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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station Monday, delivering astronauts from the U.S. and Japan. The Crew-1 mission was the first fully operational commercial astronaut launch in SpaceX’s history. Astronauts participating in the mission included...

A prototype for SpaceX’s next-generation Starship exploded Friday during a pressure test. SpaceX is currently working to to perfect the rocket that aims to eventually carry humans to Mars. SpaceX has not shared details of what caused the explosion. SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk didn’t...

Launch Date: March 6/7 Launch Window: 0449:29 GMT on 7th (11:49:29 p.m. EST on 6th) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: RTLS Booster Type: B1059.2 Orbit: ISS in LEO Dragon Return - April 7 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 22nd Dragon spacecraft mission on its 20th...

Launch Date: February 17 Launch Window: 10:04 AM EST, 7:04 AM PST, 1504 UTC Launch site: SLC-40 Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1056.4 Fairings: Maybe reused - nothing from SpaceX yet. Mass: 60 satellites at 260 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs) Orbit: LEO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is...

“He does good at rockets, too,” Trump exclaimed. Despite having completely conflicting beliefs and political stances, President Trump gives plenty of praise to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for his “genius” and progress. Some people are quick to say President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon...

Launch Date: January 29 Wednesday Launch Window: 09:06 am EST, 06:06 PST, 1406 UTC Launch site: SLC-40 Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1051.3 Fairings: Maybe reused Mass: 60 satellites at 227 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs) Orbit: LEO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the...

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says the company’s astronaut-transporting Crew Dragon capsule “should be physically ready” at the Cape Canaveral launch site in February. But it will take “a few more months” to complete all safety reviews to authorize the flight. The Demo-2 mission would mark...

Launch Date: January 6 (GMT is 7th) Launch Window: 9:20 p.m. EST Launch site: SLC-40 Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1049.4 Fairings: Maybe reused Mass: 60 satellites at 227 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs) Orbit: LEO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the third batch of...

Launch Date: November 11th Launch Window: 1451-1502 GMT (9:51-10:02 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40 Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1048.4 Fairings: Reused from Arabsat - and Recovery will be attempted by Ms Tree and Ms Chief Mass: 60 satellites at 227 kg each - 15,600 kg (34,500 lbs) Orbit...

Launch Date: Dec 5th Launch Window: 1730 GMT (12:30 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster Type: B1059.1 New Orbit: ISS in LEO Dragon Return - 1/6/2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 21st Dragon spacecraft mission on its 19th operational cargo...

SpaceX shared new details Saturday on its plan to make humans interplanetary. Chief Executive Elon Musk stood in front the the company’s next-generation Starship spacecraft built in Boca Chica, Texas and delivered a more thorough overview of the company’s plans for the rocket program. Musk...

SpaceX wants to buy out residents of a community near its planned rocket launch site in Texas, according to a report from Business Insider. Boca Chica Village is a a small community of mostly elderly in South Texas. SpaceX has reportedly offered a non-negotiable deal to buy homeowners out of...

(EDIT July 22: this launch was first announced as occurring at Vandenburg, then later changed to the Cape) SpaceX's first West Coast Falcon 9 launch in eight months now set for early 2020 Finally, another Vandenburg launch. Sometime in February 2020? Launch Date: August 30 Launch Window: 7:19...

Elon Musk officially has a ride-share business. His rocket company SpaceX introduced Monday the SmallSat Rideshare program, which uses regularly scheduled Falcon 9 missions to carry payloads up to 150 kg for as low as $2.25 million per customer. “Unlike traditional rideshare opportunities, these...

Elon Musk commented last week on the SpaceX-sponsored Hyperloop competition for engineering students, hinting that building tunnels for the technology is one of the trickiest pieces of the puzzle. The 2019 competition was conducted in a mile-long test tube, with teams trying to reach the...

Launch Date: August 6 Launch Window: Approx. 2252 GMT (6:52-8:20 p.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: Expended - due to weight and orbit Booster Type: B1047.3 - Reused Mass: 6500 kg Orbit: GTO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Amos 17 communications satellite...

