While it lasted only three days, the space flight was widely touted as the world’s first and progressive in many ways, so one might think the achievement deserved at least a nod from the White House. But one of Musk’s followers noted that the “President of the United States has …
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The spacecraft, dubbed Resilience, parachuted into the sea shortly after 7pm ET. A fleet of SpaceX rescue ships was deployed nearby to pick up the craft and its crew. The Inspiration4 made history as the world’s first ‘all-civilian’ space mission, and marked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s debut in the space …
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Riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the Dragon spacecraft lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. The separation of the rocket’s first stage appears to have been successful soon after launch, with the stage making a controlled reentry back to earth without issue, landing on …
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Musk is an outspoken fan of the Soviet school of space engineering and repeatedly expressed his admiration with the ‘chief designer’, as Korolev was referred to in Soviet press until his identity was declassified after his death in 1966. Last weekend, the US entrepreneur had an opportunity to pay a tribute …
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued at least two warnings to SpaceX during the company’s testing of its reusable Starship system in Texas last year, US news website The Verge reported, citing “exclusively obtained” documents. The documents, which apparently include confidential letters between the FAA and SpaceX chiefs, among other things, …
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As SpaceX’s Starlink constellation of satellites expands with each passing month, even more so now that the aerospace giant has received regulatory approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), others in the industry are growing concerned there may soon not be enough room for their projects in low-Earth orbit. Jeff …
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Musk repeatedly plugged Dogecoin during this Saturday’s episode of the SNL, but even before the skit where he pronounced it “a hustle” (jokingly or not) came to its punchline, the cryptocurrency plummeted by almost 30%. READ MORE: ‘It’s a hustle’: Elon Musk DESTROYS Dogecoin as he brings crypto memes to …
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Resilience’ capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off Panama City, Florida early on Sunday. The spacecraft brought three NASA astronauts and one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) home from the International Space Station (ISS). “We welcome you back to planet Earth, and …
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“NASA instructed SpaceX that progress on the HLS contract has been suspended until GAO resolves all outstanding litigation related to this procurement,” spokeswoman Monica Witt said on Friday, citing protests from the two rivals. HLS refers to the human landing system, NASA-speak for the lunar lander intended to be used …
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NASA has selected SpaceX “to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface,” the agency announced on Friday. “At least one of those astronauts will make history as the first woman on the Moon. Another goal of …
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