Tag: Elon Musk
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Musk aims for November debut of Falcon Heavy
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket in flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX aims to launch the first Falcon Heavy rocket in November, company chief Elon Musk said Thursday, the latest in a series of schedule targets for the heavy-lift launcher’s delayed debut. Musk shared the updated schedule on social media late Thursday, a week after…
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6 little words: Elon Musk targets November for Falcon Heavy rocket’s maiden launch
SpaceX’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, says he’s aiming to launch the first test flight of his company’s Falcon Heavy rocket in November from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He issued the latest schedule today in a six-word posting to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXEkGKlgJDK The Falcon Heavy has been in the works for years, and would rank…
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Musk sets expectations low for maiden Falcon Heavy launch
Artist’s illustration of the Falcon Heavy’s two side-mounted boosters separating from the rocket’s core stage a few minutes after liftoff. Credit: SpaceX When SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket finally takes off for the first time, a debut now scheduled this fall, there’s a good chance the commercial heavy-lifter will falter short of reaching orbit, company founder…
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Elon Musk is bullish on Dragon space rides, but Red Dragon on Mars? Not so much
Artwork shows a Red Dragon capsule firing its thrusters for a Mars landing. (SpaceX Illustration) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he expects to see astronauts flying to the International Space Station on his company’s Dragon capsules by mid-2018 – but is downplaying a technology that would have opened the way for robotic “Red Dragon” missions to…
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Propulsive landings nixed from SpaceX’s Dragon spaceship
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Red Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon capsules will not return astronauts to Earth for powered landings as originally envisioned, company boss Elon Musk said Wednesday, a design change that raises questions about the space transport firm’s plans to send commercial landers to the surface of Mars. Musk cited safety…
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When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled his long-promised plan to send scads of settlers to Mars. Now he’s working on a reprise, and it just might be announced at this September’s IAC meeting in Australia. Musk dropped the hint overnight when…
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Jeff Bezos accepts top aerospace award and Father’s Day pancakes in one weekend
With his wife Mackenzie Bezos by his side, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos accepts the Collier Trophy awarded to his New Shepard rocket. (NAA Photo) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin team has accepted one of the aerospace community’s most prestigious awards, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, for developing a reusable spaceship that…
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Elon Musk promises an update on his plan to settle Mars – including how he’ll fund it
An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Interplanetary Transport System lifting off with a refueling tanker sitting beside it. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s vision to send a million people to Mars is now in print, but the billionaire visionary says he’s already working on an update. The newly published print version, appearing on the New…
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How we wedged Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and their space race into an onstage startup
Val Brunetto, Liam Lawe and Zach Sanders take the stage in “The Inconstant Moon,” Marcy Rodenborn’s update of the Romeo and Juliet story for the commercial space race. Lawe portrayed Elon Musk (shown here persuading Brunetto’s character to fly to Mars) as well as Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) I’m the last person…
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Musk wants to make Falcon rockets fully reusable
This illustration of a Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage re-entering the atmosphere is part of an animation released in 2011. SpaceX officials have not discussed technical details of how the company would recover upper stages under founder Elon Musk’s latest emphasis on the project. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX chief Elon Musk said last week he is…