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NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission will use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
SpaceX has won the contract for NASA's Psyche mission, and it's using the Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the spacecraft and ferry it to its target asteroid. NASA first approved plans to visit Psyche back in 2017 before finalizing them last year.
Watch SpaceX attempt a ‘most challenging’ Falcon Heavy launch at 2:30 AM ET
Last year SpaceX launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, but the company describes tonight's STP-2 mission as one of the "most challenging" launches in its history. It's also the first Falcon Heavy launch to reuse side boosters,...
Solar-powered LightSail spacecraft is ready for its second flight
When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches this summer, it will carry the Planetary Society's Carl Sagan-inspired LightSail 2. You may remember LightSail as a crowdfunded, experimental "solar sail." The unique craft looks something like a giant kit...
SpaceX sues over ‘wrongly awarded’ Air Force rocket contracts
To say that SpaceX was unhappy with losing out on the US Air Force's rocket development contracts would be an understatement. The company has sued the US government under claims that the Air Force "wrongly awarded" contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop...
SpaceX loses Falcon Heavy’s center booster to the sea
SpaceX successfully landed all three of Falcon Heavy's boosters after its most recent launch, but it won't be able to reuse one of them. The company lost the core booster that landed on its drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" to rough seas as it...
After Math: Eat your heart out, Soundgarden
From the first direct images of a black hole and a nearly-successful private moon landing to self-healing exosuits and self-retrieving rockets, read on for the top stories from what's been a stellar week for space science!
Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch and triple booster landing at 8PM
Last year SpaceX finally launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time. While the plan to return all three of its boosters fell just short of success, today the company will try again, and as usual you can watch a live stream of the att...
Falcon Heavy Blasts Tesla Roadster Past Mars Orbit
Elon Musk's SpaceX made history on Wednesday, launching the most powerful rocket humans currently have available. It's also super affordable as SpaceX managed to land two of the three Falcon 9...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Planned for 3:45 pm ET
If you are just tuning in to Elon Musk's biggest thing yet, then you did not miss anything yet. SpaceX had to delay the Falcon Heavy launch to 3:45 pm ET because of upper-level wind shear.The...