A California commission has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s SpaceX that accused the agency of political bias after it voted against the space venture company’s bid to add more rocket launches from a U.

The California Coastal Commission, the oft-controversial body tasked with protecting the state’s coast, is again in the crosshairs of Musk and congressional Republicans, who’ve raised alarms that residents with homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire are in store for a permitting nightmare if they try to rebuild.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is donating Starlinks to improve Wi-Fi for first responders battling wildfires in California with the help of nonprofit rescue group Grey Bull Rescue.

A fire in the aft section of SpaceX's Starship trigged the apparent explosion that destroyed the spacecraft, the company says.

SpaceX has launched a total of 13 rideshare missions to date — the 11 Transporter flights and two in a different program known as Bandwagon. Together, these missions have lofted about 1,100 payloads for more than 130 different customers, according to the Transporter 12 description.

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, January 14 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Transporter-12 mission to low-Earth orbit from California.

SpaceX runs a launch facility out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. The company's rocket launches are increasing in frequency — but some locals are pushing back. The launches cause loud, rattling booms that one ...

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now launched 457 satellites and eight astronauts over its 25 flights.

California Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, on Tuesday announced his intention to file a bill that would strip the California Coastal Commission of its authority to review certain activities relating to national security, critical infrastructure or with a high economic impact.

Video of when SpaceX landed an orbital class rocket for the 200th time! Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: The Launch by Jon Bjork / courtesy of Epidemic Sou

A minute before the loss, SpaceX used the launch tower's giant mechanical arms to catch the returning booster, a feat achieved only once before. The descending booster hovered over the launch pad before being gripped by the pair of arms dubbed chopsticks.