NASA has selected SpaceX to build a lander to take humans to the moon
16 April 2021
SpaceX has been awarded a $2.9 billion contract to build the lunar lander that will take astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of NASA's Artemis programme
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Elon Musk's SpaceX may have been one explosion away from going bust
17 March 2021
The compelling story of how Elon Musk's relentless quest to get humans to Mars helped SpaceX succeed against the odds makes great reading in Eric Berger's book, Liftoff
Space junk foils astronomers observing oldest galaxy in the universe
3 March 2021
A flash of light in the night sky, thought to have been a burst from a galaxy in the early universe, may actually have been nothing more than a glint from a piece of junk in Earth orbit
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft made its highest flight yet then exploded
10 December 2020
The latest prototype of Starship, the spacecraft that SpaceX plans to use to bring astronauts to the moon, made its highest test flight ever on 9 December – and then exploded
SpaceX is about to send four astronauts to the ISS for six-month stay
12 November 2020
A few months after SpaceX first sent astronauts into space, the company is now fully certified and will shuttle three NASA astronauts and one from JAXA to the International Space Station on 15 November
SpaceX says tests show Starlink satellites deliver high-speed internet
3 September 2020
SpaceX is testing the use of space lasers to transfer data between its Starlink satellites, which the firm says can provide internet connections fast enough for HD streaming
SpaceX’s prototype Mars rocket has flown for the first time
5 August 2020
A prototype of Starship, the rocket SpaceX intends to use to bring explorers to the moon and Mars, has hopped 150 metres into the air in its first flight
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule makes splashdown with NASA astronauts
3 August 2020
The first astronauts to launch to the International Space Station on a commercial spacecraft have now returned, splashing down into the sea off the coast of Florida
We can learn from ingenuity of space travel to solve problems on Earth
3 June 2020
Endeavours such as space travel show what humanity can do when we pull together to achieve something big – an approach we must emulate if we want to fix the more worldly problems we face
NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts into new era of private spaceflight
30 May 2020
On 30 May, SpaceX and NASA pulled off a historic launch – the first private spacecraft to take astronauts into orbit, and the first crewed launch from US soil in 9 years
