Tag: Elon Musk
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Musk: Falcon 9 rocket failure a “huge blow” to SpaceX
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke apart approximately 139 seconds after launch June 28. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Scriptunas Images Speaking publicly for the first time since a Falcon 9 rocket failure that destroyed a Dragon cargo capsule for the International Space Station, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Tuesday that engineers are still piecing together what happened…
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SpaceX rocket breaks up on latest resupply mission to Space Station
Updated with video below. An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies and scientific experiments for the International Space Station broke up this morning shortly after launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The live webcast of the launch showed the Falcon 9 rocket splitting apart around 2 minutes, 19 seconds into the mission. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/615166043762376705/photo/1 Falcon 9 experienced a problem…
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Throttle valve blamed for Falcon 9’s unsuccessful landing
SpaceX engineers have narrowed the cause of last week’s unsuccessful landing of a Falcon 9 rocket booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean on a commanding issue with an engine throttle valve, according to Elon Musk, the company’s founder and chief executive. Musk posted the update on Twitter late Saturday, and he confirmed the…
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Incredible video: SpaceX attempts to land Falcon 9 rocket on a barge, again
Just how close did SpaceX come to successfully landing its Falcon 9 rocket on its “autonomous drone ship” in the Atlantic after blasting its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station yesterday? See for yourself: Here’s the video posted by the company, from a chase plane monitoring the attempt. https://vine.co/v/euEpIVegiIx Here’s a better look: SpaceX…
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Elon Musk makes SpaceX photos free for public use
Photo via SpaceX/Falcon 9 Vertical Talk about responsive. Less than an hour after Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would post photos for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, he decided to go for the full public domain, when pressed by another’s tweet. Also, kudos to Musk for his new Dr. Evil-inspired profile pic. SpaceX…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin dealt setback in patent dispute with SpaceX over rocket landings
The “autonomous spaceport drone ship” that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a key preliminary ruling in its dispute with Blue Origin over a patent received by the Jeff Bezos-backed commercial space venture covering the landing of rockets at sea. Elon Musk announces the opening of SpaceX’s Seattle-area engineering office.…
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk inks $3.5M book deal to write about Earth and Mars
Elon Musk Like he needed the cash, Tesla and SpaceX head honcho Elon Musk just signed a $3.5 million book deal with Penguin. Details are scarce at this point, but apparently it’s a book about Earth and Mars, “half about the issues facing us on Earth — sustainability issues in particular. The second half will be about the…
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Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative
Google CEO Larry Page Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s new Seattle-based satellite Internet initiative, according to a report by The Information this morning, citing people familiar with the talks. The deal, if it happens, would create a powerful alliance between two companies…
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How Elon Musk plans to get to Mars, via Seattle: What the SpaceX founder said at that private event
If Seattle needs inspiration to think big, it has arrived in the form of Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO took the stage at Seattle Center on Friday and delivered his vision for creating an entirely new satellite Internet network that he believes could ultimately lead to the establishment of a city on Mars. It was a private event, and…
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Photos: SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals new $10B ‘Space Internet’ plan at private Seattle event
SpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses the crowd at a private event at Seattle Center. (GeekWire Photo) Elon Musk stopped in Seattle on Friday evening, on his way to Mars. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO slipped quietly into town to speak at a private event at Seattle Center — where he revealed previously unannounced details about SpaceX’s plans for its fledgling Seattle-area…