A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Intuitive Machines' lunar lander spacecraft Athena. The lander is targeted to land in the moon's south polar region.

NASAs Lunar Trailblazer satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Florida, aims to map water on the Mooncrucial for future lunar missions. Built by Lockheed Martin, the dishwasher-sized satellite was deployed as

Mr. Musk’s companies have received at least $38 billion in government support, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. NASA has invested more than $15 billion in SpaceX; Tesla has collected $11 billion in subsidies to bolster the electric car industry.

SpaceX launched a double moon mission today (Feb. 26), sending a private lunar lander and a NASA orbiter to hunt for signs of water on Earth's nearest neighbor.

NASA's PUNCH and SPHEREx missions are scheduled to launch no earlier than Friday (Feb. 28). Here's what each is built to do, and why they could yield some terrific results for astronomers.

NASA has selected SpaceX to launch its NEO Surveyor spacecraft, which will hunt for asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.

NASA showcases progress on Artemis II mission

The crew consists of NASA's Anne McClain (commander) and Nichole Ayers (pilot), JAXA's Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.

Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Gibson is in Florida this week to report on Anne McClain’s and NASA’s SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/return-to-space.

During NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select members of the four-person crew will participate in exercise and medical research aimed at keeping astronauts fit on future long-duration missions.

And the springtime launch schedule looks loaded at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10; United Launch Alliance's USSF-106 national security mission;