SpaceX prioritizes lunar ‘self-growing city’ over Mars project, Musk says
- 09-Feb-2026
Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a “self‑growing city” on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X social media platform, […]
SpaceX insider share sale sets $800 billion valuation amid possible IPO
- 14-Dec-2025
SpaceX is preparing to go public next year and has opened a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800 billion, according to a letter to shareholders sent by the company’s CFO Bret Johnsen and reviewed by Reuters. The Elon Musk-led company’s move towards a public listing, which could rank among the largest […]
WATCH: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites
- 12-Dec-2025
SpaceX marked another milestone in its global broadband expansion with the successful launch of 29 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The flight-proven first-stage booster supporting this mission completed its 16th launch. Its previous missions include Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One […]
NASA, SpaceX launch Sentinel-6B satellite to track Earth’s oceans
- 18-Nov-2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a satellite in collaboration with SpaceX and its partners on Sunday to provide ocean and atmospheric information, enhancing hurricane forecasts, protecting infrastructure, and benefiting commercial activities, such as shipping. The Sentinel-6B, about the size of a full-size pickup truck, lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from […]
How SpaceX’s rocket diplomacy backfired in the Bahamas
- 29-Jul-2025
NASSAU, Bahamas: When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation’s territory, Elon Musk’s company offered a sweetener: complimentary Starlink internet terminals for the country’s defense vessels, according to three people familiar with the matter. The rocket landing deal, unlocking […]
SpaceX Starship rocket explodes
- 19-Jun-2025
SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a test stand at its Brownsville, Texas Starbase while preparing for the tenth […]
Musk called Trump before expressing regret publicly, source says
- 12-Jun-2025
President Donald Trump received a phone call from Elon Musk on Monday before the billionaire expressed regret over some of the posts he made on social media last week, according to a White House source with knowledge of the matter. Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made about Trump as they had […]
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS to reach stranded astronauts
- 16-Mar-2025
UNITED STATES: A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost. The astronauts were shown on live TV embracing and hugging their counterparts in zero gravity on the space station shortly after […]
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean
- 07-Mar-2025
SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft exploded in space on Thursday minutes after lifting off from Texas, prompting the FAA to halt air traffic in parts of Florida, in the second straight failure this year for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. Several videos on social media showed fiery debris streaking through the dusk skies near south Florida […]
SpaceX launches its final mission of year 2024
- 29-Dec-2024
SpaceX commenced its countdown to the New Year with the launch of the first of three rockets scheduled to conclude the year 2024. As reported, a Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 22 satellites from the company, lifted off on Saturday, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch occurred at 8:48 PM from Space Launch […]