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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were strapped into Crew Dragon and ready to go prior to the launch scrub on May 27. SpaceX History was put on hold this week, as NASA and SpaceX's first attempt to launch astronauts to the International Space Station was scrubbed Wednesday because of bad weather. Now the second attempt…

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were strapped into Crew Dragon and ready to go prior to the launch scrub on May 27. SpaceX In July 2011, NASA launched the space shuttle Atlantis from Florida to the International Space Station, marking the last time humans lifted off from US soil to travel into orbit.…

This artist's impression shows Crew Dragon docking to the ISS. SpaceX In July 2011, NASA's launched Space Shuttle Atlantis from Florida to the International Space Station, marking the last time humans traveled to orbit from US soil. The long drought should soon be over as Elon Musk's SpaceX gets ready to send two NASA astronauts to the…

This artist's impression shows Crew Dragon docking to the ISS. SpaceX In July 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Florida to the International Space Station, the last time humans traveled to space from US soil. The long drought should soon be over as Elon Musk's SpaceX prepares to send two NASA astronauts to the ISS…

This artist's impression shows Crew Dragon docking to the ISS. SpaceX In July 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Florida to the International Space Station with four astronauts on board. That was the last time humans traveled to space from US soil. The long drought should soon be over as SpaceX prepares to send…

SpaceX assembled the shiny pieces of its planned Starship orbital prototype in late 2019. This wasn't a launch-ready version, but it shows what the spacecraft will likely look like when it's finally ready for testing. SpaceX The development process of Starship, the next-generation space vehicle Elon Musk and SpaceX hope will one day carry humans…

SpaceX wants Starship to take humans off-world some day. SpaceX When you want the details, you turn to a user guide. Potential customers for SpaceX's under-development Starship can now check out a glossy brochure that covers topics like payload volume, acoustics, performance and crew configuration. The Starship Users Guide is live on the SpaceX site. It doesn't…

Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, addressed planet Earth on Saturday night about his latest plans to "extend consciousness beyond Earth" using a towering steel spaceship. Standing between two rockets that represented both the future of SpaceX and its nail-biting past, Musk delivered his talk to more than 100 people from the company's…

Space X is developing a new rocket system called Starship at the southern tip of Texas. After building and launching a 60-foot-tall prototype called Starhopper, SpaceX has constructed a roughly 164-foot version called Starship Mk 1. Final Starships may stand about 40 stories tall and ferry 100 people to Mars at a time. Elon Musk, the…

The business end of the SpaceX Starship hopper prototype. Elon Musk/SpaceX It's a very long way to Mars, but Elon Musk and his SpaceX Starship are moving quick to get there. Or at least to get a little closer to the Red Planet. In August, a single-engine Starship prototype dubbed Starhopper made an impressive but…