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Q&A with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (members only)
Speaking with Spaceflight Now on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress this week, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine offered his assessment on the status of a budget battle to secure funding for the agency's Artemis program, which seeks to achieve the next human landing on the moon by the end of 2024.
Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX to launch commercial lunar lander
Intuitive Machines confirmed plans Wednesday to launch a commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast in 2021 on a mission to deliver multiple payloads to the moon, including up to five science instruments for NASA.
Photos: SpaceX’s first full-size Starship prototype
SpaceX's first full-size stainless steel Starship test vehicle stands some 164 feet tall and measures wider than the cabin of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. If Elon Musk has his way, it will fly to an altitude of 65,000 feet before the end of the year.
Elon Musk wants to move fast with SpaceX’s Starship
Standing in front of a shiny full-scale prototype of SpaceX's Starship vehicle in South Texas, Elon Musk said Saturday night he wants the company's gigantic next-generation rocket to fly into orbit within six months, a bold schedule that he acknowledged requires "exponential" improvements in design and manufacturing.
NASA announces funding for moon and Mars mission tech
NASA announced agreements worth a combined $43.2 million with 14 commercial partners Friday -- including Blue Origin and SpaceX -- to fund experiments in propellant and power generation, in-space refueling, efficient propulsion systems, and lunar rover technology.
VideoElon Musk to provide update on SpaceX’s Starship this weekend
In the last few months, teams of SpaceX engineers working on the flat coastal plains of South Texas and in a nondescript industrial yard on Florida's Space Coast have been building two futuristic-looking stainless steel rockets -- or Starships -- prototypes for a reusable vehicle the company claims could one day ferry people to Mars.
Launch of South Korean lunar orbiter delayed to 2022
The launch of South Korea's first moon orbiter has been delayed from December 2020 until July 2022 after the mission encountered technical issues during development, officials recently announced.
Spaceport survey finds little damage from Hurricane Dorian
Launch facilities at Cape Canaveral were spared any significant damage as Hurricane Dorian churned northward off Florida's east coast earlier this week, and employees at the spaceport resumed their normal work Friday.
SpaceX launches Starship “hopper” on dramatic test flight
SpaceX launched its sub-scale Starship "hopper" spacecraft on a brief unpiloted up-and-down test flight at the company's Boca Chica, Texas, test facility Tuesday, a dramatic demonstration of rocket technology intended to pave the way to a new, more powerful heavy lift booster and, eventually, crew-carrying interplanetary spacecraft.
SpaceX aborts Starhopper test flight, could try again Tuesday
SpaceX aborted an attempted flight Monday of the company's Starhopper test rocket, a prototype for the company's next-generation Starship vehicle. The hop test was to fly to a height of around 500 feet (150 meters) over SpaceX's launch site at Boca Chica, Texas.