SpaceX comes as the Pentagon increasingly sees space as a contested domain.

SpaceX launched a mission for US military, marking its fifth successful mission of 2017.

Both Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk have space missions planned for next year.

SpaceX is gearing up to launch its first recycled rocket.

WATCH: SpaceX launched from the historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre and safely returned.

Companies are heading to court in a battle for a contract to repair satellites with space robots.

SpaceX is completing "the final steps necessary to safely and reliably return to flight".

Should we go to Mars? A new docu-drama makes a "mind-blowing" case to answer with a yes, writes Calum Henderson.

Here's why President Obama may have selected the wrong planet for an expedition.

The much-anticipated speech comes a few weeks after one of SpaceX's rockets blew up, leaving questions about the the future of the company.

The New Glenn rocket is named for John Glenn, the first American to reach orbit. It should be ready to fly by the end of the decade.

As investigation continues, Musk asks the public for help in figuring out what caused his rocket to ignite.

NASA has paid Russia US$3.4 billion over the past decade to fly its astronauts to space -- a number that could grow.

Alien hunters have developed their own theory of what caused SpaceX Falcon 9 to explode.

Elon Musk portrays himself as a visionary on a mission to rescue humankind from global warming with solar technology.

SpaceX plans to relaunch a used Falcon 9 booster, the first time the company will refly a recovered rocket stage.

The number of operational satellites has jumped 40 percent in the past five years, with nearly 1,400 now orbit the Earth.

Billionaire Elon Musk believes we're probably characters in a video game played by advanced civilisations.

Despite a perfect record of successful spaceflights, ULA chief Tory Bruno is under pressure to compete with SpaceX.

Billionaire Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley are making another attempt to end their second marriage.

Falcon 9 rocket come close - but not close enough - to making the first sea landing of a booster rocket.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 booster had a "hard landing" and broke a landing leg on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.

SpaceX is heading back into orbit today - with an ambitious attempt to land its reusable rocket on land.

Elon Musk is a notorious workaholic. As the head of SpaceX and Tesla has long made clear, he doesn't really need much vacation.

Amy Wilkinson spent five years interviewing 200 leading entrepreneurs whose companies each generate $100m annually.

SpaceX boss Elon Musk says a recent explosion was the company's first failure in seven years and maybe complacency played a part.

Meet the four astronauts going on the first commercial mission to space.

Paul Allen and Richard Branson are focusing on breakthrough spaceflight closer to home: cheap cargo trips to Earth orbit.