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Elon Musk's Starlink network suffers rare global outage

SpaceX's Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption for Elon Musk's powerful satellite internet system.

World • 25 Jul

A screengrab taken from a video posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on X shows the Dror 1 satellite being launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 13 July

Israel launches communications satellite from Florida

Israel has said it had launched a new national communications satellite on board a SpaceX rocket from the United States.

World • 13 Jul

The crew was carried on a SpaceX launch vehicle consisting of a Crew Dragon capsule perched atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket

Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary blast off to ISS

A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary lifted off to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking people from these countries to space for the first time in decades.

World • 25 Jun

Suni Williams waves as she emerges from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

NASA astronauts return to Earth after drawn-out mission

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

World • 19 Mar

A spaceship carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down off the coast of Florida

NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months in space

A pair of NASA astronauts unexpectedly stuck in space for more than nine months have splashed down off the Florida coast, closing out a mission that has captured the world's attention.

World • 19 Mar

A rescheduled launch has yet to be announced

SpaceX calls off Starship test flight at last minute

Elon Musk's SpaceX called off the latest test flight of its Starship rocket just before its scheduled launch yesterday evening, citing an unspecified problem with the behemoth spacecraft.

World • 05 Mar

Elon Musk said the NASA crew were left stranded for 'political reasons' (file photo)

Elon Musk in X spat with Danish astronaut over ISS crew

The world's richest man Elon Musk got into a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire's claim that former US president Joe Biden intentionally abandoned two US astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

World • 14 Mar

Dozens of commercial flights diverted to other airports or altered course to avoid potential debris after the SpaceX Starship broke up

SpaceX's Starship explodes in flight test

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas last night, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket programme.

Business • 17 Jan

Elon Musk is Tesla's largest shareholder with about a 13% stake in the EV company

Elon Musk's net worth tops $400 billion - Forbes list

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's net worth crossed $400 billion today, the Forbes real-time billionaires list showed, boosted by a nearly 71% surge in the car maker's shares this year and the soaring valuation of his rocket company SpaceX.

Business • 12 Dec 24

The mission will bring home two astronauts whose stay on the ISS was prolonged for months due to problems with their Boeing-designed Starliner spacecraft

SpaceX mission to rescue stranded astronauts docks at ISS

The SpaceX crew that will ferry back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked with the orbiting laboratory, a live stream of the mission showed.

World • 30 Sep 24

SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk said that the first crewed mission timeline will depend upon the success of the uncrewed flights

SpaceX to send 5 uncrewed Starships to Mars in 2 years

SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, chief executive Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X.

Business • 23 Sep 24

A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees are poised to launch on Tuesday aboard a modified Crew Dragon craft

Musk's SpaceX testing new tech in risky spacewalk

SpaceX's attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock, in one of the riskiest missions yet for Elon Musk's space company.

Business • 23 Aug 24

The Starliner, with two astronauts aboard, lifted off from Florida

Boeing capsule launched on first crewed space flight

Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule has been launched from the United States in a much-delayed first test flight carrying a crew.

World • 06 Jun 24

Starship launched from Boca Chica in Texas

SpaceX Starship 'lost' during atmospheric re-entry

SpaceX's Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight through space on its third try getting farther than ever before, but disintegrated on its return to Earth.

World • 14 Mar 24

SpaceX moves incorporation to Texas from Delaware - Musk

Rocket company SpaceX has moved its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware, CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Business • 15 Feb 24

SpaceX will launch up to four of Europe's flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, reports say today

SpaceX signs deal to launch key European satellites

SpaceX has signed a deal to launch up to four of Europe's flagship navigation and secure communications satellites into orbit, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

Business • 23 Oct 23

The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

SpaceX Starship rocket explodes soon after blast-off

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, has exploded during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

World • 20 Apr 23

Starship waiting on Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas

Test flight of world's biggest rocket postponed

SpaceX postponed the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond.

World • 17 Apr 23

Elon Musk addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway today

Musk focused on getting self-driving Teslas by year end

Tesla chief Elon Musk said today he aimed to get the electric automaker's self-driving technology ready by the end of the year and hopes it could be in wide release in the US and possibly in Europe, depending on regulatory approval.

Business • 29 Aug 22

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and also leads rocket company SpaceX, as well as brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling venture the Boring Company

Musk's Twitter deal could test Tesla executives

Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter for $44 billion has raised concerns about the depth of executive talent at his more valuable company, electric carmaker Tesla, in case his attention is further divided by the social media platform.

Business • 26 Apr 22

Tesla, SpaceX facing significant inflationary pressure

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the US electric carmaker and his rocket company SpaceX are facing significant inflationary pressure in raw materials and logistics.

Business • 14 Mar 22

Musk 'confident' of Starship orbital launch this year

Elon Musk has delivered updates on SpaceX's efforts to develop its interplanetary Starship rocket.

World • 11 Feb 22

It was not immediately clear if Elon Musk was being serious about quitting his roles at Tesla and SpaceX

Tesla's Musk says he is 'thinking of' quitting his jobs

Tesla chief executive Officer Elon Musk is "thinking of" leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer, the world's richest man has tweeted.

Business • 10 Dec 21

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

SpaceX blasts off for International Space Station

SpaceX has launched its third crew to the International Space Station this morning, reusing a rocket and crew capsule in a human mission for the first time.

World • 23 Apr 21

Musk, who also leads several futuristic companies said last month SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030

Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $1.16bn in equity financing

Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised about $1.16 billion in equity financing over the last two months, the private rocket company said in an amended regulatory filing today.

Business • 14 Apr 21

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