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SpaceX plans to launch reusable Starships atop still-in-the-works rockets, carrying cargo or crew not only to low-Earth orbit but also the Moon and Elon Musk’s most desirable destination, Mars. The latest test model of the rocket is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet (30 meters) tall and resembles a steel silo—or stretched-out can—with a cap on top. (Photo | AP)

In successful test, SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype flies 45 seconds, lands upright

“Mars is looking real,” SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted after the short hop. “Progress is accelerating.”

05 Aug 2020 10:09 PM

If SpaceX starts taking up all US astronauts, “the annual losses could be more than $200 million, a significant loss for Roscosmos’s budget of around $2 billion,” said Andrei Ionin, an expert at the Tsiolkovsky Space Academy in Moscow. In this photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020. - NASA astronauts Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to depart for an extended stay at the International Space Station on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission. (Photo | AFP)

Sole space carrier since 2011, Russia looking at huge losses as SpaceX succeeds

NASA gave up its shuttle programme in 2011 and since then has paid USD 80 million for each astronaut taken to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz.

31 May 2020 4:22 PM

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP)

SpaceX sends two NASA astronauts to ISS in historic mission

Elon Musk's SpaceX now becomes the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit

31 May 2020 10:33 AM

In this Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 file photo, a Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX’s first ever commercial space flight a pit stop on Elon Musk's Mars quest

For the eccentric CEO, this is just the beginning: He’s planning to build a city on the red planet, and live there.

23 May 2020 9:22 PM

Indonesia is now planning to build its first spaceport on a tropical island off the coast of easternmost Papua (AFP Photo)

Indonesia's space aspirations root for country's own satellite-launching rocket

The country's space agency is a relative minnow, dwarfed in Asia by counterparts in Japan, China and India

03 Mar 2020 4:12 PM

The prototype oven which can be used in microgravity was designed and built by Nanoracks and Zero G Kitchen while the Double Tree by Hilton hotel chain supplied the raw cookie dough.

Another giant leap for mankind as astronauts bake first space cookies

The cookies returned to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and will undergo testing by food scientists to determine if they are edible.

25 Jan 2020 11:12 AM

“It is a picture perfect mission. It went as well as one can possibly expect,” Musk said at a press conference. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX says 'picture perfect' test paves way for human mission

SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing on Sunday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule

20 Jan 2020 1:39 PM

The test, the company’s final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from US soil, had been planned to take place on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Bad weather forces delay of SpaceX simulated rocket failure test

SpaceX said in a tweet that it was standing down from the Crew Dragon capsule test because of high winds & rough seas in the recovery area.

19 Jan 2020 2:52 PM

Maezawa has opened worldwide applications for the role of his 'life partner'.

Japanese billionaire looks for a girlfriend as company on trip to Moon

A 44-year-old Japanese billionaire looking for a 'life partner' with whom he can share SpaceX's round trip to the Moon!

14 Jan 2020 11:28 AM

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday evening, Jan. 6, 2020. The rocket is carrying 60 Starlink communications satellites. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites, trying to tone them down

SpaceX launched 60 more mini internet satellites late Monday, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers.

07 Jan 2020 11:23 AM

NASA/AFP / Aubrey GEMIGNANI The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands in White Sands, New Mexico after its aborted mission

Boeing spacecraft lands in New Mexico after aborted ISS mission

The Starliner capsule had to be brought back after thrusters failed to activate as planned, preventing it from reaching a high enough orbit.

23 Dec 2019 10:42 AM

It’s SpaceX’s 19th delivery to the orbiting outpost for NASA over the past seven years. (Photo: NASA/Twitter)

International Space Station gets a delivery of 'mighty mice', and worms

Don't worry, the organisms are a part of two- muscle building, and agricultural studies taking place on board the space station.

09 Dec 2019 10:31 AM

Legal experts believe it was the first major defamation lawsuit brought by a private individual over remarks on Twitter to be decided by a jury.

Elon Musk wins defamation trial over his 'pedo guy' tweet

The unanimous verdict by a panel of five women and three men was returned after roughly 45 minutes of deliberation.

07 Dec 2019 5:00 PM

Unsworth criticized Musk’s offering a mini-submarine from his SpaceX rocket company to help with the rescue. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Musk's defamation trial over 'pedo guy' tweet is narrowed

Vernon Unsworth, who has denied the allegations, chose to pursue liability and damages claims.

30 Nov 2019 8:29 AM

Musk predicted the first trip to space will be in the next six months, followed by trips with humans aboard to space next year (Photo: File)

Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months

“This is basically the holy grail of space,” Musk said, standing between a towering, newly assembled Starship rocket and the older Falcon 1

01 Oct 2019 9:58 AM

A three-legged prototype of the rocket named Starhopper has test launched in the village twice since July. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months

Starship is the top half of Musk’s colossal interplanetary rocket system that stands 387 feet tall.

30 Sep 2019 7:45 AM

The prototype, dubbed Starhopper, slowly rose about 500 feet (152m) off its launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, and propelled itself some 650 feet (198m) eastward onto an adjacent landing platform.

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype rattles nerves of nearby residents during flight test

The prototype vehicle, resembling a chrome water tower with four landing legs, was originally slated for its test liftoff on Monday.

28 Aug 2019 9:34 AM

The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, the companies told Reuters on Monday. (Photo: File)

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

Astrobotic said Peregrine would be the first American spacecraft to touch down on the moon since Apollo astronauts touched down in 1972.

20 Aug 2019 2:45 PM

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

NASA astronauts try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

The purpose of the dry run was to practice all the steps.

12 Aug 2019 7:44 AM

The purpose of the dry run was to practice all the steps that will go down before the Falcon 9 rocket propels.

NASA spacemen try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters.

11 Aug 2019 10:17 AM

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