneke Weitering published

SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.

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SpaceX's SN6 Starship prototype flies on a 500-foot-high test hop on Sept. 3, 2020.

SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with prototype of Mars-colonizing Starship

By Mike Wall published

The next big leap for SpaceX's Mars-colonizing Starship spacecraft appears to be right around the corner.

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