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The world's largest rocket launches into a blue sky on SpaceX's Flight 7.

FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion

By Mike Wall published

The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 31, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX rolls out the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles. Photo posted on X on March 29, 2025.

SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates

By Tariq Malik published

Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.

Space Exploration
A giant silver Starship rocket is stacked atop its giant booster atop a seaside launch pad for SpaceX's Flight 5. silver SpaceX Starship rocket as it is hoisted atop its booster.

NASA officially adds SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket to its launch roster

By Tariq Malik published

SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars.

Launches & Spacecraft
The Arctic is captured in this 2010 visualization using data from NASA’s Aqua satellite.

SpaceX's private Fram2 launch over Earth's poles will send astronauts where no one has gone before

By Andrew Jones published

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission is set to launch toward a polar orbit on March 31, which will be a first for human spaceflight. Why has this never been done before?

Missions
The Fram2 mission's SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Watch SpaceX launch historic Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX plans to launch the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (March 31), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX rolls out the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles. Photo posted on X on March 29, 2025.

SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles (photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX has rolled out the rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Fram2 astronaut mission on Monday night (March 31).

Missions
SpaceX’s Fram2 astronauts will attempt to grow mushrooms in microgravity for the first time, as part of an experiment called Mission MushVroom. The project is led by space nutritionist and FOODiQ Global CEO Flávia Fayet-Moore, seen here.

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles will be the 1st to grow mushrooms in space

By Samantha Mathewson published

SpaceX's upcoming Fram2 astronaut mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in microgravity for the first time, as part of an experiment called Mission MushVroom.

Missions
Four humans in white space suits post in front of a white wall with line drawings of a spaceship.

X-rays, mushrooms and more: The science riding on SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission around Earth's poles

By Julian Dossett published

Here's a rundown of the science experiments that SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission will conduct while orbiting Earth's poles.

Missions
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 members stand inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA astronaut Mike Fincke.

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS

By Mike Wall published

Zena Cardman, who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.

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