Bill Whittle has written a 4 part series about living through the Apollo 11 era. It covers everything from the launch of the Redstone Mercury rockets (based on the A4 aka V2 rockets) up to SpaceX's Heavy Falcon. Join this Steely-eyed Missile Man as he walks the Small Steps that lead to that...

The specs on the new version of the Tesla Roadster were hard to believe when the car was debuted – 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds and 620-miles of range? Wow. And if that weren’t enough, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk later announced that a “SpaceX package” is planned, which would add cold air...

Launch Date: July 25, Wednesday Launch Window: 2001 GMT (6:01 p.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: RTLS Booster Type: B1056.2 (CRS-17 booster) Orbit: ISS in LEO Dragon Return - TBD A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 20th Dragon spacecraft mission on its 18th...

Figured this vehicle might benefit from its own thread. Thoughts? More here: SpaceX BFS : Phase 2 - Starship Orbital Prototype(s) - Photos and Updates Chris B - NSF on Twitter

This is the another big one for the Crew program: a crewed flight! Launch Date: May 30 Launch Window: 3:22 pm EDT (12:22pm PDT, 19:22 UTC). Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster Type: B1058.1 Mass: Crew Dragon 12,055 kg Orbit: LEO - ISS Crew: Commander...

Didn’t see a thread about this so thought I would start one. SpaceXNow says this launch is NET May 2019, just two months away! Launch Date: May 23 Launch Window: 0230-0400 GMT on 17th (10:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. on 23rd/24th EST) Launch site: SLC-40 Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - Recovered Booster...

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday, returning to Earth after a successful trip to the International Space Station. All parachute deployments for the Crew Dragon’s atmosphere re-entry went according to plan. A video of the splashdown was shared by the...

Launch Date: May 4th Saturday Launch Window: 0648 GMT (2:48 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY just offshore Booster Type: B1056.1 - New Orbit: ISS in LEO Dragon Return - 6/3/19 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 19th Dragon spacecraft mission on...

Launch Date: Jan 19 2020 Launch Window: 0800 EST Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Booster Recovery: No Chance Booster Type: B1046.4 Mass: 6,350 kg (14,000 lbs) - DM-2 Capsule Orbit: suborbital mission profile - Abort at Max-Q (88 seconds) Apologies if I did not format the thread...

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon space vehicle docked at the International Space Station on Sunday morning. The successful mission brings the U.S. a step closer to using homegrown space shuttles for transporting American astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011. And for...

(taken from SpaceX F9 - 1st 2nd Reuse - SSO-A - SLC-4E ) Grendal said: ↑ The next RTLS, as long as Vandenberg allows it, will likely be the Radarsat constellation in mid-February. Probably also a second or third reuse booster. Click to expand... Still no date announced for this launch as far as...

Launch Date: Feb 21st Launch Window: 0145 GMT on 22nd (8:45 p.m. EST on 21st) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Booster Recovery: ASDS likely. Booster Type: B1047.3 - Reused B5 (2nd time for 3rd launch of a booster) Orbit: GTO (PSN 6) and LTO (Lander) Mass: 4735 kg...

Launch Date: April 11th Launch Window: 7:35-8:35 p.m. EDT, 23:35 UTC to 00:35 UTC Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Side Booster Recovery: RTLS Core Booster Recovery: OCISLY Boosters: All new Block 5, Side Boosters: B1052.1 and B1053.1 Center Core: B1055.1 Mass: 6000 kg Orbit: GEO...

SpaceX will lay off 600 employees, about 10% of its 6,000 workers, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The company responded to Times questions with a statement: “To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based...

SpaceX seem to be building a water tower to Boca Chica launch site: Ohh wait, some support struts: Odd metal rings. Rings start to tapper... That's the godda*mn f**in spaceship! Image (c) bocachicagal NSF

A Wall Street Journal report says SpaceX investors called out Chief Executive Elon Musk about using the space exploration company’s resources for his tunnel digging effort the Boring Company. Musk has been known to leverage assets across his various technology company’s. Musk personally...

Here's a big one! Launch Date: March 1st or 2nd based on Time Zone Launch Window: Saturday, March 2 - 2:48 AM EST, 748 AM UTC Friday, March 1: 11:48 PM PDT Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Booster Recovery: ASDS (due to shallow launch angle) Booster Type: B1051.1 - New Mass: D2...

