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Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or more popularly and informally known as SpaceX, is an American space transport company that operates out of Hawthorne, California.
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The U.
S. investment in commercial space taxis will soon double.NASA issued a solicitation on Tuesday for the next phase of its so-called Commercial Crew Program, aimed at finding an alternative -- or several alternatives -- to flying astronauts to the space station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules.ANALYSIS: NASA Moves Step Closer to Space TaxisIt's not a safety issue, though having only one route to the station is dicey. Since the retirement of the space shuttles last year, Russia has the only transportation system for flying crews to the orbital outpost. ( China , the only other country that has flown people in orbit is not a member of the station partnership.)NASA has invested more than $350 million in a half-dozen companies with the goal of getting a U.S. space transportation system flying in the next five years or so.For the next phase of the program, the agency is looking for at least two partners to flesh out their designs and integrate their spaceships into a full-fledged transport...An unused pad at the nation's West Coast launch complex is being retrofitted to send up the world's most powerful rocket.Private rocket maker Space Exploration Techn...
This week, all eyes will be on one private spaceflight company.California's Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is making final preparations for the launch of...
Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed sp...
The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to allow more time to prepare the vehicle, the spa...
Worrisome cracks in its spacecraft have forced Russia to postpone two manned launches to the International Space Station (ISS), the Interfax news agency reported Fri...
A new rocket built by a Californian company to launch commercial spacecraft on cargo trips is poised atop its Florida launch pad for some final tests.The two-stage F...
SpaceX is renovating an old launch pad at the Vandenberg Air Force Base for the world's most powerful rocket.SpaceX founder Elon Musk will gather with state and loca...
Space may be the final frontier, but Mars should be the next one.At a spaceflight propulsion conference held by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautic...
A rocket built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX performed an engine test Dec. 4, just days ahead of its planned launch to send a new commercial space capsul...
The private spaceflight company SpaceX has officially set Friday as the target date for the launch debut of its new Falcon 9 rocket.The new commercial rocket, design...
Following a few hours delay, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, one of an emerging class of private rockets intended to take the U.S. space program into the 21st century, fin...
Following a few hours delay and an aborted initial attempt, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket -- one of an emerging class of private rockets intended to take the U.S. space p...
NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.A l...
The era of the Space Shuttle is ending. And SpaceX plans to take over.Elon Musk, the millionaire founder of private space company Space Exploration Technologies Corp...
Tesla founder Elon Musk builds spaceships, so it’s perhaps not surprising that his latest car has wings.The Model X battery-powered crossover SUV was revealed on Thu...
The private rocket company SpaceX , fresh off the success of its Falcon 9 rocket debut, has signed the largest single commercial launch contract with satellite compa...
The private spaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has added a new spacecraft to its fleet -- the Dragon space capsule -- that promises to be...
Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually...
Technical issues have forced Space Exploration Technologies to postpone Tuesday's planned launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, which NASA wants for carg...
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