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Elon Musk Has Downsized His Dreams to End Climate Change

Austin Carr, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Musk to vowed introduce more "hardcore" cost-cutting measures to save the company from running out of cash in 10 months.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Suing the US Government Once Again

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Monday May 20, 2019

Whether SpaceX’s complaint and other documents remain under seal will be up to the court to determine.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Suing US Government Again. Reason Is A Secret

World News | Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Saturday May 18, 2019

Elon Musk's SpaceX is suing the federal government again. But this time, it wants its protest of a government contract to stay under seal, meaning its allegations would not become public.

NASA Selects 11 US Firms to Build Human Lunar Landers

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2019

NASA has selected 11 companies including Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration programme.

SpaceX Postpones Launch of Its First 'Starlink' Internet-Serving Satellites

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2019

SpaceX postponed a launch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit that was scheduled for Thursday night, possibly until next week, citing a need for software updates.

Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet, Which Crashed On Moon, Found By NASA

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 16, 2019

NASA's Moon orbiting spacecraft has spotted the impact site of the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on a region of the Moon called "Sea of Serenity" where it crash landed on April 11.

SpaceX Postpones Its Launch of 60 Internet Satellites

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2019

SpaceX postponed a planned Wednesday night blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 satellites for his new Starlink internet service, citing excessive winds over the Florida launch site.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Shares First Look of Company's First Starlink Internet Satellites

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 13, 2019

Musk has shared the first look of the firm's Starlink Internet satellites packed and ready to be launched into orbit in a few days.

SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Heads to ISS With Cargo After Successful Launch

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 4, 2019

NASA said SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft launched at 2:48am ET (12:18pm IST]) on a mission to deliver more than 5,500 pounds of cargo.

SpaceX Launches Cargo Mission To ISS

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 4, 2019

After several attempts earlier, SpaceX on Saturday successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft for its 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

SpaceX Confirms Crew Dragon Capsule Destroyed in April Test Accident

Reuters | Friday May 3, 2019

The April 20 accident occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as SpaceX was about to test eight emergency thrusters designed to propel the capsule.

SpaceX Failure Dims NASA's Hope for Quick US Return to Launching Its Own Astronauts

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Friday April 26, 2019

Boeing - the other company under contract to fly crews to the space station - also recently announced it would delay its first test launch by several months.

SpaceX Escape Engines Were Test Fired Before Mishap: NASA Safety Panel

Reuters | Friday April 26, 2019

A NASA safety panel said on Thursday that Saturday's accident on a SpaceX astronaut capsule happened after eight engines were test fired.

SpaceX Crew Capsule Failure Could Delay Its First Manned Flight

Christian Davenport, The Washington Post | Monday April 22, 2019

A SpaceX capsule designed to ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station suffered a failure during an engine test Saturday afternoon.

Elon Musk Calls Jeff Bezos 'Copycat' on Twitter

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 12, 2019

Musk took to Twitter to call Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos a "copycat" after Bezos announced plans to launch a new satellite-based broadband service.