Tags: Elon Musk

SpaceX Rocket to Launch Dscovr Satellite Tonight

CHEMISTRY 02.07.2015 21:02 PM

Seventeen years after the thought came to his mind, former Vice President of the United States Al Gore is finally getting his wish. This evening, Saturday Feb. 7 at 6:10pm, a 1,250-pound satellite nicknamed “GoreSat” is going off into space at last.

Elon Musk Continues to Dream Big with Idea for Space Internet

01.19.2015 14:06 PM

Elon Musk continues to dream big with his latest idea of bringing satellite Internet to every corner of the Earth, and then extending that net out into space to encompass Mars as well.

The Truth Behind AI, and Why Elon Musk is Donating Millions To Protect Humanity from Robot Invasion

01.16.2015 14:07 PM

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has already gone on record discussing the potential risks of artificial intelligence, and now he is putting his money where his mouth is. The inventor and entrepreneur is donating $10 million to help fund research to "keep AI beneficial" to humanity and prevent it from going the way of Skynet from the Terminator franchise.

Mars One Headquarters Planned for Seattle

01.14.2015 21:55 PM

Rocket company SpaceX, under the leadership of Tesla founder Elon Musk, is looking hire up to 1,000 employees for its Seattle-based engineering office whose mission will be to build a commercial satellite business that will eventually pave the way for sending spacecrafts to Mars. And while many are happy about the boost in the local economy, some are left wondering whether a change in careers may bring them closer to a future on Mars?

Off With a Boom, and Back with a Crash — SpaceX Mission

01.12.2015 21:31 PM

Elon Musk, the brains behind Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is aiming to redefine how celestial navigation will be conducted in the future. But with the failure of the Falcon 9 return, his latest attempt was "close, but no cigar."

Can SpaceX Deliver on Its Ambitious 2015 Goals?

01.10.2015 19:30 PM

SpaceX has an ambitious year of goals ahead of it, as it tries to demonstrate how commercial space flight can be faster and more efficient compared to government run agencies. But many international space agencies are left wondering: can they make it?

SpaceX—Elon Musk Tries to Change Spaceflight Forever

01.09.2015 21:35 PM

Elon Musk, the South African-born immigrant who made his first fortune revolutionizing how we accept payments with PayPal, is now trying to do the same with space travel.

Dragon Spacecraft Completes Mission, Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean

10.27.2014 18:40 PM

Elon Musk's SpaceX keeps on completing milestones on its way to building that city on Mars ASAP, but first it must prove it can handle reliably traveling to somewhere much closer: the International Space Station, currently orbiting Earth.