NASA held a prelaunch news conference for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station on February 9, 2026, highlighting opportunities for technology development and crew readiness.

SpaceX experienced an in-flight anomaly on February 2 during Starlink 17-32, where the second stage failed to ignite for deorbit burn after deploying 25 satellites, leading to uncontrolled reentry.

NASA and SpaceX target February 11 for the Crew-12 astronaut mission launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:01 a.m. EST using Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon 'Freedom'.

The FAA authorized SpaceX's Falcon 9 to return to flight on February 6 after a four-day grounding due to an upper stage anomaly during the Starlink 17-32 mission on February 2.

SpaceX is launching the Starlink 17-33 mission using Falcon 9 booster B1088 on its 13th flight, with live coverage starting 30 minutes prior to liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SpaceX plans a Starlink mission from SLC-4E, California on February 11, targeting droneship landing.

SpaceX is merging with xAI, valuing the enlarged entity at $1.25 trillion to fuel Elon Musk's AI and space exploration efforts.

SpaceX completed its 13th launch of January with Starlink 6-101 mission at 2:22 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX launched the Starlink 17-19 mission on January 29, 2026, from Vandenberg, deploying 25 satellites including the 11,000th Starlink satellite to date, with the Falcon 9 booster achieving its 19th flight and landing on a droneship.

Elon Musk announced SpaceX's Starship Flight 12, the debut of Version 3 with Raptor V3 engines, targeted in about six weeks around mid-March 2026, featuring taller design capable of over 100 tons to low Earth orbit.