Spacex

  • ScienceAOL

    SpaceX suffers serious setback as crew capsule bursts into flames

    SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch Nasa astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule during testing. The company's recently flown Dragon crew capsule was engulfed in smoke and

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  • ScienceAOL

    SpaceX’s new crew capsule completes space station docking

    SpaceX's new crew capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, completing its second milestone in just over a day. No-one was on board the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented

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  • ScienceAOL

    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft blasts off into space

    SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft took off on Saturday morning, marking the first major step towards US ambitions to resume sending astronauts into space on its own spacecraft on American soil. The uncrewed spacecraft launched from Nasa's

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  • ScienceAOL

    Elon Musk unveils Starship prototype

    Elon Musk has unveiled his latest Starship prototype. The SpaceX Starship is designed for satellite delivery, space missions and interplanetary transport. According to a statement from the SpaceX founder, the Starship is made of stainless steel

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  • BusinessAOL

    New Tesla Roadster will have rocket thrusters, says Elon Musk

    Elon Musk says 'crazy' option will let Roadster out-perform traditional cars 'in every way.' Seems a detail escaped our story on Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting last week. Company CEO Elon Musk said the Roadster and

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  • BusinessAOL

    Elon Musk says tunnels are the answer to 'traffic hell'

    Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reaffirmed his statement that the solution to gridlock is building tunnels beneath major cities. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first mentioned his idea for a new project in December last year, tweeting: "Traffic is