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SpaceX to lay off ten percent of its workforce

Jan 13, 2019

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will lay off 10 percent from its total workforce of about 6,000, the company announced today, according to Gizmodo. SpaceX carried out a record number of launches in 2018, but they say the...

SpaceX announces first passenger on private flight to the moon

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Sep 19, 2018

Business, Innovation, Science

SpaceX has announced its first passenger for its private flight to the moon, Yusaka Maezawa, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo. Maezawa, who is also an art collector, ...

Space council calls for a “space czar” to oversee private space industry

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Feb 21, 2018

Innovation, Policy, Science

A recommendation from the National Space Council, issued Wednesday, calls for a “space czar,” to oversee private spaceflight companies like SpaceX. Space commerce matters would be consolidated under the Departm...

Ajit Pai is supporting a SpaceX proposal for satellite broadband network

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Feb 16, 2018

Innovation, Policy, Science

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is supporting a SpaceX proposal to create a satellite-based broadband internet network, according to Reuters. In a statement, Pai said the FCC should...

Elon Musk outlines revised plans for Mars rocket and spacecraft

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Oct 1, 2017

Innovation, Science

On Friday, at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk detailed a revised plan to send passengers to Mars, outlining an approach that he says will be economically viable for th...

Space X reaches another spaceflight milestone, in successful launch of recycled rocket

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Apr 3, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

In yet another milestone reached by the private spaceflight company, SpaceX launched and successfully landed a previously used booster rocket last Thursday. The successful launch, which delivered a communica...

SpaceX announces 2018 tourist trip to moon

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Feb 28, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

Elon Musk’s groundbreaking SpaceX corporation is setting its sights on another space travel milestone, announcing that two private citizens have already paid the company deposits for a 2018 flight to loop aroun...

Sunday’s SpaceX launch successful, reusable booster lands unharmed

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Feb 19, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

A SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center, to resupply the International Space Station, proceeded successfully on Sunday morning. The launchpad off the central Florida coast has a rich history, as the start...

Tesla and SpaceX join fight against immigration ban, Musk stands by choice to serve on economic council

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Feb 8, 2017

Business, Policy, Science

Both of Elon Musk’s companies, Tesla and SpaceX, have joined 97 other tech companies as signatories supporting Washington state’s lawsuit against Donald Trump’s immigration ban. The ban, which blocks immigra...

Successful SpaceX launch restarts operations after September explosion

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Jan 14, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

On Saturday, SpaceX launched a Falcon rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 AM local time. It marked the company’s first launch since a rocket exploded on its launch pad in September. Elon ...

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