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Elon Musk names first passenger for SpaceX Moon flightSpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, has signed up the world's first private passenger to fly around the moon. The mission, which will be aboard the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) -the next-generation reusable launch vehi More… |
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ETH Zurich wins first round of hyperloop contestETH Zurich students have won the SpaceX competition of US entrepreneur Elon Musk with their Swissloop concept against thousands of other teams, enabling them to enter the second and final round in the summer. The Swissloop project More… |
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SpaceX outlines plans to colonise MarsSpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonising the planet, company chief and tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Musk outlined More… |
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes during test firing in FloridaAn explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk's SpaceX during routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, shaking buildings miles (km) away and sending a thick plume of black smoke pouring into the air. More… |
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Multinational crew blasts off for space stationA three-member multinational crew blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed. NASA astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Ru More… |
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SpaceX rocket booster makes breakthrough sea landingA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a Nasa cargo run to the International Space Station on Friday, and its reusable main-stage booster landed on an ocean platform minutes later in a dramatic spaceflight first. The More… |
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SpaceX wins Saudi satellite orderSpaceX has announced two new orders for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, which includes launch of the Saudi Arabian Arabsat 6A communications satellite on a Falcon Heavy. The contract also includes the launch of a commun More… |
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SpaceX tests passenger spaceship’s escape systemA Space Exploration Technologies' passenger spaceship made a quick debut test flight on Wednesday, shooting itself off a Florida launch pad to demonstrate a key emergency escape system. The 6 m tall Dragon capsule, a modified More… |
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SpaceX rocket fails to reland after cargo dispatchAn unmanned Space Exploration Technologies mission blasted off on Saturday carrying cargo for the International Space Station, but efforts to reland the rocket on a sea platform failed, the firm said. "Rocket made it to drone More… |
