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The FAA is proposing to fine SpaceX $633,009 for allegedly failing to follow its launch license requirements during two Falcon flights from Florida last year.

The prospective situation may be likened to the competition between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android ecosystems.

SpaceX’s record-setting Polaris Dawn private spaceflight ended with a splashdown early Sept. 15 off the coast of Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico.

The EVA was the highlight of a five-day charter organized and financed by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.

The agency worked in the shadows for decades before being declassified in 1992.

The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.

Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and three crewmates lifted off onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Sept. 10 for the five-day Polaris Dawn mission.

Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.

SpaceX resumed operations of its Falcon 9 launcher, ending a brief pause after a first-stage booster landing mishap on a prior Starlink mission.

Launch of the Crew-9 Freedom Dragon capsule is planned for no earlier than Sept. 24.

Uncertainties about the spacecraft’s thruster performance remain after a failure during the first ISS docking attempt.

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In an Aug. 17 post, X denounced the court order as “censorship.”

SpaceX suffered a mishap with a Falcon 9 first-stage booster during an attempt to land it on a ship following its use during a Starlink launch mission.

SpaceX has reset the launch of the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission for Aug. 28 to troubleshoot a helium leak in a quick-disconnect umbilical on the ground side of the Falcon 9 launch system.

Two NASA astronauts conducting a flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth in February aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

The method is Elon Musk’s modern take on Aristotle’s “First Principles."

In addition to venturing outside the capsule, the Jared Isaacman-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to break the 1966 altitude record.

SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.

The SpaceX charter flight includes depressurizing their Dragon spacecraft to test the company’s first extravehicular activity spacesuits.

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:56 a.m. Pacific time from Space Launch Complex 4E.

The timing for a final decision awaits a NASA Program Control Board session planned for the middle or end of next week.

The company recently completed environmental testing for its Tactical Satellite (TacSat) spacecraft at its facilities in Littleton, Colorado.

SpaceX has announced plans for its sixth commercial private astronaut mission.