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Trio back on Earth after charter trip to space station
Three wealthy businessmen have returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked Nasa’s debut as a B&B host.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2022

Space station's first all-private astronaut team arrive at orbiting research platform
Space station's first all-private astronaut team arrive at orbiting research platform
Their arrival came about 21 hours after the four-man team representing Houston-based startup company Axiom Space Inc lifted off on Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Sat, 09 Apr, 2022

SpaceX launches three private visitors to space station for £42m each
SpaceX launches three private visitors to space station for £42m each
SpaceX has launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station for more than a week’s stay, as Nasa joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

SpaceX-Private Flights
Billionaire who flew on SpaceX last year going back into orbit
The tech billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is heading back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk.

Mon, 14 Feb, 2022

SpaceX-Doomed Satellites
SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm
Ground controllers tried to save the compact, flat-panel satellites by putting them into a type of hibernation and flying them in a way to minimise drag

Wed, 09 Feb, 2022

Lyrid meteors
SpaceX rocket launches dozens of internet satellites into orbit
A SpaceX rocket carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California early on Saturday. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base at 4:41am and passed over the Pacific.

Sat, 18 Dec, 2021

SpaceX Launch
SpaceX crew launch moved to next week as astronaut recovers
SpaceX’s next crew flight is off until at least next week, as Nasa debates whether to bring astronauts back from the International Space Station before launching their replacements.

Thu, 04 Nov, 2021

SpaceX Crew Launch
SpaceX delays astronaut flight for Nasa due to rough winds and waves
SpaceX has delayed its next astronaut flight for Nasa until Wednesday because of rough winds and waves hundreds of miles away. Four astronauts were supposed to blast off early Sunday morning on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.

Sat, 30 Oct, 2021

SpaceX Space Junk
SpaceX needs to tame toilet trouble before weekend launch
SpaceX is taming some toilet troubles in its capsules before it launches four more astronauts.

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021

Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown in Atlantic Ocean
Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown in Atlantic Ocean
The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2021

Private Spaceflight Explainer
Tom Cruise gets sneak preview from SpaceX’s first private crew
Tom Cruise got a sneak preview of what it is like to circle the Earth in a SpaceX capsule.

Fri, 17 Sep, 2021

Second bid to land rocket on barge
SpaceX launches first completely civilian-crewed rocket into orbit
SpaceX has sent the first-ever all civilian-crewed rocket into orbit from the Kennedy Space Centre. The company’s first private flight blasted off with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2021

Lyrid meteors
Birthday ice cream arrives by delivery for space station astronaut
"No one’s ever sent me a spaceship for my birthday before"

Mon, 30 Aug, 2021

SpaceX sends ants, avocados and robotic arm to space station
SpaceX sends ants, avocados and robotic arm to space station
A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is rocketing towards the International Space Station. The delivery, due to arrive on Monday, is the company’s 23rd for Nasa in just under a decade.

Sun, 29 Aug, 2021

SpaceX Astronauts Return
WATCH: SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth in rare night splashdown
SpaceX has returned four astronauts from the International Space Station, marking the first US crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 Moon mission.

Sun, 02 May, 2021

SpaceX-Returning Astronauts
SpaceX capsule departs station as four astronauts head home
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late on Saturday, aiming for a rare night time splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight.

Sun, 02 May, 2021

SpaceX Space Station
SpaceX astronauts urge boaters to stay away from splashdown zone
The astronauts flying SpaceX back to Earth this weekend urged boaters to stay safe by staying away from their capsule’s splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2021

SpaceX Crew Launch
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully docks at International Space Station
The rocket and capsule launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida just before 11am UK time on Friday.

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

Two space fans get seats on billionaire’s private flight
Two space fans get seats on billionaire’s private flight
A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight has filled its two remaining seats with a science teacher and a data engineer whose college friend won the spot but gave him the prize.

Tue, 30 Mar, 2021

Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight
Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight
A bone cancer survivor will join a billionaire on SpaceX’s first private spaceflight this autumn. St Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced that Hayley Arceneaux will serve as its ambassador in space.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2021

SpaceX-Starship-Test
Second Starship test flight goes badly for SpaceX
SpaceX’s second full test flight of its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship ended in another fiery crash landing on Tuesday.

Wed, 03 Feb, 2021

SpaceX’s Starship crash-lands after highest test flight
SpaceX’s Starship crash-lands after highest test flight
SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the six-and-a-half minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2020

Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second
Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second
The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2020

Space Station
SpaceX capsules parked side-by-side at ISS for first time
A SpaceX supply ship bringing Christmas goodies has arrived at the International Space Station, parking alongside another Dragon capsule that carried up astronauts three weeks ago.

