Texas Legislature latest, TEA head testifies, Cornyn vs Paxton, and more: TWITP
The stage was set this week for what could be a state legislative session of high drama and infighting. FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts have a look at some of the top stories this week.
SpaceX's Starbase one step closer to becoming official Texas town
Elon Musk's company SpaceX is one step closer to making Starbase, Texas an official town. Starbase is home of SpaceX's starship development and production facility in South Texas.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore get new homecoming date from space
NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched aboard the troubled Starliner capsule to the International Space Station months ago, have a new homecoming date – if there are no more delays.
Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace successfully gets lunar lander into space
A company out of Cedar Park launched a spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 on Wednesday.
FAA orders 'mishap investigation' of SpaceX Starship explosion
The FAA has ordered SpaceX to investigate what caused on of the company's Starships to explode over Turks and Caicos Thursday.
SpaceX Starship explodes in 'rapid unscheduled disassembly,' company says
A SpaceX spacecraft exploded during a test flight on Thursday.
NASA's Crew-10 launch date and Crew-9's return date pushed to no earlier than late March 2025
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is now targeting no earlier than late March 2025 to send four crew members to the International Space Station, the agency announced.
Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander is one step closer to reaching the moon
A Cedar Park company is another step closer to reaching the moon. Firefly Aerospace announced engineers have completed environmental testing on its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander.
No 'chopsticks' catch this time for SpaceX's Starship rocket
SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket on another uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Tuesday, but despite the presence of the president-elect, couldn’t quite duplicate some of the previous flight’s success.
Trump may attend SpaceX's 'Starship' launch scheduled for Tuesday
Donald Trump’s visit comes as billionaire Elon Musk has been present at the president-elect’s side as Trump continues to make cabinet nominations for his administration.
NASA chief says claims that Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin should be investigated
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called the report "concerning" for NASA and the intelligence community.
SpaceX Starship launch: Mechanical arms catch Super Heavy rocket booster
SpaceX’s Starship rocket completed its boldest test flight yet with the help of “chopsticks," the monstrous metal arms that caught the rocket booster back at the launch pad.
SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 stranded NASA astronauts
SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.
Elon Musk to officially move X headquarters to Bastrop, Texas
Billionaire Elon Musk has announced he plans to move the headquarters of X, formerly Twitter, to Bastrop. The city says it is preparing for the expansion and influx of staff moving here.
NASA, SpaceX postpone launch date of Crew-9 mission to space station due to Tropical Storm Helene
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station due to Tropical Storm Helene.
Musk says SpaceX could send 5 uncrewed Starships to Mars in 2 years
Musk posted on the social media platform X – another one of his companies – about the future of traveling to Mars.
Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX over alleged trespassing in Texas
The makers of Cards Against Humanity allege SpaceX has essentially treated the game company’s property as its own for at least the past six months.
WATCH: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew completes first private spacewalk
Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 integrated payment processing solutions, participated in the first ever private spacewalk by a group of astronauts who left a SpaceX capsule after a delay of a few hours, testing a new line of spacesuits in the company's riskiest mission yet.
Polaris Dawn live updates: SpaceX launches 4 private astronauts for historic spacewalk mission Tuesday morning
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET carrying four Polaris Dawn mission private astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday morning.
SpaceX may resume Falcon 9 launches while FAA investigates booster landing mishap, agency says
SpaceX may resume launches of its Falcon 9 rocket, the FAA said late Friday.