Google aboard as Musk`s SpaceX gets $1 bn in funding

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 08:04

The private space exploration firm SpaceX said on Tuesday it had secured a $1 billion investment that could help founder Elon Musk`s plan to build a satellite Internet network.

SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off with Thaicom digital TV satellite

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 09:19

A Space Exploration Technologies` Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday to put a commercial communications spacecraft into orbit for Thai satellite operator Thaicom.

To launch or not? NASA debates space station fix

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 03:26

NASA on Tuesday debated whether to go ahead with a planned cargo mission to the International Space Station or postpone it so astronauts can do spacewalks for urgent repairs.

SpaceX rocket lifts off on first commercial satellite launch

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 10:31

An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket developed by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, blasted off on Tuesday to put its first commercial satellite into orbit.

SpaceX postpones first satellite launch

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 12:17

Private US company SpaceX postponed the launch of a rocket carrying its first telecommunications satellite on Thursday after two unsuccessful attempts at take-off.

Fortune Magazine names tech billionaire Elon Musk 'Businessperson of the Year'

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:55

Fortune Magazine named Musk based on the revenues and stock price gains from three companies he founded - Tesla, SpaceX and SolarCity.

SpaceX passes NASA’s safety review, targets manned mission in 2017

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 22:25

Your dream of taking a private spaceflight would soon become a reality with the space transport firm SpaceX successfully passing the NASA’s safety reviews test.

NASA puts out call for commercial space taxis

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:10

Despite budget uncertainties, NASA on Tuesday issued a solicitation for a commercially operated space taxi to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, an attempt to break Russia`s monopoly on crew transport by 2017.

Watch SpaceX’s Grasshopper making its highest leap yet

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:28

A new video released by SpaceX shows the company’s Grasshopper reusable rocket set a new height record of 744 meters (2440ft) above the arid landscape.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from California

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 08:56

An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Sunday to test upgrades before commercial satellite launch services begin later this year.

SpaceX ready to test-fly new Falcon rocket

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 08:46

Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies plans to test an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from a site in California as part of its push into the satellite launch market.

NASA clears Orbital Sciences for test flight to ISS

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:18

NASA on Monday cleared a second commercial company to launch a cargo ship to the International Space Station, with blastoff slated this week from a Virginia spaceport.