SpaceX news
Here we gather what the specialist press publishes about SpaceX: 427 stories collected since July 6, 2026, newest first and always linking to the outlet that published them. The list updates itself as new pieces come in. The recurring topics are Space, Accidents, Industry.
August 5, 2026
On Wednesday, 5 August at 3:49 am ET, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 11-13 mission into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in…
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A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater
At 09:42 Italian time on 5 August 2026, about a month and a half after the previous mission, SpaceX placed three more AST SpaceMobile satellites into orbit, BlueBird 11,…
The first images are expected within a week, experts say. The South Korean orbiter Danuri had the best chance of capturing something in near real time, since it had…
The BlueBird 11-13 mission is the third time SpaceX will fly satellites to orbit supporting AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-device constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force…
Revenue rose sharply year-on-year by 92% to $7.8 billion. However, the company reported a loss of $541 million. A year earlier, the figure had been around $1 billion…
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Today, August 5, 2026 at 21:39, there will be another bright pass of SpaceX's Starlink satellites visible across Italy. Often looking up…
SpaceX revealed a new Nvidia satellite partnership, then Musk pledged an exclusive Nvidia hardware commitment. The post SpaceX and Nvidia team up on Musk’s orbital AI bet appeared first on TESLARATI .
This work expands on tests conducted at the same facility in 2024 and is part of the development of Starship's Human Landing System (HLS), which NASA intends to use to transport…
During its first earnings call since going public, SpaceX officials said today the next Starship test flight, IFT-14, will put operational Starlink Version 3 satellites into orbit. If they get […]
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August 4, 2026
SpaceX plans to notch some big milestones on the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is tentatively scheduled for late August.
SpaceX plans to start deploying upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit on the next flight of its Starship vehicle, scheduled for as soon as the end of the month. The post SpaceX to begin Starship…
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
SpaceX plans to launch three of AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), and you can watch the action live.
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SpaceX has ramped up its purchases of Tesla Megapacks for its xAI data centers.
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If you happen to see “strange lights in a row in the sky,” they're nothing more than SpaceX Starlink satellites. Here's how to spot them with…
SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June.
L3Harris Technologies confirmed a successful deployment for its first perimeter truss reflector onboard the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. SpaceX launched the satellite in late April, the third…
Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the…
NASA and SpaceX are targeting Sept. 12 for the launch of the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which includes Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk embarking on…
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit today (Aug. 4), on the 90th Falcon 9 rocket flight of 2026.
NASA and SpaceX officials, together with the four members of Crew-13, spoke to the media on Aug. 3, providing an update on their preparations for launch.
SpaceX is recovering the intact Ship 40 from the Indian Ocean after its soft landing… The post While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14 appeared first on…
LONG BEACH, Calif. – August 4, 2026 – Positioning his company as a primary challenger to capital-intensive aerospace giants, Rocket Lab USA Inc. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sir Peter […]
The Starlink 17-53 mission is the 90th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 10:05 a.m. PDT (1:05 p.m. EDT / 1705 UTC).
While the impact itself probably won't be visible from Earth, observers may have a chance to spot a plume of debris rising above the lunar surface.
The Moon is in the cross-hairs of a SpaceX rocket stage, slamming into our celestial neighbor on August 5 at roughly 2:35:37.5 AM (US) Eastern Daylight Time. That high-speed impact “may produce…
While SpaceX says there is a “significant” amount of life left in its Crew Dragon fleet, the company has hedged on how long it will continue flying the spacecraft. The post Future of Crew Dragon…
Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did…
With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future. The post NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent…
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