Mon, 07 Dec, 2020

SpaceX-Crew Launch
SpaceX capsule felt like riding a real dragon, says astronaut
The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew has said that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than Nasa’s shuttles or Russian flights.

Thu, 19 Nov, 2020

SpaceX-Crew Launch
SpaceX capsule successfully reaches International Space Station
SpaceX’s newly-launched capsule with four astronauts arrived on Tuesday at the International Space Station (ISS), their new home until spring.

Tue, 17 Nov, 2020

SpaceX Crew Launch
SpaceX launches crew to International Space Station
SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on the first fully fledged taxi flight for Nasa by a private company.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2020

SpaceX targets Sunday-night launch for space station mission
SpaceX targets Sunday-night launch for space station mission
SpaceX is aiming for a Sunday-night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by Covid-19.

Sun, 15 Nov, 2020

AFS-8/101
SpaceX set to send astronauts into space in its first operational crewed flight
For Nasa, it marks the beginning of using private firms as a “taxi service” to fly its crew to and from the space station

Thu, 12 Nov, 2020

Nasa and SpaceX joint mission
Nasa astronauts tell of first splashdown return in 45 years in SpaceX spacecraft
Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have said they believe SpaceX’s carrier, the Crew Dragon, is “ready to go” on further missions following the first splashdown return in 45 years.

Wed, 05 Aug, 2020

Nasa astronauts are back on Earth after first splashdown return in 45 years
Nasa astronauts are back on Earth after first splashdown return in 45 years
Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are back on Earth after the first splashdown return in 45 years.The pair landed in the ocean, off the coast of Florida, at around 7.48pm UK time on Sunday, after a 19-hour journey from the ...

Mon, 03 Aug, 2020

SpaceX Astronauts Return
Nasa astronauts edging closer to first splashdown return in 45 years
Two Nasa astronauts are on the last leg of their journey home as they prepare to make the first splashdown return to Earth in 45 years. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley left the International Space Station after two months on the orbiting laboratory.

Sun, 02 Aug, 2020

SpaceX Astronauts Return
Nasa astronauts depart ISS en route to first splashdown return in 45 years
Two Nasa astronauts will make the first splashdown return in 45 years after SpaceX’s astronaut carrier the Crew Dragon successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began its journey back to Earth, SpaceX said.

Sun, 02 Aug, 2020

AFS-8/101
Nasa astronauts set for first splashdown return in 45 years
Two Nasa astronauts are getting ready to make the first splashdown return in 45 years. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are set to come back to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday, amid threats of a looming hurricane.

Sat, 01 Aug, 2020

Irish satellite firm has hope for Elon Musk’s SpaceX contract
Irish satellite firm has hope for Elon Musk’s SpaceX contract

Irish company OCE Technology, which helps debug complex software systems and supplies components used in satellites, has secured investment from a key Chinese supplier to help it launch in the US, where it hopes to secure potential deals in the multi-billion industry that includes Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Sat, 08 Sep, 2018

Recycled capsule launched with supplies for International Space Station
Recycled capsule launched with supplies for International Space Station

SpaceX has launched a used supply ship on a used rocket to the International Space Station.

Mon, 02 Apr, 2018

SpaceX launches 10 Iridium satellites from California
SpaceX launches 10 Iridium satellites from California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications has blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Sat, 31 Mar, 2018

A Tesla Roadster is heading to Mars, and we still can't quite believe it
A Tesla Roadster is heading to Mars, and we still can't quite believe it

Who says electric cars don't have range?

Wed, 07 Feb, 2018

Fly me to The Moon - SpaceX to take on tourists next year
Fly me to The Moon - SpaceX to take on tourists next year

SpaceX has said it will fly two people to The Moon next year, a feat not attempted since Nasa's Apollo heyday almost half a century ago.

Tue, 28 Feb, 2017

SpaceX launches rocket from NASA's historic moon pad
SpaceX launches rocket from NASA's historic moon pad

Space exploration company SpaceX has successfully launched a rocket from Nasa's historic moon pad.

Sun, 19 Feb, 2017

SpaceX delay launch from Nasa's historic moon pad after rocket problem
SpaceX delay launch from Nasa's historic moon pad after rocket problem

SpaceX halted the countdown with just 13 seconds remaining.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2017

SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida
SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off from California, marking the company's first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2017

Blast at SpaceX launch site sends clouds of smoke through sky
Blast at SpaceX launch site sends clouds of smoke through sky

An explosion has rocked the SpaceX launch site in Florida.

Thu, 01 Sep, 2016

This SpaceX rocket had a very inauspicious landing
This SpaceX rocket had a very inauspicious landing

A rocket that propelled an ocean-monitoring satellite into space has toppled over while landing on a floating barge after one of its support legs failed to lock.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

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