Early on Sunday, SpaceX successfully put a Japanese communications satellite into orbit and, for the sixth time, clinched the landing of the first stage of its flagship rocket.
The Raptor engine will be powered by liquid methane and oxygen, and will be used in the generation of rockets after the Falcon Heavy, colloquially known as the BFR.
Virtual space tourism startup SpaceVR has signed a launch agreement with NanoRacks to send the world’s first virtual reality camera satellite into space in 2017.
The former couple might see each other for the first time at Heard's deposition.
The order, awarded under the space agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program, is the second one granted to SpaceX.
As part of its ambitious plan to establish human colonies on the red planet, SpaceX plans to send its first uncrewed Dragon capsule to Mars as early as 2018.
SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket early Monday after launching its Dragon capsule filled with supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
TeamIndus, the only Indian team in the Google Lunar XPrize, announced a competition Wednesday for students to design a payload that will go to the moon at the end of 2017.
The private space company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, will try to put two satellites in geostationary transfer orbits, one each for Eutelsat and ABS, on Wednesday morning.
Elon Musk’s space transport company has proved once again it can recover a first-stage rocket from a high-orbit satellite launch.
The country test launched its home-grown winged reusable launch vehicle Monday, joining Japan, Russia and Europe in the race.
The Dragon cargo spacecraft carried in it a large amount of scientific data collected aboard the International Space Station.
In another boost to Elon Musk’s space technology ambitions, the Falcon 9 rocket will also put a Japanese satellite in orbit.
A rocket launch set for Friday by entrepreneur Elon Musk's company is said to be more difficult than a successful April 8 landing.
The mission would serve as a test flight for a redesigned Dragon spacecraft.
The Dragon spacecraft is carrying an expandable habitat and mice as part of its cargo.
Bigelow Aerospace developed an inflatable structure that could be useful for missions to Mars.
Elon Musk's spaceflight company has had three successful launches since the June 2015 crash.
The private spaceflight company, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, marked its third successful rocket landing on Saturday.
Saturday's event would be the third time the company is attempting a “soft” landing of its New Shepard rocket after previous successful tests in November and January.
The company, founded in 2000, aims to send its first paying passengers to space as soon as 2018, Bezos said Tuesday.
Private companies are developing an American-made rocket engine for use in 2019.