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SpaceX cleared to launch U.S. national security satellites
The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that SpaceX is now eligible to compete for launches of U.S. national security satellites, closing a tumultuous chapter in the U.S. rocket industry and ending the Pentagon's sole reliance on United Launch Alliance to haul military payloads into orbit.
SpaceX has ‘aggressive’ schedule leading up to crew flights
Staying true to a corporate philosophy that favors high-visibility flight tests, SpaceX plans to continue wringing out major parts of the company's human-rated Dragon spaceship in a sequence of dramatic flights leading up to the capsule's first crewed mission scheduled for 2017.
SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions
NASA has formally certified SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch all but the space agency's most costly robotic science missions, beginning with a a U.S.-French oceanography satellite set for liftoff from California in July.
ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition
The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch of a next-generation GPS navigation satellite for the first in a series of competitive rocket procurements between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, service officials announced Wednesday.
Brightman steps down from station flight
Soprano and would-be space tourist Sarah Brightman, who was in training for a flight to the International Space Station this fall aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft, will not be chasing her dream aloft after all.
Stricken space freighter re-enters atmosphere
A Russian Progress cargo craft re-entered Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean early Friday after spinning out of control following liftoff April 28 with supplies for the International Space Station.
Photos: SpaceX’s passenger spaceship flies on first test run
It didn't go into space, but SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule fired off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday for a 99-second test flight to demonstrate a crucial safety mechanism that would save astronauts from a catastrophic rocket failure. View photos of the human-rated spacecraft's first flight.
VideoOut-of-control Progress cargo craft to fall back to Earth
A Russian space freighter that failed to deliver supplies to the International Space Station last week is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere as soon as Thursday.
VideoVideo: Dragon test articles flies pad abort profile
A test article of SpaceX's Crew Dragon flew on an arcing minute-and-a-half demonstration flight over Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, launching atop eight 3D-printed rocket thrusters and descending to a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX crew capsule completes dramatic abort test
A rocket-powered prototype of SpaceX's human-rated crew capsule vaulted off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday for a brief mile-high test flight of the spaceship's emergency crew safety system.