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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.
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