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Former SpaceX employees sue company, Elon Musk for retaliation, sexual harassment
By Mike Wall published
Eight former SpaceX employees are suing the company and its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
Stoke Space test-fires engine for upcoming fully reusable rocket (photos)
By Brett Tingley published
Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the "most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world."
Virgin Galactic launches VSS Unity space plane on final suborbital spaceflight with crew of 6 (photos, video)
By Meredith Garofalo last updated
Virgin Galactic launched its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.
SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory
By Meredith Garofalo published
During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Building one megarocket a day at its new Starfactory.
'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission
By Samantha Mathewson published
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
SpaceX's Starship 4th flight test looks epic in these stunning photos
By Brett Tingley published
SpaceX conducted the fourth flight test of its Starship megarocket on June 6, putting on quite the show for photographers gathered near its Starbase facility in Texas.
SpaceX targeting June 6 for next launch of Starship megarocket (photos)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX plans to launch its huge Starship rocket on Thursday (June 6), provided it clears the required regulatory hurdles.
Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)
By Brett Tingley published
A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be left over from the reentry of SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.
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