24 Jun 2026
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from California tonight: Watch it live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-105 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Jan. 16, 2026. | Credit: SpaceX
23 Jun 2026
SpaceX raises $25 billion in debt sale less than two weeks after IPO
SpaceX employees go to work at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne on the day of their company's IPO, in Hawthorne, California, June 12, 2026. Mike Blake | Reuters Less than two weeks after its record IPO, SpaceX has raised $25 billion in a debt sale, CNBC has confirmed.
23 Jun 2026
SpaceX plans another June rocket launch. Where to watch in California
SpaceX's Falcon 9 workhorse rocket has gotten off the ground six times so far in June in California. Now, the company is planning yet another Starlink mission.
23 Jun 2026
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’
An artist’s interpretation of SpaceX’s Starfall reentry capsule. Graphic: SpaceX via FAA SpaceX plans to fly a demonstration of a new uncrewed reentry capsule named ‘Starfall’ on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape...
22 Jun 2026
Elon Musk to get a billion shares of SpaceX if he can settle a million humans on Mars
When SpaceX published its S-1 on May 20, investors got what they expected: a landmark filing for a company planning the largest IPO in history. What they may not have been ready for was the compensation structure buried inside it, which reads less like a corporate pay package and more like science fiction.
22 Jun 2026
10 milestones that helped shape SpaceX
10 Milestones That Helped Shape SpaceX Since its founding in 2002, SpaceX has grown from a small startup with ambitious goals into one of the most influential companies in the aerospace industry. Through a combination of reusable rockets, commercial partnerships, and ambitious long-term plans, the company has transformed how governments, businesses, and the public think about spaceflight. From…
22 Jun 2026
Musk's original 2001 Mars plan was almost childishly simple: land a small greenhouse on the red planet to reignite public excitement for space, the seed idea t…
In the autumn of 2001, a 30-year-old Elon Musk sat in a Moscow hotel room with rocket scientist Jim Cantrell and aerospace consultant Mike Griffin, negotiating to buy refurbished Soviet Dnepr intercontinental ballistic missiles. He wanted to bolt a small robotic greenhouse onto the nose of one, fire it to Mars, and broadcast pictures of green shoots growing in red regolith back to Earth. He…
21 Jun 2026
Elon Musk: The man trying to make space cheap
For most of human history, transportation became less expensive when vehicles were reused. Ships crossed oceans thousands of times. Aircraft carried passengers for decades. Even the family car is expected to last for years before being replaced. Yet, for much of the space age, rockets operated according to a very different logic. They were among the most sophisticated and expensive machines ever…
20 Jun 2026
SpaceX Starfall Demo Flies Tuesday: Disk Capsule Bets on Orbital Manufacturing Scale
SpaceX is preparing to fly its first Starfall prototype on Tuesday, June 23, in a low-profile demo that could upend the economics of an entire emerging industry. The disk-shaped reentry capsule — designed to return up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo from orbit — is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 6:43 a.m. ET, with a window that closes at 7:43 a.m. ET. The…
