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The eighth and final launch of the USD 3 billion Iridium NEXT project completed delivery of 75 new satellites to orbit. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites

The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base and arced over the Pacific west of Los Angeles.

14 Jan 2019 5:54 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX to lay off 10 percent of workforce

The company said it will part ways with some of its manpower, citing extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.

13 Jan 2019 11:44 AM IST

Musk and engineers from his rocket company, SpaceX, built a small submarine and shipped it to Thailand to help with the rescue. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX to fire 10 per cent employees

The company said it will part ways with some of its manpower, citing extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.

12 Jan 2019 9:43 AM IST

The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet - Hebrew for the biblical phrase in the beginning - soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket. (Photo: AP)

Airbus, OneWeb launch first satellite

The growth in satellites will spur demand for rocket launch services.

28 Feb 2019 7:49 AM IST

Musk and engineers from his rocket company, SpaceX, built a small submarine and shipped it to Thailand to help with the rescue. (Photo: AP)

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

The approval cleared a key hurdle for SpaceX in its quest to help NASA revive America's human spaceflight program.

25 Feb 2019 11:12 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX, Boeing design risks threaten new delays for US space program

There are serious challenges to the current launch schedules for both SpaceX and Boeing.

22 Feb 2019 9:34 AM IST

The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet - Hebrew for the biblical phrase in the beginning - soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket. (Photo: AP)

Israel's first lunar lander launched from SpaceX rocket

Beresheet, about the size of a dishwashing machine, was one of three payloads carried aloft by the Falcon 9.

22 Feb 2019 9:33 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX granted nearly USD 300 million by US Department of Defense

The investment will see SpaceX launch three crucial missions, including the NROL-87, NROL-85, and AFSPC-44 missions.

21 Feb 2019 4:24 PM IST

Elon Musk also said that moving to Mars will one day cost less than USD 500,000 or even below USD 100,000. (Photo: File)

Tickets to Moon and Mars

Elon Musk says return trip to Mars will cost less than USD 100,000.

13 Feb 2019 6:50 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

US: SpaceX no-load test is delayed

NASA has made SpaceX and Boeing responsible for transporting astronauts starting this year.

7 Feb 2019 12:18 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year. (Photo: AFP)

Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast

A SpaceX rocket launched the 16-foot-tall (4.9-meter) capsule from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last Saturday.

9 March 2019 12:32 PM IST

The nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station pad where SpaceX had been launching its Falcon 9 rockets was damaged during a fueling accident in September. The company expects to return the pad to service later this year after repairs.

Musk's SpaceX capsule set to splash down Friday after space station...

A SpaceX rocket had launched the 16-foot-tall capsule from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday morning.

8 March 2019 1:28 PM IST