SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft on Monday to see a test NASA performed in 2022 to knock the moonlet off its orbit from an asteroid actually worked.

Hera spacecraft launches over Florida coast Though Hurricane Milton is moving its way toward Florida's western coast, the Hera spacecraft still managed to depart Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The day after losing another Starship during a test launch, SpaceX was back to its normal routine with a Falcon 9 launch from the Space Coast on Wednesday.

The Hera spacecraft, which took flight late Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.

Elon Musk walked back his plan to stop operating SpaceX’s Dragon vehicle, a ship NASA depends on for astronaut and cargo runs to the International Space Station. Earlier, the executive said ...

Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into in September 2022.

Get live updates on the Starship rocket launch from SpaceX's Starbase headquarters in Texas. See what time it launches, where to watch and news on Musk's company.

Liftoff of the ESA/NASA Hera mission is set for Monday, sending a spacecraft on a two year journey to a familiar asteroid system.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket from Texas on Tuesday. Photo: Eric Gay/AP The bumpy ride continued for Elon Musk’s 400-foot-tall rocket and spacecraft.

After launch, an apparent propellant leak entered its suborbital trajectory left Starship spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX has submitted its mishap report into why the second stage from last week ...