SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday reminisced about the first failed launch attempt of the company’s Falcon 1 launch vehicle after the Polaris Dawn crew landed safely back to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon ...

A week spent reviewing data has confirmed that the flight went really well, including the coast and restart. The mood here at SpaceX is just ecstatic! This is the culmination of six years of hard work ...

The Falcon 1 made history on September 28, 2008 by becoming the "first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth ...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has completed the qualification testing program of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine for use in ...

After three failed attempts, one scattering of Scotty’s ashes over the Pacific Ocean, and a few mid-air explosions, the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has finally reached orbit. The achievement marks a major ...

FALCON 1: SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket is tentatively scheduled to make its next attempt at a debut flight from Kwajalein Atoll on Feb. 10 during a seven-hour launch window opening at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) plans the fourth launch attempt of its Falcon 1 rocket during a window running Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. Although Flight 4 was originally to carry a Malaysian Space ...