Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is taking a significant step in Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield project

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is taking a significant step in Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield project

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, teamed up with Palantir and Anduril, is a top contender to build a key part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, a space-based system designed to counter ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missile threats, as outlined in a January 2025 executive order. The project, projected to cost hundreds of billions, … Read more

SpaceX completed the 27th launch and landing of its Falcon 9 booster B1067

SpaceX completed the 27th launch and landing of its Falcon 9 booster B1067

On April 14, 2025, SpaceX achieved a historic milestone with the 27th launch and landing of its Falcon 9 booster B1067, marking a record for the company’s reusable rocket program. The Starlink 6-73 mission, launched at midnight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, successfully delivered 27 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, enhancing … Read more

SpaceX successfully launched NROL-192 mission

SpaceX successfully launched the NROL-192 mission for the NRO

On April 12, 2025, at 5:25 a.m. PT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully launched the NROL-192 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Targeting Saturday, April 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the @NatReconOfc‘s NROL-192 mission from California → https://t.co/OpmsJSIeLk — … Read more

Fram2 mission brought the total number of crewmembers flown on Dragon to 66

Fram2 mission brought the total number of crewmembers flown on Dragon to 66

The Fram2 mission, launched on March 31, 2025, was SpaceX’s 17th human spaceflight mission, carrying the Framonauts crew aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft “Resilience” into a historic polar orbit around Earth. This mission concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2025, marking a significant achievement: it brought the total number of … Read more

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission, where Framonauts orbited Earth ~55 times, passing over the poles every 46 minutes

SpaceX's Fram2 mission, where Framonauts orbited Earth ~55 times, passing over the poles every 46 minutes

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission has been making headlines as of April 4, 2025, with the framonauts, four astronauts completing approximately 55 orbits around Earth, passing over the poles every 46 minutes. During their time in space, the @framonauts orbited the Earth ~55 times, passing over the poles about every 46 minutes pic.twitter.com/waBvmfd6xL — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April … Read more

SpaceX Fram2 Mission explored polar regions and splashed down off California

SpaceX Fram2 Mission explored polar regions and splashed down off California

 Fram2 mission, launched by SpaceX on March 31, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, achieved a historic milestone as the first Dragon human spaceflight to explore Earth’s polar regions in a polar orbit, culminating in a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on April 4, 2025, at 9:19 a.m. PT. Nearly … Read more

Falcon 9 launched from California and successfully deployed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit

Falcon 9 launched from California and successfully deployed 27 Starlink satellites into orbit

On April 3, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, successfully deploying 27 Starlink satellites into orbit, strengthening SpaceX’s broadband internet network. Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 4E in California, delivering 27 @Starlink satellites to the constellation. This single booster has launched … Read more

Falcon 9 launch of the Fram2 mission successfully lifted off from Florida

Falcon 9 launch of the Fram2 mission successfully lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Falcon 9 launch referring to the Fram2 mission successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 31, 2025, at 9:46 p.m. EDT (0146 UTC on April 1). This mission, conducted by SpaceX, sent a crew of four private astronauts, known as the @framonauts on X, into … Read more

Four astronauts of SpaceX’s Fram2 mission

Four astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is a historic private spaceflight that launched on March 31, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon capsule “Resilience,” marking the first human mission to fly over Earth’s poles in a polar orbit at an altitude of 425-450 kilometers. Liftoff of Fram2 and … Read more