SpaceX is a space launch juggernaut. In just two decades, the company has managed to edge out former aerospace heavyweights Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman to gain near-monopoly status over rocket launches in the US;

A unique mission called Fram2, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, is set to lift off to carry the crew into an orbit around the North and South poles. Follow live news updates.

The crew will observe Earth's polar regions 430 kilometers above the surface, allowing the Crew Dragon Resilience to travel from the North to South Pole under an hour.

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida.

A crew of four international spacefarers on a private mission will soon seek to become the first humans to travel over Earth's poles.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches.

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.

Update by the edhat staff The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 3, from Space Launch Complex 4 East. Liftoff is targeted for 3:54 p.