SpaceX’s rocket previously known as BFR (Big Falcon Rocket) is being renamed “Starship.” The rocket is key to Elon Musk’s Mars-colonizing plans. “Renaming BFR to Starship,” Musk said on Twitter. Musk further explained that Starship is the upper stage of the rocket, while “Super...

The first tunnel at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorn, CA is nearing completion The Boring Company (TBC) currently has several high-speed underground transportation projects in the works. Most are still in the preliminary planning stages. However, a 2-mile test tunnel located beneath SpaceX’s...

SpaceX’s plan to beam broadband internet to earth from a constellation of thousands of satellites crossed a hurdle this week when it won permission from U.S. regulators to launch the spacecraft. This week’s decision included a plan for more than 7,000 satellites, which is in addition to 4,425...

SpaceX is seeking a $500 million loan to support programs including the Starlink internet satellite constellation and the BFR rocket, according to a report from Bloomberg. Goldman Sachs is leading the talks with potential investors, the report said. SpaceX’s valuation has reportedly...

Launch Date: December 23, Sunday Launch Window: 1351 GMT (8:51 a.m. EST) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Booster Recovery: None - Expendable Booster Type: B1054 - Block 5 - New Mass: 3,880 kg (8,553 lb) Orbit: GEO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air...

I will let @Grendal correct my thread title and fill in the launch details. ;)

Launch Date: November 15 Launch Window: 2046-2227 GMT (3:46-5:27 p.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster Type: B1047.2 - Reused from Telstar 19V Mass: 3000 kg Orbit: GTO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Es’hail 2 communications...

Launch Date: December 2nd Launch Window: 1832 GMT (1:32 p.m. EST; 10:32 a.m. PST) Launch site: SLC-4E Vandenberg Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI Booster Type: B1046.3 - Reused Block 5 Mass: TBD Orbit: SSO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with Spaceflight’s SSO-A rideshare mission, a stack of...

SpaceX on Twitter SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle—an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Find out who’s flying and why on Monday, September 17. Click to expand...

New music video featuring Tesla vehicles released today. I have the pleasure of having my car be a part of this video.

NASA announced today nine astronauts assigned to four Commercial Crew flights aboard Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft. SpaceX’s demo mission 2 aboard its Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is targeted to launch in April 2019, will have Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard. The first post-certification...

Launch Date: September 9/10 Launch Window: 0328-0728 GMT on 9th (11:28 p.m.-3:28 a.m. EDT on 9th/10th) Launch site: SLC-40 Booster Recovery: ASDS on OCISLY Booster Type: B1049 - New Block 5 Orbit: GTO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite for...

Launch Date: August 7, Tuesday Launch Window: 0519-0719 GMT (1:19-3:19 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40 Booster Recovery: ASDS on OCISLY Booster Type: B1046.2 - 1st Reused Block 5 Mass: 5800 kg Orbit: GTO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Merah Putih communications satellite for Telkom...

Launch Date: July 25, Wednesday Launch Window: 11:39:26 GMT (7:39:26 a.m. EDT; 4:39:26 a.m. PDT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI Booster Type: B1048 - New Block 5 Orbit: LEO 9600 kg A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 satellites for...

Launch Date: July 22, Sunday Launch Window: 0550-0950 GMT (1:50-5:50 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40 Booster Recovery: ASDS on OCISLY Booster Type: B1047 - Block 5 Orbit: GTO A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite for Telesat. The Telstar 19 VANTAGE...

In its persistent efforts to reduce the cost of spaceflight, SpaceX is getting closer to catching the payload fairings from its rockets for reuse. The company shared photos on Twitter Thursday of a fairing half being carried to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean by a parafoil. SpaceX has yet...

Launch Date: June 29, Friday Launch Window: 5:41 AM EDT (0941 GMT) Launch site: SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Booster Recovery: Very unlikely Booster Type: B1045 - Block 4 - Reused from TESS (Dragon is reused) Orbit: ISS in LEO Dragon Return - August 3rd A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 17th...