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

Air Force space chief open to flying on recycled SpaceX rockets

The US Air Force is open to buying rides on previously flown SpaceX rockets to put military satellites into orbit

8 April 2017 9:14 AM IST

Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra.

Mahindra to Tesla's Musk: Make e-vehicles in India

Elon Musk, who is Tesla chief executive, had earlier lauded India's vision 2030 for electric vehicles.

3 Jun 2017 11:19 AM IST

The nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station pad where SpaceX had been launching its Falcon 9 rockets was damaged during a fueling accident in September. The company expects to return the pad to service later this year after repairs.

Historic Cape Canaveral launchpad returns to action with SpaceX

The launchpad, originally built for the 1960s Apollo moon program, has not been used since the final space shuttle...

18 Feb 2017 8:13 AM IST

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

SpaceX-launched Iridium satellites functioning normally

Some users also took to social media to suggest that the glow made the rocket look like a UFO', with hashtag #aliens...

28 Dec 2017 8:42 AM IST

The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class: (from left) Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O Hara and Jessica Watkins. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz. (Photo: NASA)

Mars rover scientist, SpaceX engineer join NASA astronaut corps

NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the US space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years.

8 Jun 2017 7:58 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX's first recycled Dragon arrives at space station

It was originally flown on SpaceX's fourth re-supply mission in 2014.

6 Jun 2017 8:14 AM IST

The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Elon Musk's Space X blasts off first recycled spaceship to ISS

SpaceX blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station.

5 Jun 2017 10:09 AM IST

ISRO successfully launch a record 104 satellites, including Indias earth observation satellite on-board PSLV-C37/Cartosat2 Series from the spaceport of Sriharikota. (Photo: AP)

United Launch Alliance cuts Atlas rocket price amid competition

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, lists the base price of a Falcon 9 rocket launch on its website at $62...

5 April 2017 3:46 PM IST

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

City on Mars possible within our lifetime, says Elon Musk

Human colonies on Mars could be built within our lifetime, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

16 Jun 2017 8:05 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from newly refurbished Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

SpaceX recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule

It was NASA's first use of a reused Falcon rocket and only the second of a previously flown Dragon.

16 Dec 2017 9:40 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket attached to the cargo-only capsule called Dragon lays on its side in 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX says it will fly 2 people to moon next year

Two people who know one another approached the company about sending them on a weeklong flight just beyond the moon.

28 Feb 2017 8:03 AM IST

Fridays payload, known as Iridium 4, brings to 40 the number of new Iridium satellites now in orbit.

SpaceX launches 10 more satellites for Iridium

Some of the satellites are designed to help track ships and aircraft in real time.

23 Dec 2017 11:54 AM IST