Starlink has launched thousands of satellites as part of its plan to improve global internet access. However, this plan could affect the ability to stargaze.

The Starship rocket destroyed was a 16-story-tall prototype for a heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by Elon Musk's private space company.

With NASA's commercial crew program officially under way, SpaceX expects to always have at least one Dragon capsule at the space station.

Ryzhikov, the station's commander, and Kud-Sverchkov spent nearly two hours doing extra leak checks before exiting Russia's Poisk air lock.

SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.

The long-awaited start of regular crew rotations aboard privately owned and operated capsules marked the second time in nearly a decade that astronauts were set to rocket into orbit from the U.S.

Friday's postponement news came after SpaceX chief Elon Musk disclosed he had gotten mixed test results for COVID-19 and was awaiting the outcome of a more definitive test.

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said several more short hops are planned before a test version of Starship aims for a high altitude.

It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first return in the gulf.

U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who launched to the space station in May, are expected to splash down at one of seven landing sites in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean at about 2:48 p.m. ET on Sunday.