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By Stan Schroeder2020-05-07 07:12:35 UTC This will be interesting.  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is coming back on Joe Rogan's show, at 9 a.m. PT Thursday, Rogan announced on Twitter and Instagram. "Round 2 with the super genius," he tweeted.  Musk was a guest on Rogan's podcast in September…

Virgin Galactic today revealed a new partnership with NASA, in pursuit of the goal of developing a high-speed vehicle for point-to-point travel across Earth. NASA has been pursuing development of high-mach air travel itself, with the development of its Supersonic X-59 low-boon supersonic test plane built by Lockheed Martin, but…

Netflix has released the first trailer for its series Space Force, which is a parodic take on the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces. The project was announced pretty shortly after the space-focused military branch was made official, so it’s actually pretty impressive to see a trailer for what…

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SpaceX has successfully completed its final parachute test for the Crew Dragon capsule, which will carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month. This first manned test flight will mark the first time that American astronauts have been launched into space from American soil since…

ReutersMay 04, 2020 09:21:20 ISTTwo NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX's new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-handed crew aboard the International Space Station, the US space agency said on Friday. The launch is scheduled…

"Possession just weigh you down" — Musk tweeted that he is "selling almost all physical possessions." Timothy B. Lee - May 1, 2020 7:21 pm UTC Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2015.Tesla's stock is down sharply in Friday trading. One likely reason for that: CEO Elon Musk tweeted that "Tesla…

by Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted May 1, 2020 2:08 pm ADT Last Updated May 1, 2020 at 2:10 pm ADT FILE - In this July 8, 2011 file photo, spectators watch the space shuttle Atlantis lift off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was…

Conceptual image of the Dynetics Human Landing System.Image: DyneticsAs NASA prepares to return humans to the Moon in 2024, the space agency has decided to take the private route, selecting three U.S. companies to develop an astronaut landing system.NASA announced yesterday that Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX will receive a…

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley. SpaceX NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters Friday that the first-ever launch of astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX spacecraft, an event set for May 27, is "a priority" for the space agency.It's a statement you'd expect to hear…