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APRIL 19, 2021

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has scored a groundbreaking contract to help land two American astronauts on the moon, according to NASA. NASA said Friday that it has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander on the Moon. The contract is worth $2.89

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based rocket developer SpaceX conducted a high-altitude, suborbital flight of its Starship spacecraft on Wednesday, successfully launching the vehicle to high altitudes--but ending with a spectacular explosion of the Starship just as it reached the ground.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is one of three companies which was selected by NASA today to develop lunar landers to land astronauts on the Moon, according to NASA. According to NASA, SpaceX is one of the companies selected to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to reach another milestone in its development of space exploration technology, which is to push the reuse of its rockets even further. According to a SpaceX official, the company is about to relaunch one of its boosters for the third time.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has test fired its new Raptor engines, the new engines which are being developed for the next SpaceX launch vehicle. pic.twitter.com/ChEGbjTGKZ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2019.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , which is developing its own constellation of thousands of satellites to provide Internet service to earth, has been selected to receive $886M from the FCC to deploy high speed broadband to the rural United States. According to the FCC, SpaceX was among 180 companies to receive part of $9.2

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JULY 22, 2019

A German team has won the fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition on Sunday, taking its pod up to 288 mph (463 km/h), as SpaceX continues to push development of technology for the high tech, futuristic transportation technology cooked up by Elon Musk.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Hawthorne, California-based rocket launch, spacecraft, and satellite developer SpaceX , in one of the first large scale deployments of its Starlink satellite constellation, will provide Internet access to Ector County, Texas.

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MARCH 24, 2020

An employee of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , as well as an on-site health care provider at the SpaceX headquarters, have tested positive for COVID-19 , sending a number of employees into quarantine, according to a report from CNBC. Accordnig to CNBC, SpaceX is asking the employees it sent home to remain in quarantine for 14 days.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Hawthorne-based rocket launch and spacecraft developer SpaceX has delayed its next, West Coast launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, from tomorrow--Tuesday--to an indefinite future date. SpaceX had planned a launch of the Iridum 8 mission, carrying the Iridum Next 66-75 satellites on Tuesday morning. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been booked to launch the first, privately funded lunar lander mission, as a secondary payload on an upcoming launch from Cape Canaveral. The lunar lander was developed by SpaceIL, an Israeli non-profit. The lunar lander was developed by SpaceIL, an Israeli non-profit.

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JULY 31, 2019

NASA has selected Hawthorne-based SpaceX , Carlsbad-based Vulcan Wireless , and Canoga Park-based Aerojet Rocketdyne as part of a new program to boost technologies to land humans on the Moon by 2024, the space agency announced on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

SpaceX has successfully launched a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, the Commercial Resupply Services 13 (CRS-13) mission, in the first time the rocket and spacecraft developer has used a previously launched Falcon 9 first stage, as well as previously used Dragon spacecraft for NASA.

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APRIL 7, 2020

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down 300 miles southwest of Long Beach at 2:50pm on Tuesday, after the 20th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft was loaded with more than 4,000 pounds of scientific experiments and cargo. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is reportedly getting set to move some parts of the prototyping of its big, Mars-bound passenger rocket--the Starship (formerly known as the BFR)--to Texas, according to reports on Wednesday.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has just signed a deal to deliver two robot payloads to the moon for a small Japanese company, ispace , ispace said this morning. According to ispace, it has signed a contract with SpaceX for two flights to land two lunar orbiters on the moon. That effort expired in March.

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APRIL 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to launch yet another payload into space for NASA, saying all systems and weather are go for the 6:51 p.m. SpaceX is launching the payload on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Hawthorne-based rocket and space vehicle developer SpaceX is renaming its upcoming, passenger-carrying rocket--the BFR--to "Starship", and will refer to the rocket booster as "Super Heavy", according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk. BFR had officially stood for "Big Falcon Rocket" but had also referred to "Big F**king Rocket".

