A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts aboard spacecraft lifted off Sunday evening as part of the company's first operational mission to the International Space Station under a partnership with NASA, TechCrunch reported Monday.

SpaceX has received task orders worth $29M combined from the U.S. Space Force to perform fleet surveillance work and early integration studies on non-national security space operations.

The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and SpaceX firm-fixed-price contracts worth $342.8M combined to each provide four satellites that will comprise the “tracking layer” of a proposed space defense architecture.

SpaceX will provide launch services under a potential $109.4M contract for a NASA-funded mission that seeks to further study the heliosphere’s boundary that produces a magnetic barrier protecting the solar system. NASA said Saturday its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission will examine the neutral particles that pass through the barrier and study how particles become faster in space.

A recent funding round has brought in $1.9B for Hawthorne, Calif.-based space transportation provider SpaceX, Reuters reported Tuesday. Bloomberg estimated that the equity value of Elon Musk's company will reach $46B after the fundraising effort.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded United Launch Services and SpaceX firm-fixed-price contracts to perform launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch program.

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Sunday, May 31, as part of the manned Demo-2 test flight mission.

Blue Origin, Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary and SpaceX have won 10-month contracts worth $967M combined to design and build human landing systems for NASA's Artemis moon mission in 2024.

NASA has announced the return of the “worm” logo to mark the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to transport astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the Demo-2 mission. SpaceX’s first manned flight to the ISS is scheduled to occur by mid- or late-May, NASA said Thursday.

SpaceX has secured the first spot on a potential $7B NASA contracting vehicle to deliver supplies, cargo and scientific  experiments to a lunar gateway being developed to host astronauts on moon exploration missions.