SpaceX: Elon Musk’s Starship rocket crash lands after test flight March 30, 2021 Elon Musk’s SpaceX has suffered another failed test flight of its Starship rocket, which appears to have exploded during a landing attempt today. The uncrewed prototype was successfully launched from Boca Chica in Texas this morning for its fourth major test flight. But the Starship appears to have been destroyed during a crash landing, though [...]
Monkey business: Elon Musk has wired up a monkey to play video games with its mind February 1, 2021 Eccentric biliionaire and boss of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk can claim another first after he told an audience his company Neuralink has wired up a monkey's brain to " play video games with his mind"
Elon Musk to turn oil rigs into floating SpaceX launchpads January 21, 2021 It’s usual practice for astronauts to splashdown in the water on their return from space, but up until now they’ve at least been able to take off from solid ground. However, this could all be about to change, after it was reported that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has bought two oil rigs to be converted [...]
SpaceX receives $2bn boost in latest funding round August 18, 2020 Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised a further $1.9bn (£1.4bn) in funding, a regulatory filing on Tuesday revealed. It raises the equity value of the billionaire’s private rocket company to $46bn, Bloomberg reported ahead of the funding round last week. It is the largest single fundraising round conducted by SpaceX yet, according to PitchBook data. It [...]
SpaceX astronauts arrive at ISS in historic moment for private spaceflight May 31, 2020 The first US space mission since 2011 has reached its destination, the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken entered the ISS at around 6pm UK time, having docked at the ISS a few hours earlier. In doing so, they have become the first astronauts to reach the station via [...]
SpaceX mission nears International Space Station after historic launch May 31, 2020 SpaceX’s Dragon astronaut capsule is due to dock at the International Space Station this afternoon after yesterday’s historic launch. At about 8:30 yesterday evening, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral launchpad in the US’ first manned space mission in nine years. The mission is also the first ever [...]
Watch Elon Musk’s Space X Starhopper rocket hit new heights on Texas hover test August 28, 2019 Elon Musk’s Space X took another small step – or giant hop – on the entrepreneur’s mission to colonise Mars yesterday, as a prototype of its next generation Starhopper rocket reached its highest altitude yet on a hover test. The next generation rocket slowly climbed to 150m above Space X’s test site in Texas before [...]
Blast off: Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plots public listing July 9, 2019 Space may be the final frontier, but Virgin Galactic is readying itself to overcome a fresh obstacle before launching into the great unknown: a stock market listing. Sir Richard Branson’s space-tourism venture is planning to go public as part of a deal with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Read more: Fifty years on from the [...]
Space X launches Falcon Heavy rocket in ‘most difficult’ mission yet June 25, 2019 Space X last night launched its Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 experimental satellites in what boss Elon Musk said was the “most difficult” launch his firm has attempted. Read more: Space X explosion will delay astronaut plans, Nasa official says Lift off took place at around 2.30am local time from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised more than $1bn in last six months May 25, 2019 SpaceX has raised more than $1bn (£786m) in financing over the last six months, including $535.7m in an offering that began in April, its regulatory filings on Friday showed. Elon Musk's company is aiming to roll out a high-speed internet service by using a number of satellites in space. Read more: Elon Musk's Space X [...]