May 04 Voters in Texas approve SpaceX rocket launch site as new city of Starbase By Valerie Gonzalez, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. Continue reading
Apr 29 Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Stargazers oppose these fast-growing satellite constellations, saying it spoils their observations. Continue reading
Apr 04 Four space tourists return to Earth after private SpaceX flight over the poles By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was outfitted with a domed window that provided 360-degree views of the polar caps and everything in between. Continue reading
Apr 01 Bitcoin investor buys entire SpaceX flight for ultimate polar adventure By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles. Continue reading
Mar 31 WATCH: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they take some responsibility for Starliner issues in 1st news conference back on Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Both astronauts said they would strap into Starliner again. “Because we're going to rectify all the issues that we encountered. We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work,” Wilmore said, adding he'd go back up “in a… Continue reading
Mar 17 WATCH: NASA astronauts who spent 9 months in space make splashdown in return to Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. Continue reading
Mar 16 NASA’s Williams and Wilmore welcome their newly arrived replacements to space station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: NASA and SpaceX launch SPHEREx observatory telescope, mission to study formation of galaxy By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles. Continue reading
Mar 04 NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are just a few weeks away from returning to Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press During a news conference Tuesday, Wilmore said that while politics is part of life, it did not play into his and Williams' return, moved up a couple weeks thanks to a change in SpaceX capsules. Continue reading
Jan 30 Two stuck NASA astronauts take their first spacewalk together after 8 months aboard the International Space Station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in. Continue reading