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Musk spars with major Saudi investor over Twitter takeover offer
Musk spars with major Saudi investor over Twitter takeover offer

Questioning Saudi Arabia's own media laws, Musk tweeted: "Just two questions, if I may. How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly? What are the Kingdom's views on journalistic freedom of speech?"

  • Friday, 15 April 2022
NASA To Develop Second Moon Lander, Alongside SpaceX's Starship
NASA To Develop Second Moon Lander, Alongside SpaceX's Starship

To bring a second entrant to market for the development of a lunar lander in parallel with SpaceX, NASA will issue a draft solicitation in the coming weeks. The second contract award, known as the Sustaining Lunar Development contract, will pave the way to future recurring lunar transportation services for astronauts at the Moon, NASA said.

  • Thursday, 24 March 2022
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Elon Musk’s Starlink Services Activated In Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Elon Musk’s Starlink Services Activated In Ukraine

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  • Sunday, 27 February 2022
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Rise Of Elon Musk & Its Discontents

Rise Of Elon Musk & Its Discontents

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  • Saturday, 01 January 2022
Nasa, SpaceX Finally Launch 4 Astronauts On Crew-3 Mission To ISS
Nasa, SpaceX Finally Launch 4 Astronauts On Crew-3 Mission To ISS

In addition to the experiments flying with them aboard Dragon, the Crew-3 astronauts are also scheduled to conduct many additional experiments and technology demonstrations during their mission.

  • Thursday, 11 November 2021
Elon Musk Renews Vow To 'Extend Life To Mars' As Personal Fortune Keeps Growing
Elon Musk Renews Vow To 'Extend Life To Mars' As Personal Fortune Keeps Growing

The SpaceX Mars programme was initiated by Musk to colonise Mars after he first conceptualised the project back in 2001.

  • Sunday, 17 October 2021
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Inspiration4: SpaceX's All-Civilian Mission Launches To Orbit

The Inspiration4 mission marks SpaceX's latest private astronaut mission.

  • Thursday, 16 September 2021
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Elon Musk-led SpaceX to lay off 10% of workers due to 'difficult challenges'

New York: As SpaceX attempts to get two expensive projects off the ground, the US-based private spaceflight company said it would lay off 10 per cent of its roughly 6,000-person workforce. “To continue delivering for our customers and to succeed in developing interplanetary spacecraft and a global space-based Internet, SpaceX must become a leaner company,” […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
First manned SpaceX mission set for June 2019, Boeing mission in August: NASA

Washington: The first human spaceflight aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019, while a flight on a Boeing spacecraft is set to follow in August 2019, NASA said. It is the first crewed mission by the US since the retirement of the space shuttle […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts named by NASA for human spaceflight

Washington: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA on Friday for its first human spaceflight programme since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011. The astronauts will fly on spacecraft developed by SpaceX and Boeing as part of the the US space agency’s Commercial Crew programme to send humans […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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SpaceX launches 7 satellites for NASA, Iridium

Los Angeles: US private space firm SpaceX launched two new Earth-observing satellites for NASA and five commercial communications satellites for Iridium on a used Falcon 9 rocket in a ride-share mission on Tuesday. The rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the state of California, at 12:47 p.m. […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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SpaceX launches world's most powerful rocket

Washington: SpaceX successfully launched the worlds most powerful rocket, a towering behemoth known as the Falcon Heavy that tore through the sky with the thundering force of 18 Boeing 747 jetliners. Lifting off at 3.45 p.m., on Tuesday from the same launch-pad that sent the crew of Apollo 11 to the moon, the rocket sent […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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SpaceX's rocket Falcon Heavy completes hold-down firing test

Washington: SpaceX’s new heavy-lift rocket Falcon Heavy completed its static firing test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday after multiple delays. The Falcon Heavy rocket ignited all 27 engines of its first-stage at about 12:30 p.m. American Eastern Standard Time for about 10 seconds, spewing violent exhaust and steam, a video on […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
SpaceX reveals plan for manned journey to Mars

Adelaide: SpaceX on Friday unveiled its plans to put humans on Mars as early as 2024. Speaking on the final day of the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk made the announcement of the plans, reports Xinhua news agency. Musk, who also serves as the CEO of automotive company […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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SpaceX successfully completes back-to-back launches

Los Angeles: SpaceX has completed two back-to-back successful missions this weekend, the company’s quickest launch turnaround yet, the media reported. After it launched a communications satellite into orbit from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Friday, Tesla (CEO Elon Musk’s private space outfit finished its run with a clean launch from California’s Vandenberg Air Force […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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