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One of the craziest parts of the launch was seeing a dummy astronaut inside the Tesla Roadster floating in space. SpaceX This chart shows where Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is expected to be as of Feb. 6, 2020. Where is Roadster? screenshot by Amanda Kooser/…

Steven Counts for Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic moved its VSS Unity spacecraft from Mojave, California, to its commercial headquarters in New Mexico on Thursday, it said in a press release. Shares of the space-tourism company spiked 19% on Friday to an all-time high. Virgin Galactic says the VSS Unity will eventually…

There’s a new launch startup in the mix called Astra, which has been operating in semi-stealth mode for the past three years, building its rockets just a stone’s throw from the heart of startup central in Alameda County, Calif. Astra’s approach isn’t exactly …

President Donald Trump is set to request a budget of $25.6 billion for NASA for its fiscal 2021 operating year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. It’s looking for nearly $3 billion more than the $22.6 billion NASA had for its current fiscal year, an…

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) said a "potentially hazardous" asteroid is headed our way. According to NASA, "Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are currently defined based on parameters that measure the asteroid's potential to make threatening close approaches to the Earth." The asteroid, with the catchy name 163373 (2002…

February 13, 2020 2 min read When people interested in business see the word “unicorn,” companies like Uber, Airbnb and SpaceX come to mind. Those brands are constantly in the news, and their valuations are astronomical. But for every flashy unicorn startup that becomes a household name, there are dozens…

It all began when Sacha Baron Cohen shared a picture of Mark Zuckerberg as a Roman Emperor along with some scathing commentary, reports TechCrunch: He tweeted in frustration, "We don't let 1 person control the water for 2.5 billion people. We don't let 1 per…

SpaceX has launched dozens of satellites as part of its Starlink project to bring high-speed Internet to every point on the planet. SpaceX A rocket from the commercial company SpaceX lifted off on Wednesday morning with some 60 satellites aboard. Once they …

BOCA CHICA, Texas—Mary McConnaughey was watching from her car when the rocket exploded on the beach. The steel-crunching burst sent the top of the spacecraft flying, and a cloud of vapor billowed into the sky and drifted toward the water.McConnaughey and her husband had planned to drive into town that…

Dracarys — “Even though it sounds mundane, there is a load of paper that has to be verified.” Eric Berger - Feb 11, 2020 2:15 pm UTC Enlarge / NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken familiarize themselves with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.NASANASA and SpaceX are closing in on the first…