SpaceX

Elon Musk vows to transform travel, colonise Mars

SpaceX plans its first trip to the red planet in 2022, carrying only cargo, to be followed by a manned mission in 2024, Musk, who serves as chief executive and lead designer of Space Exploration Technologies

Sep 29, 2017, 12:44 PM IST

Watch: Elon Musk releases video of SpaceX's rocket blasts and they are explosive!

Probably that is the reason Musk, on Thursday, released a blooper reel of his company's failed attempts at rocket landing.

Sep 15, 2017, 13:58 PM IST

Elon Musk unveils first look of SpaceX's new spacesuit design! - See pic

This is the second photo shared by Musk of the new spacesuit design created by the company, and the first to feature the suit’s full-body look.

Sep 11, 2017, 09:11 AM IST

SpaceX launches secret US military space plane

Live images broadcast by the California aerospace company showed a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned X-37B drone lifting off at 10:00 am (1400 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Sep 08, 2017, 11:47 AM IST

SpaceX launches FORMOSAT-5 – first satellite built, designed in Taiwan

The satellite is designed to last for five years, and will orbit the Earth once every 100 minutes.

Aug 25, 2017, 08:43 AM IST

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday.

Aug 16, 2017, 22:59 PM IST

SpaceX launches cargo to International Space Station with a bang

SpaceX successfully landed the rocket`s first stage at the company`s Landing Zone 1, just south of the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, as part of its effort to develop fully reusable rockets.

Aug 15, 2017, 11:07 AM IST

SpaceX to launch supercomputer to space

SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.

Aug 14, 2017, 11:26 AM IST

SpaceX targets August 13 for next resupply mission to ISS

The payloads include crucial materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 52 and 53.

Aug 04, 2017, 12:44 PM IST

Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $350 million funding, becomes world's most valuable private firm

SpaceX`s latest funding nearly doubles the valuation of the company, which was valued at around USD 11 billion following its previous round of funding in 2015.

Jul 28, 2017, 09:35 AM IST

SpaceX successfully launches broadband communications satellite for IntelSat

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite, known as IntelSat 35e, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida at 7:38 p.m. (2338 GMT).

Jul 06, 2017, 11:34 AM IST

SpaceX's Dragon successfully returns from ISS; brings back first ever Chinese experiment!

Dragon is returning more than 1,860 kg of cargo, including science samples from human and animal research, biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities.

Jul 04, 2017, 08:17 AM IST

SpaceX Dragon cargo craft departs space station, returns to Earth today

NASA says the release of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-11 Cargo Craft from the space station is scheduled to take place at 2:28 a.m.EDT.

Jul 03, 2017, 10:14 AM IST

SpaceX's Falcon 9 delivers 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into space

After it lifted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:25 pm local time (2025 GMT) as scheduled, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned less than eight minutes after taking off. As planned, it landed on a barge floating in the Pacific Ocean.

Jun 26, 2017, 09:02 AM IST