SpaceDev have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to pursue the potential of launching people and cargo in SpaceDev’s Dream Chaser vehicle atop of the Atlas V.
Under a MOU recently finalized by the two companies, SpaceDev will work with ULA to explore the technical requirements for commercial launch [...]

The launch of Bigelow Aerospace’s Genesis II has suffered a delay of at least 60 days, according to a statement released by its founder, Robert Bigelow.
The hit to the schedule of the second revolutionary spacecraft, which is an upgraded version of Genesis I – which was successfully launched via a Russian RS-20 Voyevoda [...]

More details about Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipTwo – VSS Enterprise – have been revealed to the public on Thursday, during a press briefing in New York City.
The new ship is 60 feet in length – twice that of its predecessor SpaceShipOne – carrying six paying space tourists to 360,000 feet above the Earth.

Lockheed Martin and Bigelow Aerospace have entered into a deal to move towards the use of the Atlas V for private manned space flight, NASASpaceFlight.com has exclusively learned.
A formal agreement between the two companies to study Atlas V feasibility for space tourism – including up to 16 launches a year – will be [...]

NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services or COTS contracts have been awared to SpaceX and RP Kistler.
The six finalists, Andrews Space, Rocketplane Kistler, Space Dev, Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX, SPACEHAB and Transformational Space Corporation were all in the running for the deal that may also include future manned access to the ISS.

Elon Musk, CEO of The Space Exploration Company – commonly known as SpaceX – has given his thoughts on the rocket business.
Musk details how SpaceX is on-track to be cash flow positive this year, contrasts the Falcon 1 with Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus launch vehicle, and talks about how SpaceX handles range fees, load [...]

Lockheed Martin and the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) are hoping they will benefit from the awarding of contracts from NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services or COTS, with the results forthcoming next week.
LM and MAF are associated with three of the six finalists, who await the August 17 announcement on who will benefit from [...]

Elon Musk, CEO of The Space Exploration Company – commonly known as SpaceX – has spoken about the improvements necessary at his Pacific island launch site in the US Army’s Kwajalein test range to support the Falcon 9, progress on the vehicle’s development, and work on the next generation of Merlin 1 engines.
The [...]

Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies – commonly known as SpaceX – gave NASASpaceflight.com an exclusive interview, in which he reflects on the findings of the joint DARPA and SpaceX board which investigated the Falcon 1 maiden launch failure.
In part one of a three part series, Musk talks about the probable cause [...]

A Russian RS-20 Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missile, known as a Dnepr rocket has successfully launched the first piece of the Bigelow puzzle, which could lead to the first “space hotel”.
Genesis I, the world’s first inflatable spacecraft, was carried into its 320 mile orbit on top of the converted Cold War-era ICBM [...]

The official US Government joint investigation into the Falcon 1 launch failure in March will be completed in approximately two weeks, SpaceX reports.
The findings of the “DARPA/SpaceX Return to Flight Board” will be made public after the senior DARPA leadership has been briefed, stated Elon Musk yesterday in his first official update since [...]

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Second Amended Complaint is dismissed with prejudice, that judgement is entered in favor of defendants, that the matter is closed.”
With those words on Thursday, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the US District Court of Central California closed the SpaceX vs. Boeing and Lockheed anti-trust lawsuit, [...]

(Revised following new info:) SpaceX is continuing to look forward with hopes of another launch within six months, a Malaysian payload scheduled for early next year, and the Falcon 9 and Merlin 1C in continued development.
The loss of the maiden Falcon 1 launch on Friday may complicate both the legal and logistical picture, [...]

SpaceX’s Falcon 1 has been lost, just seconds after its debut launch today.
Moments after launching from its launch pad at the Kwajalein Atoll, the vehicle was seen spinning out of control, before communication and its downlink was lost. SpaceX have confirmed the rocket was destroyed.
We have a video of [...]

SpaceX anticipates a maiden launch attempt of their Falcon 1 rocket will now take place on Friday, March 24th, at 1pm California time (21:00 GMT), with an extra day being required to review data gained from two static fire tests.
“No major issues were discovered following the static fire,” said SpaceX founder and CEO [...]

SpaceX will be attempting another launch next week during a window running from March 20th to 25th, with a flight readiness test today.
The anti-trust lawsuit between the company and Boeing and Lockheed Martin has been re-opened, and the President and General Manager of Sea Launch, Jim Maser, will become the new SpaceX President [...]

A US District Court this week has dismissed all anti-trust claims brought by SpaceX against Boeing and Lockheed-Martin.
The court concluded that SpaceX “is not yet ready to compete with the Defendants in the EELV market. Because it lacks such readiness, its speculative claims regarding future harm are not ripe.”

SpaceX has announced a further postponement of the launch of their Falcon 1 rocket for roughly two to four weeks.
The launch had been expected Friday, but SpaceX postponed it after analyzing data from a wet rehearsal and attempted live-fire engine test on Thursday.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk reported that the [...]

SpaceX founder Elon Musk and VP of Development Operations Chris Thompson have answered questions submitted by NasaSpaceFlight readers.
In the full Q&A text below, Elon Musk reveals initial launch site plans for the Falcon 9, how the STS External Tank effected Falcon material selection, mission control with a crew of six, a redesigned Merlin [...]