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Elon Musk Reveals Plan for 48-Minute Hyperloop Tunnel Between New York and London

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Elon Musk continues to push the boundaries of engineering. According to The Economic Times, the founder of SpaceX has revealed new details about his ambitious project for an underwater tunnel connecting New York to London in just 48 minutes using Hyperloop technology. The concept is based on magnetic levitation trains propelled through vacuum ...

SpaceX Answers Critics With Successful Starship Test Flight

This is Beirut, 27/08 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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SpaceX's Starship megarocket roared into the skies Tuesday on its tenth test flight, turning in a strong performance after a series of fiery failures had begun to cast doubt on its future. Towering 403 feet (123 meters), Starship is the most powerful launch vehicle ever built and key to founder Elon Musk's vision of carrying humanity to ...

SpaceX Delays Starship Megarocket Launch in Latest Setback

This is Beirut, 25/08 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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SpaceX delayed a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket by 24 hours until Monday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk's behemoth after a series of explosive failures. The recent problems have led some observers to doubt whether the world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle will be ...

SpaceX Launches Secretive US Military Spacecraft

This is Beirut, 22/08 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space on Thursday night carrying the US military's secretive X-37B drone. The rocket successfully launched at 11:50 pm (0350 GMT on Friday), according to SpaceX's livestream of the event. The Falcon 9 lit up the night sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where it was launched from. The US Space Force has ...

Astronauts From US, India, Poland, Hungary on SpaceX Capsule Return to Earth

This is Beirut, 15/07 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. The Ax-4 crew undocked from the International Space Station at 7:15 am EST on Monday (1115 GMT) for a 22.5-hour journey, landing in the Pacific Ocean at ...

Trump vs. Musk: Feud Erupts into Full-Blown Political Showdown

Lyne Sammouri, 02/07 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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What started as a political alliance between Musk and Trump has exploded into a bitter feud with high stakes impacting government contracts, Tesla’s business and the broader electric vehicle industry.

SpaceX Starship Explodes During 'Routine' Test: Texas Officials

This is Beirut, 19/06 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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One of tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, adding that no one was injured. The Starship 36 suffered "catastrophic failure and exploded" at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11:00 pm (0400 GMT Thursday), a Facebook post by the Cameron County ...

Trump Scuppers Idea of Calling Musk After Row, May Ditch Tesla

This is Beirut, 06/06 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump has no plans to speak to billionaire Elon Musk and may even ditch his red Tesla car, the White House said Friday after a stunning public divorce fraught with risk for both men. Trump's camp insisted that he wanted to move on from the row with the South African-born Musk, with officials telling AFP that the tech tycoon ...

Starship Megarocket Blows up Over Indian Ocean in Latest Bumpy Test

This is Beirut, 28/05 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars. The biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built lifted off around 6:36 pm (2336 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility, near a southern Texas village that ...

SpaceX set for Next Starship Launch After Fiery Failures

This is Beirut, 27/05 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket -- the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's Mars ambitions -- after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions. A launch window opens at 6:30 pm (2330 GMT) from the company's Starbase facility near a southern Texas village that recently voted to become a city, also ...

Private US Company Launches for Moon a Second Time

This is Beirut, 27/02 12:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Intuitive Machines, the first private company to successfully complete a lunar landing, has launched its second probe to the Moon. Liftoff took place in Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, on the 26th of February.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches US and Japanese Landers to the Moon

Vanessa Kallas, 15/01 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and iSpace’s Hakuto-R lunar landers, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration.

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