SpaceX

La misión Europa Clipper despegó en un cohete Falcon Heavy de Space X y viajará casi seis años para llegar al planeta.

By Kenneth Chang

La compañía completó con éxito un vuelo de prueba del cohete más potente construido hasta ahora. Algunos residentes de Texas cercanos al lugar experimentaron temblores cuando el propulsor fue atrapado por brazos mecánicos.

By Kenneth Chang and Eric Lipton

Plus, SpaceX makes a tricky “catch.”

By Tracy Mumford, Jennifer Medina, Megha Rajagopalan, Robert Jimison and Jessica Metzger

The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.

By Kenneth Chang

SpaceX launched and returned a large rocket booster to its Texas site, catching it with mechanical arms in its first-ever “chopsticks” landing.

By McKinnon de Kuyper

The company completed a successful test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built. Some residents near the Texas site experienced shaking as the landing vehicle was caught by mechanical arms.

By Kenneth Chang and Eric Lipton

The agency said the company had agreed to study the environmental impact of its launches in South Texas and ways to mitigate harm to wildlife.

By Eric Lipton

A commission denied a request to increase the number of rocket launches on the state’s central coast, citing environmental concerns.

By Orlando Mayorquín

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will investigate an asteroid that NASA deliberately struck with another spacecraft in a previous test of humanity’s planetary defense readiness.

By The Associated Press

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

By Katrina Miller