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Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully ‘reflights’ its Falcon 9 ‘Block 5’ rocket | City A.M. August 7, 2018 Elon Musk’s aerospace company Space X has successfully launched one of newest Falcon 9 rockets back into space for the second time, in the early hours of the morning US time. The Falcon 9 ‘Block 5’ rocket is designed to be able to go into space and return 100 times, while heat shields and other [...]
Elon Musk’s fall should bring our stratospheric expectations down to earth July 20, 2018 Stop what you’re doing, everyone. Elon Musk – serial entrepreneur, space crusader, and cult figure to climate progressives – has given us the one thing we never expected to see from him: an apology. The Tesla founder had little choice. While the world was celebrating the miraculous rescue of the 12 boys and their football [...]
A vision of the future: The marriage of AI and Blockchain July 17, 2018 Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed? Artificial Intelligence (AI) can radically improve people’s lives if we nurture its potential. AI enables machines to mimic human traits such as learning and thinking, and is able to do this at a pace and efficacy of which humans will never be capable. We can harness this power to help [...]
Space man? Virgin boss Richard Branson says he will go to space in ‘months not years’ May 26, 2018 Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson says he is in training to be an astronaut and his first trip to space could be in “months not years”. Talking on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme multi-millionaire Branson said that he was close to achieving his long-held ambition of space travel. Read more: Richard Branson says space [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 Block-5 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral May 12, 2018 Elon Musk’s fledgling aerospace company SpaceX has bounced back from its failure to launch this week, successfully launching its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral yesterday. The Falcon 9, which is designed to eventually send NASA astronauts into space, was due to launch the day before, but an auto-abort was triggered one minute before [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX calls off Falcon 9 rocket launch at the last minute – but will try again today May 11, 2018 Elon Musk’s SpaceX programme will today retry the launch of a new rocket it hopes to will eventually carry astronauts into space, after last night sensationally pulling plans seconds before lift-off. The updated Falcon 9 rocket was due to take off shortly before 11pm UK time. But an auto-abort was triggered one minute before the [...]
Nasa has just launched its latest spacecraft to Mars, Insight, to measure ‘Marsquakes’ May 5, 2018 Nasa today launched a rocket headed to Mars with the Insight probe on board, in a mission to measure quakes on the red planet. The US space agency worked through the Californian fog at the Vandenberg Air Force Base to get the Atlas V rocket, which is carrying Nasa’s Insight probe, into the air at [...]
SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying a planet-hunting NASA telescope into space April 19, 2018 A NASA satellite has just catapulted into space with the help of Elon Musk’s SpaceX on the first-of-its-kind mission to discover planets beyond our solar system. NASA’s Tess [transiting exoplanet survey satellite] took off on Wednesday evening in Florida with the help of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite is on a mission to find [...]
SpaceX’s value on course to rocket to $24bn as fundraising targets $500m | City A.M. April 12, 2018 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is plotting a new round of funding which could see its value skyrocket to almost $24bn (£16.9bn). The company hopes to raise $507m in a move that would make it the third highest-valued private company in the US. Filings obtained by private analytics firm Lagniappe Labs showed that the company had authorised [...]
A luxury space hotel is being launched by Orion Span in 2021 – but it will cost you £6.8m for a 12-night stay April 6, 2018 US company Orion Span has announced plans to open a luxury space hotel in 2021, giving guests a feel for zero gravity and, you’d imagine, some pretty spectacular views. The Aurora Station, as it has been named, will house six people at any one time for a 12-day stay, with one or more of those [...]