SpaceX

Nasa scientists announce successful lift-off in first stage of bid to prevent catastrophic asteroid collision

Company confirms authenticity of leaked video showing spacecraft blowing up

Aerospace firm finally launches its most powerful rocket yet after series of setbacks

Elon Musk targets ‘this summer’ for his company’s first astronaut launch

Nasa approves mission but Russian space station operators express concerns ahead of Saturday’s launch

Static fire test moves company one step closer to practice launch next month

Top section of test vehicle collapses as strong winds hit Texas

Elon Musk targets the first manned mission from US soil since the Space Shuttle

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic reaches the edge of space in landmark test

Los Angeles mayor assured residents that the streaks of light were ‘definitely not aliens’

Japanese fashion empire founder and his guests will be first lunar travellers since 1972

The South African entrepreneur is no overnight success story

Former ISS commander claims technology to put humans on red plane has existed since 1960s

Payload includes two Nasa satellites that will track Earth’s water cycle

The aerospace firm has now rescheduled the maiden voyage of the upgraded spacecraft

Jeff Bezos’s start-up may one day transport a small group of passengers to sub-orbit

Elon Musk’s ‘crazy’ plan aims to reduce substantial cost of space travel

Scientists to examine how samples react in low gravity to see if conception could happen in space

Autonomous rovers will stream HD video from lunar surface back to Earth

The vehicle was carrying an unusual payload

World’s most powerful rocket set for launch in Florida today

Billionaire’s latest novelty product has sold out despite warnings from the Home Office and US politicians

Elon Musk plans to send the craft on its maiden voyage ‘in a week or so’

Council members voice concerns over private scheme and proposed route

SpaceX founder says a bespoke internet system may be needed for interplanetary communication

New ‘BFR’ vehicle could also take passengers anywhere on Earth ‘in under an hour’

Billionaire says it was a ‘long road’ before the firm successfully landed a booster