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On April 20, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its inaugural launch. While the fiery spectacle caught the attention of the public, it was the eruptive ground-level portion of the launch that has been attracting more intense scrutiny from the government and environmentalists. Last Thursday’s blastoff from SpaceX’s […]

After a minor setback, a new era in space travel and tourism is set to launch this weekend. On Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket launch carrying NASA astronauts was postponed 16 minutes before liftoff due to weather concerns. “We had simply too much electricity,” said Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator, to BBC. “There was a concern that […]

By Andrew Maynard Elon Musk has a plan, and it’s about as audacious as they come. Not content with living on our pale blue dot, Musk and his company SpaceX want to colonize Mars, fast. They say they’ll send a duo of supply ships to the red planet within five years. By 2024, they’re aiming […]

SpaceX made history last night after launching and landing the first-ever recycled rocket, a feat that CEO Elon Musk hailed as a “milestone in space.” The Falcon 9 rocket booster, which was recovered from sea after its maiden flight last year, lifted off again from Florida on Thursday evening and sent a communications satellite into […]

U.S. companies are taking a stand in these politically chaotic times. So far, 127 technology firms are firing back at President Donald Trump‘s travel ban affecting immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. Facebook, Apple and Google are leading the fight against Trump's immigration ban https://t.co/6lcwkRfP2a pic.twitter.com/MoNxOmRmLP — Forbes (@Forbes) February 6, 2017 The movement […]