The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.

The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission, Starlink 11-7, carried a total of 27 satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. The SpaceX rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex-4E at 6:11:40 p.m. ET (2211 GMT).

CALIFORNIA, USA — If you looked up toward the sky in California around 9 p.m., it wasn't a fireball. It wasn't a plane. And it wasn't a meteor. The American Meteor Society said what Californians saw was likely debris from the SpaceX Dragon mission.

Karla Jurvetson, a Democratic mega donor and ex-wife of an Elon Musk confidant and investor, gave more than $500,000 to group organizing anti-Tesla demonstrations

SpaceX has two rockets at two pads set for launch Monday on the Space Coast. First up is a Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites targeting 3:32 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

The latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch may have been visible across Southern California a few minutes before midnight Thursday night.

It's the end of an era. SpaceX's Dragon recovery ship, Megan, has sailed into Port Canaveral for the last time.

SpaceX is positioning itself to win billions in new federal contracts from the Pentagon, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Communications Commission and NASA, Eric writes. The scale of the business is staggering, as is the potential for conflicts of interest.