Latest "spaceX" stories

The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25, 2021. NROL-82 supports the NRO’s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force)

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’

Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

The Air Force wants rocket deliveries to anywhere on Earth in under an hour

The service believes reusable commercial rockets like the ones SpaceX is developing could transport cargo all over the world.

By Nathan Strout

20 months ago

Best pics of the week: April 11, 2021

Arctic Gold at Eielson, jungle training at Schofield, F-22s over Mount Fuji, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

22 months ago

Pentagon wants SpaceX delivering cargo around the globe — and a live test could come next year

U.S. Transportation Command wants to launch cargo into space and have it land somewhere else in the world, an hour later.

By Aaron Mehta

2 years ago

Astronauts arrive at space station in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company.

3 years ago

Air Force, SpaceX to test Starlink capabilities in upcoming live-fire demonstration

The April 8 event will be the next iteration of the military’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) exercises, taking place at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The demonstration will test the military's interoperability with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellations.

By Dylan Gresik

3 years ago