Nov 19 SpaceX launches Starship rocket, but abandons attempt to catch booster at launch site By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Minutes after liftoff, mission managers called off catching the first-stage booster for unspecified reasons. Continue reading
Nov 19 Trump and Musk deepen their bond with trip to Texas for Starship rocket launch By Chris Megerian, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The billionaire has been helping shape the new administration and he's positioned in a way that could help his own companies, which have billions of dollars in federal contracts and routinely deal with government regulators. Continue reading
Nov 08 WATCH: Returning SpaceX Crew-8 NASA astronauts discuss their 235-day mission in space By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Three NASA astronauts are speaking at a news conference after spending more than seven months in space aboard the International Space Station. Continue reading
Oct 25 Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Hurricane Milton and Boeing capsule issues By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 2:30 News Wrap: Biden visits Florida again in wake of Hurricane Milton’s destruction In our news wrap Sunday, Biden visited Florida as residents assess the storm damage from Milton and Helene, Harris campaigned in North Carolina and criticized Trump and others for spreading disinformation about federal hurricane relief, Trump said he would use… Continue watching
Oct 13 In engineering feat by SpaceX, mechanical arms catch Starship booster back at its launch pad By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Vance and Walz campaign in battleground states days before VP debate In our news wrap Saturday, vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz campaigned in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, two separate Russian drone attacks in northeastern Ukraine killed nearly a dozen people, and SpaceX launched a mission… Continue watching
Sep 28 WATCH: NASA and SpaceX launch mission to retrieve two astronauts stranded on ISS By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home next February. Continue reading
Sep 15 SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth after completing first private spacewalk By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A tech entrepreneur, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot returned to Earth on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. Continue reading
Sep 12 First private spacewalk pulled off high above Earth By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It was a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the company’s brand new spacesuits on his chartered flight. Continue reading