With patches of blue sky peeking through a mostly overcast sky, SpaceX launched 27 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage.

SpaceX is a space launch juggernaut. In just two decades, the company has managed to edge out former aerospace heavyweights Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman to gain near-monopoly status over rocket launches in the US;

Before Elon Musk waded into the political arena with the Department of Government Efficiency, becoming a target of Democrats, he was considered an Obama ally.

Maltese cryptocurrency billionaire Wang is funding the Fram2 mission, which also includes Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, Rabea Rogge of Germany and Eric Philips of Australia — all of them spaceflight rookies. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the quartet aboard Resilience from KSC's Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A) on Monday (March 31).

Bringing home the Fram2 crew will involve a Crew Dragon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, marking a first for SpaceX.

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The SpaceX rocket and spacecraft technology company scrubbed its launch of 27 satellites Tuesday from California.

The lawmakers behind the bill promised there would not be an increase in the number of days the beach is closed.