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Elon Musk rips Boeing's $90 million space trips as cost tops SpaceX's

NASA's Inspector General revealed this week that the agency had given Boeing an extra $287.2 million for its work on the commercial crew program

SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites for global internet coverage

This also marked the first time SpaceX used a previously flown nose cone. The California-based company reuses rocket parts to cut costs

We need a new space law

If Musk succeeds in his plans to send humans to Mars and builds a station there later, would that patch on the red planet belong to all mankind or his SpaceX company

Boeing, SpaceX progressing towards first crewed missions in 2018: NASA

"Both companies are scheduled to begin flight tests to prove the space systems meet NASA's requirements for certification in the coming year," Xinhua quoted NASA as saying

NASA names astronauts for Boeing, SpaceX flights to ISS scheduled for 2019

Their voyages are scheduled to begin next year, and they would be the first American astronauts to launch from United States soil since 2011

Elon Musk outlines plans for vehicle he expects to take humans to Mars

The goal is to make "space travel like air travel", Musk said, during a highly technical presentation from the company's Boca Chica test site near Brownsville, Texas

SpaceX launches Falcon heavy rocket with 24 experimental satellites

The craft blasted off to cheers from onlookers at 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) after a three-hour delay from the original launch time late on Monday

SpaceX attempts 'Big Bang' military mission with massive rocket

CEO Elon Musk says Monday's late-night launch will be the company's most difficult ever

Musk's mega bet

Starlink throws up many questions about use of space

SpaceX Crew Dragon unmanned craft docks with International Space Station

No astronauts or humans were on board the maiden flight, which completed the initial link to the ISS about 5:51 a.m. Eastern time

Here's the rocket science behind SpaceX Dragon 2's nail-biting landing

The landing and recovery of the Dragon 2 will represent a crucial milestone in commercial space flight

With Crew Dragon launch, SpaceX lowers costs and reduces barriers to space

Between 1970 and 2000, cost to launch a kilogram to space was $18,500 per kilogram. For a SpaceX Falcon 9, the rocket used to access the ISS, the cost is just $2,720 per kilogram.

SpaceX launches Crew Dragon test flight to prove it can fly humans safely

In 2014, NASA awarded SpaceX and rival Boeing Co. combined contracts worth up to $6.8 billion to fly US astronauts to the space station

SpaceX gets NASA go ahead for first crew capsule test to space station

This will be the first time the US space agency lets a private-sector company transport their astronauts

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to lay off 10% of its over 6,000 employees

SpaceX is reportedly offering those affected a minimum of eight weeks' pay and other benefits, including career coaching and resume assistance

SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit for cheap, wireless net

SpaceX's interest in such a low orbit is to shorten the communication time between internet users on Earth and space-faring satellites, speeding up surfing speeds

As space becomes more commercialised in 10 years, what's next for SpaceX?

It's true that space is becoming just another place to do business

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to be Space X's first moon traveller

Russian and Chinese companies are also working on space tourism plans

Meet billionaire Maezawa, SpaceX's first paying passenger to the moon

Maezawa has long stood out in the Japanese corporate world

Elon Musk's SpaceX announces plan to send private passenger around the Moon

Humans have not set foot on the Moon since the final Apollo mission in 1972, capping an era of US national pride