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX said over the weekend that all of the first stage cores for its Falcon Heavy have completed testing at its rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. SpaceX released a video of the static fire testing, where those rockets are fired while anchored to the ground. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in the midst of raising another $500M in funding, according to the WSJ, in a funding round to help it bring its constellation of Internet satellites to space. According to the report--citing "people familiar with the fundraising"--the new round values SpaceX at $30.5 along with its existing shareholders.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has received a $3M contract from NASA, to go towards some of its work aimed at space exploration on the Moon and Mars, NASA said this week. The award was one of a number of awards given to 14 companies, announced by NASA for its Tipping Point program. NASA awarded the fourteen companies a combined total of $43.2M

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Elon Musk , the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors , says the goal of all of the spacecraft development at SpaceX is to send one million people to Mars by 2050. SpaceX is based in Hawthorne, California, in the Los Angeles area, and Musk spends most of his time in LA. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has released a video of its first, static fire test of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which it conducted last week in McGregor, Texas. First static fire test of a Falcon Heavy center core completed at our McGregor, TX rocket development facility last week. pic.twitter.com/tHUHc1QiKG � SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 9, 2017.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is shifting the first, test flight of its Crew Dragon vehicle to March 2nd, according to NASA, in what will be the first SpaceX test of its vehicle for launching astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX had originally been hoping to launch the first test flight in January.

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MARCH 20, 2017

SpaceX , the Los Angeles-based spacecraft and rocket developer led by Elon Musk, successfully returned a SpaceX Dragon capsule to earth on Sunday, full of 5,400 pounds of cargo from the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon departed the ISS at 5:11 a.m. SpaceX says it is now transporting the Dragon to NASA.

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MAY 14, 2018

Hawhorne-based SpaceX , the rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, successfully launched and landed a brand new rocket design on Friday, while successfully delivering a satellite into orbit for Bangladesh. SpaceX put its new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket into space from Cape Canaveral at 4:14 p.m.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Hawthorne-based commercial rocket development firm SpaceX --which is led by tech mogul Elon Musk--is setting up a commercial spaceport in Texas, after a number of incentives offered by the state to attract the firm. SpaceX also has plans to launch rockets in California, at Vandenberg Air Force Base. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2017

SpaceX , the Los Angeles rocket and spacecraft developer run by Elon Musk, has put another payload into space, in what is the heaviest payload for the Falcon 9 to date. SpaceX's next launch is scheduled for June 1st, with another to follow on June 15th, another in late June, another on June 29th, and three more launches in July.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, is aiming at its first launch of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for February 6th. SpaceX conducted a static firing test on the new rocket design last week. Image: The Falcon Heavy on its launch pad in Florida. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area spacecraft and rocket developer, has delayed today's launch of BulgariaSat-1 to replace a fairing valve, saying that its next launch opportunities for the spacecraft are 6/23 and 6/24. That's the same weekend as SpaceX is scheduled to launch another payload for Iridium, on 6/25.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX is targeting yet another launch of a rocket this week, this time, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX said the EchoStar 105/SES-11 has a two hour launch window opening today, Wednesday, October 11 at 6:53 p.m. EDT (22:53 UTC).

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MARCH 30, 2017

SpaceX , the Los Angeles area rocket and spacecraft developer, is hoping to make history this afternoon, with the (re)launch of a SpaceX Falcon rocket. SpaceX's own webcast of the event starts at 3:27 P.M. The company says it has a two and a half hour launch window, with a backup window on Saturday, April 1st at 6:27 p.m.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has moved the Falcon Heavy , the new, heavy lift capable rocket it is developing, to a launch pad in Florida for the first time, as it gets set for its first test flight to space. A formal launch date has not yet been announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based SpaceX , the space rocket developer led by Elon Musk, has pushed off its launch of the GovSat-1 satellite until tomorrow, January 31st, after an issue with a second stage sensor. SpaceX, which had been aiming at a launch at 4:25 p.m.

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MAY 31, 2018

Hawthorne-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX delayed the SES-12 satellite launch, which had been scheduled for Friday, saying on Thursday that it needed to run additional tests on the Falcon 9's second stage. According to SpaceX, it is now looking at a June 4th launch of the satellite mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Hawthorne-based commercial spacecraft developer SpaceX said Friday that it will be webcasting its test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket, as it prepared for its upcoming launch to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX said it will be conducting a static fire test of the Falcon 9 on Monday, April 30th, at 2:30 P.M.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based space rocket developer SpaceX completed its launch on Sunday, putting ten Iridium satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, just north of Santa Barbara. SpaceX launched the latest Falcon 9 into orbit at 1:26 p.m. PDT, with the rocket's smoke trail visible from as far south as Los Angeles.

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