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JANUARY 30, 2020

SpaceX is said to be in talks with local government officials about setting up a new rocket factory in the Port of Los Angeles, a location that would give it easy access to the ocean for transporting its next-generation Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicles to its coastal launchpad sites in Florida.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

The demonstration launch of Hawthorne-based SpaceX 's Falcon 9 rocket has been delayed until no earlier than Wednesday, NASA said, due to a crack in the engine nozzle of the rocket's second stage. NASA said that SpaceX is looking at either repairing the crack, or shipping a replacement part from California. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, has scored a license from the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA said Monday. The FAA license was a requirement of the firm's launch of its Dragon capsule, which is being designed as a commercial cargo delivery vehicle for the International Space Station.

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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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JANUARY 24, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX test fired the Falcon Heavy in Florida on Wednesday, in another step forward towards an actual flight of its new design. SpaceX posted a video of the static fire test, which lasted 22 seconds. pic.twitter.com/EZF4JOT8e4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 24, 2018. moon missions in the 1960's.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2014

It looks like Hawthorne-based SpaceX is confident it will keep its headquarters in Hawthorne for quite a long time--despite setting up a commercial launch facility in Texas this week--based on details on the recent sale of the company''s leased headquarters at 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne--to a commercial real estate investment trust.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched a satellite into space for a Canadian company, as part of a demonstration flight Sunday. SpaceX launched CASSIOPE, a small satellite for the Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler. spaceflight flight nasa launch space satellite canada cassiope spacex' PDT Sunday morning. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Tuesday that it is analyzing two small cracks at the end of its 2nd stage, engine nozzle extension, as it decides whether or not it will attempt a launch on Wednesday. SpaceX is the commercial rocket firm backed and headed by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight firm run by Elon Musk, said Thursday that it has completed a design review for a crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX made history in May with its first, successful mission to the International Space Station, and is now hoping to move towards flying astronauts to space.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the firm which is developing commercial space launch rockets, said Friday that it has successfully demonstrated a component on the NASA STS-127 shuttle mission. SpaceX's contract with NASA calls for the firm to carry cargo to the ISS in 12 flights between 2010 and 2015. 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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MAY 10, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is in the final phases of launch for a new rocket design, the Falcon 9 Block 5, targeted at 4:12 EDT today in Florida. SpaceX's new design is intended to be re-used without any extensive refurbishment, and only an inspection, and--with some replacements of components--launch into space hundreds of times.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hawthorne-based space launch provider SpaceX , led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has just been given permission to launch a massive, 7,518 satellites into space, designed to provide saturated broadband communications across the globe.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

A report in the Wall Street Journal this morning says that the highly secret rocket mission launched by Los Angeles-based SpaceX on Sunday was presumed to be a total loss, and failed to reach orbit. For its part, SpaceX told the WSJ that its launch was "nominal". For its part, SpaceX told the WSJ that its launch was "nominal".

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JULY 8, 2016

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is opening up a new office in Orange County, in what looks to be an attempt to tap into the area's deep depth of technical talent. Orange County has a large pool of engineers with similar design experience, drawn from such giants as Broadcom and others in the semiconductor industry. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of SpaceX , has released artist's renditions of the upcoming "BFR" rocket, which the company is designing to take astronauts and passengers to space. SpaceX is set to announced the name of a passenger that has paid for a trip around the moon later today.

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JULY 1, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Elon Musk , the founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based SpaceX , has released the first photo of a SpaceX designed spacesuit. SpaceX has been working with NASA on launching astronauts into space on its Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon spacecraft.

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MAY 10, 2012

Hawthorne-based SpaceX and a firm working on developing its own, orbiting space station designs said Thursday they that have partnered to carry passengers to private space stations on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The firms did not give any timelines on when such space stations and launches might occur. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of SpaceX, has posted another photo of the company's new spacesuit design, this time against the company's Dragon Crew capsule. SpaceX has been working towards launching astronauts into space on its Falcon 9 rockets. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2018

The SpaceX rocket which is being used in this week's satellite launch is specifically designed for manned flight--and for sending astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX mentioned the rocket being used in the flight is a Falcon 9 Block 5, which is designed specifically for re-use and ease of parts replacement.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

SpaceX has demonstrated speeds of 220mph (355 km/h) using its "pusher pod", according to Elon Musk, just days after students in the Hyperloop Pod Competition took one of their own pods up to a record of 201 mph earlier this week. SpaceX has recently branched into the Hyperloop area. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2021

Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX-designed capsule on May 2.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has unveiled the name of the person who has booked an around the Moon trip on its BFR rocket on Monday evening, saying that it's Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa. SpaceX did not say how much Yusaka Maezawa will pay for the trip. READ MORE>>.

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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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APRIL 9, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is not to blame for the reported failure of the super-secret "Zuma" government payload, according to a report today from the WSJ. SpaceX sent the super secret payload into space in January from Florida. It's unclear what happened to Zuma, and it's unclear what U.S.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX scrubbed its plans for a launch of another 57 Starlink communications satellites on Friday, saying its team needed additional time for pre-launch checkouts. SpaceX has another launch--a military GPS satellite--scheduled for Tuesday, also from Florida. Image: photo of a prior Starlink mission). READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed on Thursday that its Crew Dragon capsule, designed to carry astronauts into space, was destroyed in the accident last month during testing. NASA and SpaceX haven't provided details on what that failure were, only saying it saw an "anomaly" during the testing of the Crew Dragon. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Musks''s Hyperloop design revolves around an elevated tube and solar-powered pods which are based on a round, induction motor similar to the one in Tesla''s Motel S, rolled flat, which will power the pods through a high speed tune for their 350 mile journey.

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MAY 24, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully delivered 60, Starlink communications satellites into orbit last night, the first of what is planned to be thousands of low earth orbit satellites designed to provide Internet communications anywhere in the world. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

A fire broke out this morning at a SpaceX facility in Florida, where SpaceX is working on its "Starship", reportedly causing around $650,000 in damage. Other details on the fire have not yet been provided by SpaceX. The Starship is ultimately designed to carry people to Mars. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has moved one step closer to launching its first Crew Dragon into space, saying on Thursday that it has completed a "static firing" test for a planned February launch. SpaceX is hoping to prove out the design for NASA for its own space capsule, to deliver U.S. READ MORE>>.

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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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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. The BFR (now Starship) is designed to send up to 100 people into space at once, and is 347 feet long.

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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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APRIL 22, 2019

The SpaceX Crew Dragon , the spacecraft being designed by Hawthorne-based SpaceX to deliver astronauts into orbit, suffered what appears to be a major issue in testing on Saturday during an engine test--sending smoke billowing from its test location which was visible from miles away. The testing was done at Cape Canaveral.

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