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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX signs world's first private passenger to fly around the moon

The first person to fly around the moon has been selected.

15 Sept 2018 7:55 AM IST

Space Xs Falcon 9 rocket prepared for a launch to the International Space Station in February 2017 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX launches Taiwan's first home-built satellite

The satellite is designed to operate for five years, and will orbit the Earth once every 100 minutes.

25 Aug 2017 7:31 AM IST

Boeing is also working to get US astronauts flying again from home soil. Boeing is going blue for spacesuits for its Starliner capsules.

SpaceX unveils sleek, white spacesuit for astronaut travel

SpaceX is developing a crew version of its Dragon cargo capsule for NASA astronauts.

24 Aug 2017 1:16 PM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM IST

SpaceX is poised for a high stakes launch, after a pair of accidents including an explosion in June 2015 two minutes after liftoff. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX to transport super-computer to space for deep-space missions

The super-computer will direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.

14 Aug 2017 7:54 AM IST

Hyperloop aims to achieve speeds of 250mph (402km/h) in its upcoming phase of testing. (Photo: Reuters)

High-speed Hyperloop project ready for key test in Nevada

Hyperloop One is working to develop a technical vision proposed by Musk, the founder of rocket maker SpaceX.

16 July 2017 8:21 AM IST

Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk (Photo: AP)

Elon Musk talks about his plan to dig tunnels to avoid traffic

It was during a talk on Friday at a prestigious TED Conference in Vancouver, where the tech entrepreneur was discussing...

2 May 2017 2:34 PM IST

SpaceX regularly launches unmanned cargo ships to the International Space Station, and is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX makes first US military launch, then lands rocket again

SpaceX also has a pair of launch contracts coming up for the Air Force to send GPS satellites into orbit.

2 May 2017 8:26 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX postpones classified US military launch

SpaceX regularly launches unmanned cargo ships to the International Space Station

1 May 2017 8:05 AM IST

Bill Gates, along with a few of his billionaire friends, has launched a US$1 billion fund to support research into energy technologies that will help us address climate change. (Photo: AP)

Why we should send Bill Gates to Mars

It's a nice idea, but unfortunately most of these activities will only provide incremental improvements in reducing...

18 Jan 2017 8:32 PM IST

Internet entrepreneur Elon Musks SpaceX has for years been honing the technology of powering its boosters back to careful Earth landings on solid ground and in the water

SpaceX launches its first recycled rocket in historic leap

If SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket system proves reusable, it could slash space launch costs by 30 per cent

31 March 2017 8:09 AM IST

The Dragon cargo capsule, seen attached to a Falcon 9 rocket, both made by SpaceX, at Cape Canaveral in Florida (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth

The capsule undertook a more than six-hour journey back to Earth

20 March 2017 7:51 AM IST