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

Extra portion of SpaceX rocket recovered from launch, Musk says

Measuring 43 feet (13 meters) long and 17 feet (5 meters) in diameter, the nosecone is big enough to hold a school bus.

1 April 2017 10:18 AM IST

California-based SpaceX had hoped to resume Falcon 9 flights as early as November, then in mid-December, before pushing the date to January 2017.

SpaceX says fix underway for rocket turbine wheel cracking

SpaceX said it has qualified our engines to be robust to turbine wheel cracks.

3 Feb 2017 9:51 AM IST

Falcon Heavy is the followup to SpaceXs Falcon 9. Its a more powerful rocket that the company hopes to use for missions to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX to send a Tesla Roadster into outer space

Musk expects his Roadster to remain in deep space for a billion of years, unless Falcon Heavy blows up on its way to the...

2 Dec 2017 7:48 PM IST

Last year, a tiny piece of debris punched a gaping hole in the solar panel of Copernicus Sentinel-1A, an observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency, or ESA.

Space needs some cleaning from man-made debris

A flurry of upcoming satellite constellations from private companies such as SpaceX, Google and Arlington, OneWeb can...

22 April 2017 12:24 PM 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 launched 10 communication satellites from California Air Base

A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Sunday.

26 Jun 2017 8:46 AM IST

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

SpaceX delivery delayed few days; 1st reused rocket for NASA

The company now aims to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA on Friday. The unmanned Falcon rocket originally flew...

13 Dec 2017 7:11 PM IST

Falcon Heavy is the followup to SpaceXs Falcon 9. Its a more powerful rocket that the company hopes to use for missions to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX delivery delayed few days; 1st reused rocket for NASA

If the Falcon isn't flying by Friday, SpaceX will have to wait until late December, based on sunlight restrictions on...

13 Dec 2017 8:12 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASAs Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX launching recycled rocket, supply capsule for NASA

This will be the first launch from Launch Complex 40 since the pad was ruined when a SpaceX rocket crashed during...

12 Dec 2017 11:50 AM IST

The Progress MS-04 cargo craft broke up at an altitude of 190 km (118 miles) over the remote Russian Tuva region in Siberia. (Photo: ISS)

Space ship malfunctions, breaks up over Siberia: Russia

Roscosmos said the craft was operating normally before it stopped transmitting data 6 minutes after the launch.

2 Dec 2016 8:33 AM IST