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This is a still frame from the short film "A Trip to the Moon."

Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about

By David Rothery published

It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX rockets

See the evolution of SpaceX rockets in pictures

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Human Spaceflight
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches on its debut mission from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch internet satellite to serve Alaska in 2022

By Mike Wall published

Falcon Heavy is now scheduled to loft Astranis' first commercial communications satellite to orbit next spring, the San Francisco-based company announced Thursday (Sept. 23).

Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the STP-2 mission for the U.S. Department of Defense on June 25, 2019.

NASA picks SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch GOES-U weather satellite

By Mike Wall published

NASA has picked Falcon Heavy to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U), with a planned liftoff in April 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Satellites
NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission to icy Jupiter moon

By Mike Wall published

NASA has picked SpaceX's heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon.

Jupiter
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018.

SpaceX will launch Astrobotic lander to the moon with NASA's ice-sniffing VIPER rover

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA has a launcher for its ice-hunting rover that will land on the moon in 2023.

Moon Rovers
Artist's concept of the Gateway power and propulsion and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) in orbit around the moon.

NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch 1st Gateway station pieces to the moon

By Amy Thompson published

NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon.

Launches & Spacecraft
An artist's impression of NASA's Psyche mission orbiter near the metal-rich asteroid, named Psyche.

NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch Psyche mission to metal asteroid in 2022

By Samantha Mathewson last updated

NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch its Psyche mission to a unique metal asteroid in July 2022.

Asteroid & Comet Missions
An illustration of SpaceX's planned mobile service tower at Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The tower will allow vertical integration of U.S. national security payloads.

SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida's Space Coast by 2023

By Elizabeth Howell published

SpaceX is planning a huge boost to the number of rocket launches from its Florida launch sites in the next few years and build a mobile service tower for rockets.

Missions
Artist's concept of LightSail 2 above Earth.

Bill Nye and Planetary Society Set to Ride a Sunbeam with LightSail 2 Solar Sail

By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated

This Monday (June 24), the nonprofit organization The Planetary Society will launch LightSail 2, the first spacecraft propelled solely by sunlight.

Satellites
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