SpaceX

A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

5:51am December 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine.

World News

Elon Musk suggests his SpaceX company will keep funding satellites in Ukraine

7:05am October 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. Some wondered if he was being sarcastic.

Nicole Mann (second from right) is scheduled to be the mission commander on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on Wednesday.

National

Nicole Mann will become first Native woman to go to space with latest SpaceX mission

11:17am October 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mann is a Marine Corps pilot, NASA astronaut and member of the Wailacki tribe of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.

A mural of Elon Musk in downtown Brownsville by Alexander Gonzalez-Hernandez.

Housing costs skyrocket as SpaceX expands in Texas city

11:34am May 13, 2022

by Gaige Davila | TPR

SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas, and send the first person to Mars from there. Seven years after breaking ground, residents say the only thing skyrocketing is housing prices.

In this photo made available by NASA, commercial crew astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, pose for a photo in their Dragon spacesuits during a fit check a

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

1:08am May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2020.

Science

Elon Musk hints at a crewed mission to Mars in 2029

5:55pm March 17, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

In 2016, Musk said that a "meaningful number of people" could reach the red planet in 10 years. Now, he seems to predict a crewed Mars landing in 2029.

This composite image created with data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the far side of the moon. A mysterious piece of space junk is set to crash into the far side Friday morning.

Science

In a first, a mysterious rocket part is about to slam into the moon — by accident

8:53pm March 03, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

A rocket part set to slam into the far side of the moon Friday morning highlights the growing issue of space junk in orbit around Earth, experts say

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A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifted off in Florida in Feb. 2015, on its way to send the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite into space. But seven years later, part of the rocket left behind in space is hurtling straight toward the moon.

A piece of space junk the size of a school bus is barreling straight toward the moon

4:29pm February 02, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Astronomers predict that on March 4th, a piece of a rocket launched in 2015 will crash into the moon. It's believed to be first time something man-made has accidentally crashed into the moon.

Tesla head Elon Musk talks to the press as he arrives to to have a look at the construction site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin last year.

Arts

Elon Musk is Time's 2021 Person of the Year

9:07pm December 13, 2021

by Tien Le

The magazine says it gives the title to the person who had the greatest influence for the past year. Musk, the richest person on Earth, is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.

Before each mission with NASA astronauts, the Shelton family sends a bouquet of roses to the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

National

Astronaut launches are returning to the U.S. For each, this family sends NASA roses

4:56pm October 29, 2021

by Brendan Byrne

For every U.S. mission with NASA astronauts, a family from Texas has sent a bouquet of roses to NASA's Mission Control Center to show support to those who keep the astronauts safe.