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Elon Musk plans to develop SpaceX’s first smartphone

SpaceX is expected to expand Starlink’s operations into new markets, including direct-to-cellular phone connectivity and space monitoring services.

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SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2023.

What to know about Elon Musk's merger of SpaceX with his AI company - explainer

SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI aims to consolidate AI and space technologies and strengthen its position ahead of a potential IPO.

SpaceX acquires xAI as IPO Nears

 The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites is seen over Sebastian Inlet after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 26, 2025.

SpaceX acquires xAI for $250 billions, positioning itself for potential IPO worth $1.5 trillion


SpaceX Starship rocket prototype achieves first safe landing

The feat marked a key milestone for the private rocket company of billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk in its development of a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

Four astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule

Their return marked the end of the first crew rotation mission to the station by the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, carrying four astronauts, approaches the International Space Station orbiting the Earth

Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour

The Endeavour capsule, also making its second flight, was launched into space on Friday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

NASA-SpaceX set to launch next 4-member crew to ISS

The helmeted astronauts, dressed in their custom white flight suits and black boots, walked out of the space center's operations building a little over three hours prior to launch time, waving to onlookers and bidding goodbye to loved ones.

ESA, NASA and JAXA astronauts arrive for the boarding of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule, in Cape Canaveral

Israeli innovation will allow oxygen to be produced from Moon's surface

"The technology we've developed is part of a value chain that will allow permanent bases to be established outside the limits of planet earth."

A simulation of HELIOS' induction furnace shows sand from the moon burning at 1,600 degree's Celsius.

'NASA rules,' Musk says as SpaceX wins $2.9 billion moon lander contract

"If they hit their milestones, we have a shot at 2024," Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said during the announcement.

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

SpaceX wins NASA contract to build spacecraft to fly to moon

The mission will be the first by the US space agency since its Apollo mission, the report said.

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

SpaceX Starship SN11 fails to land safely after test launch in Texas

The webcast view was obscured by fog, making it difficult to see the vehicle's landing. Debris from the spacecraft was found scattered five miles (eight km) away from its landing site.

SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas

SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up

For Musk, the billionaire SpaceX founder who also heads the electric carmaker Tesla Inc, the outcome was mixed news.

SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas

As a child, she beat bone cancer. Now she's headed into space

Arceneaux relates how she spent a difficult yet meaningful year in hospital undergoing chemotherapy, and then surgery that replaced part of her femur with a prosthesis.

Physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux poses