SpaceX

Weeks after SpaceX fired all the engines to test the Starship launch vehicle, the Elon Musk-led company is ready to conduct the maiden orbital flight of the Super Heavy spacecraft. The Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test is expected to be held next week, confirmed sources. The details were revealed in a planning notice posted by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA,) confirmed the launch date to be April 10.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has secured a deal for roughly $255 million to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, which will study the impacts of dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanet exploration. In 2026, NGRT will be launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The telescope is named after Nancy Grace Roman, Nasa's first chief astronomer, who cleared the path for larger-scale space telescopes. … read-more

Employees at SpaceX have written an open letter to company president Gwynne Shotwell in which they condemn CEO Elon Musk's "harmful" Twitter behavior. Employees are urged to sign the letter by completing a survey or scanning a QR code. It is unknown which employee wrote the letter. According to the staff, his "messaging does not reflect" their objectives and values. They suggest that the organisation "hold all leadership equally accountable… read-more

The US Federal Court Claims that the approval to SpaceX to build the lunar lander, used under the "Artemis" mission to land humans on the moon has been clarified on November 5. As per the report, Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against NASA protesting that the contract was given to Blue Origin and Dynetics. However, the court had given orders against the plea and took a… read-more

After spending three days in space, Four SpaceX tourists safely returned to Earth on September 18, capping off their first orbital mission without the aid of professional astronauts. At 23.06 GMT, SpaceX Dragon-capsule landed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast after its heat shield allowed it to endure descent. "That was a heck of a ride for us, and we're just getting started," Jared Isaacman said after landing.