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SpaceX

SpaceX, formally Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is an American aerospace company founded in 2002 and headquartered at Starbase, Texas. Wikipedia says it conducts more orbital launches each year than any other provider. Its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets reuse their boosters, its Dragon capsules carry crews and cargo to the International Space Station, and it is testing the fully reusable Starship. Its Starlink constellation provides satellite internet. In 2020 Falcon 9 became the first commercial rocket to carry people to orbit. Videos here cover its launches and landings, Crew-12 and Crew-13, and the Starship flight tests.

What it does
Launch provider, crew and cargo spacecraft
Founded
14 March 2002
Headquarters
Starbase
Founders
Elon Musk
Key vehicles
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon, Starship
Crewed flights
16 in our records, carrying 59 people

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All the private spaceflight companies.

Events

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  1. Starship HLS Update: 49 Milestones and a Simplified Artemis 3 Plan

    Everyday Astronaut

  2. ISS Module Tour: Columbus, Kibo, Destiny and Zvezda in POV

    NASA

  3. ViaSat-3 F3 Falcon Heavy: Weather Stops the First Flight Since 2024

    Everyday Astronaut

  4. Falcon Heavy Launches ViaSat-3 F3 and Lands Both Side Boosters

    Everyday Astronaut

  5. Starship HLS: Why Landing on the Moon Needs 15+ Refueling Launches

    Everyday Astronaut

  6. Starship V3 Flight 12: Pad 2, Raptor 3, Booster 19 and Ship 39

    Everyday Astronaut

  7. Starship Flight 12: Countdown to the First V3 Launch from Pad 2

    Everyday Astronaut

  8. Starship Flight 12: First V3 Launch, Booster Loss and Engine Out

    Everyday Astronaut

  9. Starship Flight 12: Inside the Final Days Before the First V3

    SpaceX

  10. Starship Flight 13 Scrub: Booster Abort at Startup on Pad 2

    Everyday Astronaut

  11. Starship Flight 13: Booster Splashdown and Ship Orbit Insertion

    VideoFromSpace

  12. Starship Flight 13: Pad Abort Cause and 20 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Everyday Astronaut

  13. Starlab Station Tour: Voyager’s Starship-Sized Research Outpost

    Everyday Astronaut

  14. Starship 40 Reaches Christmas Island: Damage and the Trip Home

    Scott Manley

  15. Roman Space Telescope: Hubble-Sized Mirror, 200 Times the View

    Everyday Astronaut

  16. Roman Space Telescope Prelaunch Briefing: Falcon Heavy, Weather

    NASA

  17. Roman Space Telescope Science Briefing Ahead of Launch

    NASA

  18. Falcon Heavy Launches the Roman Space Telescope Toward L2

    Everyday Astronaut

  19. Roman Space Telescope Launches on Falcon Heavy: NASA Briefing

    NASA

  20. Roman Space Telescope Launch on Falcon Heavy From Pad 39A

    NASA

  21. Spacewalk 99: Adenot and Meir Replace Harmony Retroreflector

    NASA

  22. Zhuque-3 Landing, Roman Telescope Launch and SpaceX’s Louisiana Plan

    Scott Manley

  23. Crew-12 Pre-Departure Briefing: Spacewalks, Science and Going Home

    NASA

  24. Starship Ship 40: Towing a Floating Rocket Across the Indian Ocean

    SpaceX

  25. Why Starship V3’s Super Heavy Booster Has Only Three Grid Fins

    Everyday Astronaut

  26. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 V3 Starlink Satellites

    CNET

  27. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Deployed

    Everyday Astronaut

  28. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and Starlink V3 Deployment

    The Space Race

  29. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit, 26 Starlink V3s and an Early Return

    Scott Manley

  30. Crew-13 Prelaunch Briefing: Dragon Valve Repair and a Fast ISS Trip

    NASA

  31. Crew-13 Postlaunch Briefing: Record Dragon Docking Pace to ISS

    NASA

  32. Crew-13 Launch Countdown: Dragon Grace Readies for the ISS

    NASA

  33. Starship Flight 14: Orbit, 26 Starlink V3 Satellites, Early Deorbit

    NASASpaceflight

  34. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

    NASA

  35. Starship Flight 14: Sun Transit, Booster Descent and FTS Blast

    NASASpaceflight

  36. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    NASA

  37. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    NASA

  38. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    NASA

  39. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking Step by Step

    European Space Agency, ESA

  40. Crew-12 Hatch Closure: Dragon Freedom Readies to Leave the ISS

    European Space Agency, ESA

  41. Starship Flight 14 Reaches Orbit and Three Falcons Fly in One Day

    Scott Manley

  42. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Re-Entry & Splashdown

    NASA

  43. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    European Space Agency, ESA

  44. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Dragon With Final Two ISS Solar Arrays

