r/spacex is a subreddit with 3.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and news, and the community frequently discusses spacex, struggling, launch, ipo, and elon musk.
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Popular Themes in r/spacex
#1
Advice Requests
: "Visiting SPACEX Starbase launch base from India via Seattle (Aug 19–Sep 1): Need info for launchpad viewing /updates route, airport & car rental advice!"
3 posts
#2
News
: "SpaceX: “Teams recently completed build and acceptance testing of our 1,000th Merlin 1D engine for Falcon’s first stage! With Falcon’s reusability, recovering these engines has enabled continued reliability enhancements, making Merlin one of the most reliable rocket engines ever manufactured”"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "SpaceX submits FCC application for “Launch vehicle communications for test Starship Orbital Return Demo mission launching from Starbase, TX. It is used for a tracking beam.”"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "HELP RESET 2FA"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/spacex
#1
Spacex
: "Spacex: “Falcon 9 lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, completing the first 35th launch and landing of a booster”"
9 posts
#2
Struggling
4 posts
#3
Launch
: "SpaceX: “Falcon 9 lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, completing the first 35th Launch and landing of a booster”"
4 posts
#4
Ipo
3 posts
#5
Elon Musk
2 posts
#6
Space
2 posts
#7
City
1 post
#8
Politics
1 post
#9
Space Officials
1 post
#10
Tshirts
1 post
Flair Used in r/spacex
#1
Starship
: "SpaceX on X: “Full duration single-engine static fire test of Starship” [Ship 40]"
17 posts
#2
🚀 Official
: "SpaceX: “Landing burn and splashdown of Starship on Flight 13… The Starship Recovery team has continued gathering imagery of the vehicle, which is still afloat in the Indian Ocean”"
8 posts
#3
Company News
: "SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO"
6 posts
#4
Falcon
: "SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks"
5 posts
#5
🧑 🚀 Official
: "SpaceX now targeting Monday, July 20th at 6:45 PM ET for their 13th Starship test flight."
3 posts
#6
Artemis
: "Space Skunk on X: “New video from the [NASA] neutral buoyancy laboratory shows that the HLS mockup has been altered to include two airlocks… Also the elevator is noticeably longer than before.”"
2 posts
#7
Q2.1-Relevant
: "did anyone else see the hidden smiley faces??"
2 posts
#8
Artemis III
: "NASA assigns crew for Artemis III, sets aggressive timeline for flying it [new details on Starship role]"
1 post
#9
Starlink
: "NASA Taps SpaceX’s Starlink to Deliver Artemis III Imagery from Orion"
1 post
#10
Crew Dragon
: "SpaceX Replacing MRAPs with Cybertrucks Beginning with Crew-13"
1 post
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Last updated: August 6, 2026