FAA orders 'mishap investigation' of SpaceX Starship explosion

The FAA has ordered SpaceX to investigate what caused on of the company's Starships to explode over Turks and Caicos Thursday.

First space tourists return from Polaris Dawn mission
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After five history-making days in space, the Polaris Dawn mission ended Sunday morning with a safe splash down off the Florida coast.

Polaris Dawn live updates: SpaceX launches 4 private astronauts for historic spacewalk mission Tuesday morning

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET carrying four Polaris Dawn mission private astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday morning.

SpaceX grounded by FAA after Falcon 9 topples, burns on landing barge

The FAA has grounded SpaceX after a Falcon 9 booster toppled and burned during landing on a barge. This incident has halted upcoming launches and sparked an urgent investigation into what went wrong.

SpaceX prepares for third Starship test flight from Texas

Space fans have about a week to prepare themselves for the excitement of yet another SpaceX Starship Super Heavy test flight from East Texas.

SpaceX launches 'Odysseus' lunar lander, aiming for historic US moon mission

SpaceX launched Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander on Thursday. The U.S. hasn't returned to the moon's surface in more than 50 years. Here’s when the touchdown attempt is planned.

First human spaceflight of the year has launched
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SpaceX has just carved its way through cloudy skies, sending up a four-man crew on a private mission to the International Space Station. It's the first human space flight of the year.

14-year-old Pleasanton whiz graduates Santa Clara University, gets job at SpaceX

Fourteen-year-old Kairan Quazi of Pleasanton is set to graduate from Santa Clara University and has already secured a full-time job as a software engineer at SpaceX's Starlink division.

Elon Musk's SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of giant Starship

SpaceX had planned to launch the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas but postponed the launch because of a problem with the first-stage booster.

FAA clears SpaceX to launch giant rocket from Texas

The space company said the nearly 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket will be the most powerful rocket ever launched.

Video shows string of white light streaking across sky over Warrenville
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Mike McFadden, of Warrenville, reported a streak of white light shooting across the sky in western suburban DuPage County on Thursday night.

FOX 32 viewer reports strange lights over Chicago
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Shortly before 10 p.m., one FOX 32 viewer reported seeing what appeared to be a long, thin white line streaking across the Chicago sky.