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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket takes off on an Air Force mission on Aug. 8, 2019. SpaceX and ULA will share the job of carrying "national security" cargo for the military going forward, as the Pentagon rushes to retire the Atlas V and its Russian-made rocket engines.

SpaceX wins Pentagon rocket contract to send spy satellites into orbit

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance will share the job of launching the Pentagon's most important military equipment from 2022 to 2026.

Space Exploration
SpaceX founder Elon Musk spoke at the welcoming ceremony for Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken held on Aug. 2, 2020.

'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success

By Meghan Bartels published

Space Exploration
Comet NEOWISE seen in the night sky at Jaufenpass in South Tyrol, Itlay.

SpaceX satellites keep wrecking images of comet NEOWISE

By Rafi Letzter published

The comet NEOWISE is visible in the dawn sky right now, but photographers are facing a new challenge when they try to capture it: the SpaceX fleet of Starlink satellites.

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

Elon Musk 'overcome with emotion' after SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

By Hanneke Weitering published

SpaceX founder Elon Musk was choked up with emotion after his company successfully launched astronauts to space for the first time on Saturday (May 30).

Space Exploration
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch launches two NASA astronauts into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft from Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020.

With SpaceX's first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned

By Mike Wall published

The launch of SpaceX's first crewed mission is a very big deal. Here's why.

Space Exploration
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon stand at Launch Complex 39A on May 27, 2020, during the first launch attempt for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission.

Why would a little storm in the distance shut down historic SpaceX launch?

By Rafi Letzter published

Why should a little storm in the distance shut down a Falcon 9 launch? History, the tricky timing of matching orbits, and complex meteorology.

Space Exploration
The crew access arm swings away from the Demo-2 SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on May 27, 2020. Bad weather nixed a planned liftoff on that day.

SpaceX delays 1st astronaut launch for NASA due to bad weather

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX will have to wait a few days to make history.

Space Exploration
The SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.

Elon Musk and Grimes named their baby in honor of the 'coolest plane ever'

By Mike Wall published

Appropriately enough, the name of Elon Musk's newborn son contains a tribute to pioneering aerospace tech.

Space
A photograph showing SpaceX's first batch of Starlink satellites during launch on May 23, 2019.

SpaceX's Starlink satellites will soon get glare-reducing 'sunshades,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites will soon sport an accessory to tamp down their surprising brightness.

Space Exploration
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch in February 2018.

Elon Musk says he'll have 1,200 ventilators ready to deliver this week

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX and Tesla engineers are set to make a big contribution to the coronavirus fight, just a week after Elon Musk offered to help.

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