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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, are aboard the SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, and are headed to the International Space Station.<br />
(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

SpaceX is barred from launching missions from its Texas base until it makes 63 changes after a recent rocket went haywire

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(From L) Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, wearing SpaceX spacesuits wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-7 mission launch, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on August 26, 2023. The SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch on August 26, 2023, will mark the seventh operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and the eleventh overall crewed orbital flight. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)

SpaceX spent ‘a month or so’ battling one key issue before its latest Crew Dragon launch: Sticky valves in life support

By Loren Grush and Bloomberg

PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Justice Department sues SpaceX, claiming it discouraged refugees and asylum-seekers from applying

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PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Elon Musk wants to avoid another ‘rock tornado’ next time Starship launches. SpaceX just tested a way to prevent it

By Loren Grush and Bloomberg

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – JULY 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the Euclid Space Telescope for the European Space Agency on July 1, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Euclid telescope will explore the evolution of the dark universe. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The commercial space industry, led by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is expected to blast off with 41% growth over the next 5 years

By Loren Grush, Tyler Kendall, and others

Sir Richard Branson speaks after he flew into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the “experience of a lifetime” — and one he hopes will usher in an era of lucrative space tourism at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021. “Congratulations to all our wonderful team at Virgin Galactic for 17 years of hard, hard work to get us this far,” he said during a live feed as the VSS Unity spaceship glided back to Spaceport America in New Mexico.It reached a peak altitude of around 53 miles (85 kilometers) — beyond the boundary of space, according to the United States — allowing the passengers to experience weightlessness and admire the Earth’s curvature.The trip proceeded without drama, and touchdown occurred at around 9:40 am Mountain Time (1540 GMT), about an hour after take-off. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic sends its first paying customers to the edge of space—but years later than initially planned

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The Virgin Orbit “Cosmic Girl” – a modified Boeing Co. 747-400 – sits parked at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) in Long Beach, California on April 4, 2023. – Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell the business, the firm said in a statement Tuesday. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Richard Branson’s space ambitions take a big hit with the bankruptcy and now liquidation of his Virgin Orbit satellite launch business

By Loren Grush and Bloomberg

Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive officer of ispace Inc., speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Shares of Japanese moon lander maker ispace went untraded on a glut of buy orders on their market debut as investors bet on the startup and the country’s space-development efforts. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Japan’s landmark moon mission ends in disappointment after contact is lost following a likely ‘hard landing’

By Nicholas Takahashi, Min Jeong Lee, and others

The crowd cheers at Playalinda Beach in the Canaveral National Seashore, just north of the Kennedy Space Center, during the launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, on Feb. 6, 2018. Playalinda is one of closest public viewing spots to see the launch, about 3 miles from the SpaceX launchpad 39-A. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

SpaceX’s planned mission around the moon has an unusual crew that includes a rapper, snowboarder, and a DJ

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Blue Origin

Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch

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Elon Musk says SpaceX has had ‘promising conversations’ with Apple about iPhone satellite service

By Loren Grush, Mark Gurman, and others

Elon Musk and Mike Sievert

T-Mobile is tapping into Elon Musk’s satellites to provide wireless phone service in remote areas of the U.S.

By Sean O'Kane, Scott Moritz, and others