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Boeing Starliner's Troubled Flight May Mean More Delays in Commercial Crew Missions
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SpaceX's Starhopper Flight Test Is a Big Step Forward for Elon Musk's Moon Dreams
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SpaceX Launched the First Private Lunar Lander Mission
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The tickets don't come cheap
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SpaceX Just Launched Its 50th Falcon 9 Rocket Into Space
Its payload was a satellite "almost the size of a city bus"
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SpaceX Launches the Falcon Heavy Rocket
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Musk has long promised cheaper spaceflight. His launch today could bring that closer to reality
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The successful test paves the way for Falcon Heavy's first flight
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Fate of Classified SpaceX Mission Remains Unclear
SpaceX says everything went fine, but the "Zuma" satellite is presumed lost
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SpaceX Launches Secretive 'Zuma' Into Orbit
Little is known about the mission's objectives
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People in L.A. Definitely Thought This SpaceX Rocket Launch Was Aliens
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Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts First Rocket Relaunch
The company hopes to place a communications satellite into orbit
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Elon Musk's Moon Mission Is Exciting, Audacious ... and Iffy
Can SpaceX really get to the moon? Here are the challenges
By Jeffrey Kluger
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SpaceX to Send 2 Passengers Around the Moon
The customers have put down "a significant deposit" for the trip
By Madeline Farber
February 27, 2017
How Cheap Internet Access Could Be SpaceX's Secret Weapon
Elon Musk's company is once again launching — and landing — rockets
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January 18, 2017
What SpaceX's Rocket Explosion Means for Elon Musk
The technology billionaire runs two high-profile, innovative companies — but his rough summer shows he may be stretched too thin
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September 1, 2016
Watch NASA Astronauts Install a New Dock on International Space Station
It's a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk
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Vivid Photo Shows Successful Launch and Land of a SpaceX Rocket
The landing was the second time SpaceX successfully landed a rocket on land
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July 18, 2016
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But investors and analysts remain skeptical
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June 22, 2016
5 Big Predictions About the Future of Technology From Elon Musk
Musk believes he can launch people to Mars in 2024
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June 2, 2016
Why You Should Take Elon Musk's 2018 Mars Shot Seriously
The hardware is shaping up for a trip to the Red Planet—and soon
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April 28, 2016
SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 for Third Time in a Week
The private space company is aiming for the first successful rocket landing on an ocean platform
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February 28, 2016
SpaceX Makes History With Rocket Landing
It was the company’s first flight since a mission failure six months ago
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
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An affordable, reusable rocket has just come a little bit closer
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December 21, 2015
SpaceX Will Launch Another Rocket
The rocket is designed to carry satellites from U.S. company Orbcomm into low-earth orbit
By Joanna Plucinska
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A startup inspired by the tech visionary's idea will soon begin testing the radical transportation concept in Nevada
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The entrepreneur's companies have made headlines all year
By Victor Luckerson
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Private Space Companies Are About to Get a Big Break
The President is expected to sign a bill that would make the nascent commercial space industry exempt from regulation until 2023
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SpaceX Will Officially Carry Astronauts to the Space Station
NASA approves another commercial space mission
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Amazon CEO’s private aerospace company Blue Origin will build and launch rockets in Florida
By Tom Huddleston, Jr. / Fortune
September 15, 2015
How Elon Musk Taught Himself Rocket Science
By reading the right books and talking to the right people
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Check Out This Insane Stunt Elon Musk Just Pulled Off
It will throw you for a hyperloop
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Elon Musk on SpaceX Explosion: It's 'Definitely a Setback'
He said it was "definitely a setback"
By Jon Chew / Fortune
July 8, 2015
What I Learned Watching SpaceX's Rocket Explode
It felt terrible, but lives will be saved in the future
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By Ben Geier/Fortune
June 29, 2015
SpaceX Rocket Explosion Raises Questions for Program
A dramatic accident just minutes after launch could mean problems for the International Space Station
By Jeffrey Kluger
June 28, 2015
NASA Is Sending Microsoft's Most Incredible New Tech Into Space
HoloLens is now literally out of this world
By Dan Kedmey
June 25, 2015
Watch Explosive New Video of SpaceX's Rocket Landing Test
The April test ended unsuccessfully
By Jack Linshi
June 25, 2015
Elon Musk Wants to Build the Comcast of Outer Space
It wouldn't be the first attempt
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SpaceX Has a Radical New Invention Idea
The company has filed an application for satellites that would beam down Internet access
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It'll take on Boeing and Lockheed
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We'd almost definitely vomit
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