    NASA

  45. CRS-35: Falcon 9 Launches Cargo Dragon With Final IROSA Arrays

    NASASpaceflight

  46. Starlink 15-25: Falcon 9 B1088 Launch and Landing at Vandenberg

    NASASpaceflight

  47. Crew-12 Crew Look Back on 237 Days Aboard the ISS

    NASA

  48. SpaceX CRS-35 Dragon Docks at the ISS Harmony Zenith Port

    NASA

  49. Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Launch and Path to L2

    NASASpaceflight

  50. Bandwagon-5: Falcon 9 Rideshare Launch With Starfall Capsule

    NASASpaceflight

  51. Artemis 3 Update: Rocket Progress, Landers and the 2028 Plan

    NASA

  52. Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

    Scott Manley

  53. Artemis III: Orion Docks With Blue Moon and Starship in Orbit

    The Space Race

  54. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

    Beyond The Space

  55. Starship Flight 14: How V3 Reached Orbit and Deployed 26 Satellites

    Curiously Brief

  56. Starship Flights 1 to 14: How Build-Fly-Fail-Fix Reached Orbit

    Beyond Liftoff

  57. Starship’s 33 Raptor Engines: Four Reasons Behind Super Heavy

    Celebrity Files

  58. How Starship’s Tower Catches Super Heavy: Flight 5 and After

    look what's inside

  59. Artemis 3 Becomes an Earth-Orbit Rehearsal for Moon Landers

    Cosmic Enigma

  60. Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

    Farzad
Play video: Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

Why Starship’s Heat Shield Uses Hexagonal Tiles and Full Reuse

Farzad

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All the videos

  1. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Dragon Freedom Undocking and Departure

    Launch coverageNASA · 45:14

    Mission: Crew-12

  2. Crew-12 Leaves the ISS: Hatch Closure Aboard Dragon Freedom

    Launch coverageNASA · 38:44

    Mission: Crew-12

  3. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

    Launch coverageNASA · 4:32:18

    Mission: SpaceX Crew-13 (2026)

  4. Crew-13 Launch Countdown: Dragon Grace Readies for the ISS

    Launch coverageNASA · 2:23:32

    Mission: Crew-13 (2026)

  5. Crew-12 Farewell: Jessica Meir Hands ISS Command to Dubrov

    Press briefingNASA · 12:07

    Mission: Crew-12

  6. Crew-6 Dragon Endeavour Leaves the ISS After 184 Days in Orbit

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 37:45

    Mission: Crew-6 (2023)

  7. SDA Tranche 0 Launch: Falcon 9’s 13th Flight from Vandenberg

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 24:16

    Mission: Space Development Agency Tranche 0 (second mission) (2023)

  8. Crew-12 Return: Dragon Freedom Splashdown Off Los Angeles

    Launch coverageEuropean Space Agency, ESA · 2:17:40

    Mission: Crew-12

  9. Starship Flight 8: Booster Caught, Then the Ship Loses Engines

    Launch coverageThe Launch Pad · 15:43

    Mission: Starship Flight 8 (2025)

  10. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and Starlink V3 Deployment

    Mission explainerThe Space Race · 14:39

    Mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)

  11. Starship Flight 13: Booster Splashdown and Ship Orbit Insertion

    Launch coverageVideoFromSpace · 9:38

    Mission: Starship Flight 13 (2026)

  12. Starship Flight 14: First Orbit and 26 V3 Starlink Satellites

    Launch coverageCNET · 15:13

    Mission: Starship Flight 14 (2026)

  13. Artemis 3 Update: Rocket Progress, Landers and the 2028 Plan

    Press briefingNASA · 2:05:15

    Mission: Artemis III

  14. Falcon 1 Flight 4: How SpaceX Reached Orbit After Three Failures

    DocumentarySpaceX · 2:32

    Mission: Falcon 1 Flight 4 (2008)

  15. Starship Flight 12: Inside the Final Days Before the First V3

    DocumentarySpaceX · 34:16

    Mission: Starship Flight 12

  17. Starship Flight 1: S24 and Super Heavy B7 Lift Off from Starbase

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 2:11

    Mission: Starship Flight 1 (2023)

  18. Falcon Heavy’s First Flight: Three Cores, 27 Engines, a Roadster

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 34:19

    Mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight

  19. Starship Flight 6: Engine Relight, Aborted Catch, Ship Splashdown

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 2:03

    Mission: Starship Flight 6 (2024)

  20. ORBCOMM-2: Falcon 9’s Return to Flight and First Land Landing

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 45:28

    Mission: ORBCOMM-2 (2015)

  21. Starship Flight 5: Super Heavy Booster Caught on First Attempt

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 3:29

    Mission: Starship Flight 5 (2024)

  22. Starship Flight 10: Launch from Starbase and Objectives Met

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 2:15

    Mission: Starship Flight 10 (2025)

  23. Falcon 9 Orbcomm Launch: 11 Satellites and a First Stage Landing

    Launch coverageSpaceX · 3:38

    Mission: Falcon 9 Orbcomm OG2 Flight 2 (2015)

  24. Falcon Heavy Sends Starman and a Tesla Roadster Around the Sun

    Mission explainerSpaceX · 1:53

    Mission: Falcon Heavy Test Flight

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