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SpaceX launches and destroys rocket in critical astronaut escape test

Delayed a day by bad weather, Sunday's launch from Kennedy Space Center brought together hundreds of SpaceX, NASA and Air Force employees on land, at sea and in the air

SpaceX delays simulated rocket failure test due to strong winds, rough seas

The test, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from U.S. soil, had been planned to take place on Saturday

Year in Review: How world's top 10 business personalities fared in 2019

The year 2019, a breakthrough year for business, saw both fortunes being built and destroyed. Business Standard lists top 10 business personalities from across the globe who made headlines in 2019

Fly me to the moon: Japanese billionaire seeks girlfriend for SpaceX voyage

44-year-old Maezawa, who sold his online fashion retailer Zozo Inc to SoftBank Group Corp, is seeking single females aged over 20

Satellites will drive IoT connections

Low-cost, high- speed and ever-present connectivity can be a reality with new satellite technologies that are rapidly changing the communications sector

Private role in the space race

While space exploration is being largely led by government bodies, it appears private companies will guide its next phase - space travel - in the lure of extra-terrestrial real estate and resources

SpaceX cargo ship delivers 'mighty mice,' worms, robot to space station

There also are 120,000 roundworms, or nematodes of a beneficial variety that are part of an agricultural study.

Satellites may make it tough to see stars, changing the sky as we know it

Some professional astronomers raised alarms last spring, and again in November, after SpaceX launched batches of 60 Starlink satellites

Elon Musk rips Boeing's $90 million space trips as cost tops SpaceX's

NASA's Inspector General revealed this week that the agency had given Boeing an extra $287.2 million for its work on the commercial crew program

SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites for global internet coverage

This also marked the first time SpaceX used a previously flown nose cone. The California-based company reuses rocket parts to cut costs

We need a new space law

If Musk succeeds in his plans to send humans to Mars and builds a station there later, would that patch on the red planet belong to all mankind or his SpaceX company

Boeing, SpaceX progressing towards first crewed missions in 2018: NASA

"Both companies are scheduled to begin flight tests to prove the space systems meet NASA's requirements for certification in the coming year," Xinhua quoted NASA as saying

NASA names astronauts for Boeing, SpaceX flights to ISS scheduled for 2019

Their voyages are scheduled to begin next year, and they would be the first American astronauts to launch from United States soil since 2011

Elon Musk outlines plans for vehicle he expects to take humans to Mars

The goal is to make "space travel like air travel", Musk said, during a highly technical presentation from the company's Boca Chica test site near Brownsville, Texas

SpaceX launches Falcon heavy rocket with 24 experimental satellites

The craft blasted off to cheers from onlookers at 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) after a three-hour delay from the original launch time late on Monday

SpaceX attempts 'Big Bang' military mission with massive rocket

CEO Elon Musk says Monday's late-night launch will be the company's most difficult ever

Musk's mega bet

Starlink throws up many questions about use of space

SpaceX Crew Dragon unmanned craft docks with International Space Station

No astronauts or humans were on board the maiden flight, which completed the initial link to the ISS about 5:51 a.m. Eastern time

Here's the rocket science behind SpaceX Dragon 2's nail-biting landing

The landing and recovery of the Dragon 2 will represent a crucial milestone in commercial space flight

With Crew Dragon launch, SpaceX lowers costs and reduces barriers to space

Between 1970 and 2000, cost to launch a kilogram to space was $18,500 per kilogram. For a SpaceX Falcon 9, the rocket used to access the ISS, the cost is just $2,720 per kilogram.