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The launch system is designed to carry crew and resources to the moon and Mars, along with sending satellites into orbit around the Earth. (Photo: ANI)

SpaceX to launch first commercial Starship mission in 2021

SpaceX is in talks with prospective customers, all telecom companies, for the maiden commercial launch.

30 Jun 2019 8:04 AM IST

The craft blasted off to cheers from onlookers at 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) after a three-hour delay from the original launch time late Monday. (Photo: SpaceX Twitter)

Watch! SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket with 24 satellites

The boosters separated safely as the craft began its six-hour mission to deploy the satellites.

25 Jun 2019 6:13 PM IST

(Photo credit: NASA)

Cruising nebula with nothing but photons to power flight

No engine, no fuel, and no solar panels, but instead harnessing the momentum of packets of light energy aka photons, in...

20 Jun 2019 5:27 PM IST

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

Weather postpones SpaceX launch of supplies to space station

The private firm only had a split second window to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule.

25 July 2019 3:32 PM IST

The craft blasted off to cheers from onlookers at 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) after a three-hour delay from the original launch time late Monday. (Photo: SpaceX Twitter)

SpaceX astronaut mission looking 'increasingly difficult' in 2019

One of the space company's Crew Dragon capsules exploded on a test stand at a Florida Air Force station.

16 July 2019 12:27 PM IST

The prototype, dubbed Starhopper, slowly rose about 500 feet (152m) off its launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, and propelled itself some 650 feet (198m) eastward onto an adjacent landing platform.

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nerves of nearby residents...

The prototype vehicle, resembling a chrome water tower with four landing legs, was originally slated for its test...

28 Aug 2019 9:33 AM IST

July 20, 1969 Photo when astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). - On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon, his teammate Edwin Aldrin joining him around 20 minutes later. (Photo: AFP | File)

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

Astrobotic said Peregrine would be the first American spacecraft to touch down on the moon since Apollo astronauts...

20 Aug 2019 2:44 PM IST

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent suit-up procedures at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

NASA astronauts try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

The purpose of the dry run was to practice all the steps.

12 Aug 2019 7:44 AM IST

Gaganyaan will be smaller in size (3Mx2.70M in diameter) when compared with the Russian Soyuz capsule (7.2Mx2.7M in diameter), Chinese Shenzhou (9.25Mx2.8M in diameter) and NASAs proposed Orion spacecraft (3.3Mx5M).

NASA spacemen try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters.

11 Aug 2019 10:17 AM IST

SpaceX launches Amos-17 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 6, 2019 (Screen grab)

Israel's Amos-17 satellite on way to destination orbit after SpaceX...

The Israeli satellite operator is counting on Amos-17, which was manufactured by Boeing and will provide communication...

8 Aug 2019 12:04 PM IST

The effort is part of SpaceXs mission to lower the cost of space flight by re-using costly, multimillion-dollar components that typically have been discarded into the ocean after each launch. (Photo: Space X Twitter)

SpaceX eyes Florida for launch site for Mars rocket

The Starship rocket is expected to launch up to 24 times a year from SpaceX's current flagship launchpad 39A.

6 Aug 2019 10:48 AM IST

Electric car maker Teslas CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in...

Starship is the top half of Musk's colossal interplanetary rocket system that stands 387 feet tall.

30 Sept 2019 7:45 AM IST