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'Jeff Bezos advised selling Tesla stocks thinking Trump would lose': Musk

Donald Trump is set to assume office on January 20 and has been naming his picks for key administrative roles. The list also features Musk, who will co-lead DOGE to make the US govt more 'efficient'

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket but passes up catching booster

SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month's success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The catch was called off just four minutes into the test flight from Texas for unspecified reasons, and the booster hit the water three minutes later. Not all of the criteria for a booster catch was met and so the flight director did not command the booster to return to the launch site, said SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot. He did not specify what went wrong. At the same time, the empty spacecraft launched from Texas atop Starship soared across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to October's test flight. Skimming space, the shiny retro-looking craft targeted the Indian Ocean for a controlled but destructive end to the hourlong demo. It was the latest test for the world's biggest and most powerful rocket that SpaceX and NASA hope to use to get astronauts back on

President-elect Trump likely to attend SpaceX 'Starship' launch in Texas

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be planning to attend a SpaceX "Starship" rocket launch on Tuesday, in the latest indication of founder Elon Musk's influence in the Republican's orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Brownsville and Boca Chica, Texas area for a VIP visit that coincides with the SpaceX launch window for a test of its massive Starship rocket from its launch facility on the Gulf of Mexico. The flight restrictions put in place over Trump's home in Palm Beach, Florida when he is there will be lifted briefly while the Texas security measures are in place. Trump's visit comes as billionaire Musk has been a near-constant presence at Trump's side as he builds out his administration, attending meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, accompanying him to meetings with Capitol Hill Republicans in Washington last week and to a UFC fight in New York on Saturday. Trump frequently regaled audiences on the campaign trail with a

Musk's SpaceX to launch India's GSAT-20 satellite for better communication

SpaceX will launch India's GSAT-20 satellite, enhancing communication capacity and supporting initiatives like Smart Cities. The partnership comes after ISRO's heavy-lift limitations

SpaceX in talks to sell insider shares to boost valuation to around $255 bn

That would be a premium to the company's previous valuation of about $210 billion. It would also cement SpaceX's status as the most valuable private US company

Musk's SpaceX preparing to launch tender offer in Dec at $135 per share

Musk, the world's richest person, is expected to wield significant influence in Washington to secure favorable government treatment for his companies

What is DOGE, and why is Elon Musk interested in the Trump administration?

The Department of Government Efficiency will work outside the federal structure to streamline governance by cutting regulations, reducing waste, and advising on key reforms

After SpaceX's requests, Taiwanese suppliers move manufacturing abroad

A second source who collaborates with Taiwanese satellite component makers on the island said suppliers were directly asked by SpaceX to transfer manufacturing abroad

Musk's SpaceX moves into spy game: A new era for defense contracting

Pentagon needs what the firm offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance, billionaire's global interests

Elon Musk-led SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites today

SpaceX is launching 20 more Starlink satellites into space. The company operates over 6,400 Starlink spacecraft in LEO and out of these, over 250 are DTC satellites

Why astronaut Sunita Williams couldn't return on SpaceX's homebound capsule

From short-term visitors to station commanders: Williams and Wilmore has embraced life on the ISS following gas leak and thruster problem that compromised their capsule's safety

4,300 tonnes of space junk and rising: Satellite breakup adds to woes

The Intelsat 33e satellite provided broadband communication from a point some 35,000km above the Indian Ocean, in a geostationary orbit around the equator

Boeing-made communication satellite explodes in space, reason unknown

This is not the first loss for Intelsat. Earlier in 2019, the company had lost another Boeing-made satellite, IS-29e

Nasa's SpaceX Crew-8 mission delayed due to adverse weather; what's next?

As per Nasa's latest communication, the weather remains less than ideal for a planned undocking. Forecasts indicate that conditions may become more favourable later in the week

How did Indian Railways engineer make it to SpaceX? Story charms internet

The Internet is seeking inspiration from a mechanical engineer, Sanjeev Sharma, the IIT Roorkee graduate. He is currently working for Elon Musk's SpaceX and his LinkedIn profile went viral

Safe landing: SpaceX's new capability to improve space exploration

This is the fifth test flight of the Starship and the first four did not involve recapture of the booster by chopsticks, due to various technical snags

SpaceX launches mega Starship rocket; mechanical arms catches it at landing

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday on its boldest test flight yet, striving to catch the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400 feet (121 metres), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after liftoff or while ditching into the sea. The last one in June was the most successful yet, completing its flight without exploding. This time, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk upped the challenge and risk. The company aimed to bring the first-stage booster back to land at the pad from which it had soared several minutes earlier. The launch tower sported monstrous metal arms, dubbed chopsticks, ready to catch the descending 232-foot (71-metre) booster. It was up to the flight director to decide, real time with a manual control, whether to attempt the landing. SpaceX said bot

SpaceX uses dominance to push rivals to use wireless via Starlink: Report

Attorneys from a law firm met with the Justice Department's antitrust division in recent months to bring attention to these arrangements on behalf of some satellite and rocket companies

'If Trump loses, I'm...': Elon Musk declares full support for Donald Trump

In a recent interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk reaffirmed his full support towards for former US President Donald Trump

SpaceX to launch Europe's Hera to study asteroid surface, structure

SpaceX to launch Europe's Hera asteroid probe that aims to understand the post-impact evaluation in Dimorphos