SpaceX
Musk is creating his own Texas town. He has even found a mayor
The SpaceX owner is trying to do something that few, if any, titans of industry have done in a century.
- by J. David Goodman
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Space
A Sydney start-up launched a satellite to fight space junk. It’s now space junk
The largest Australian-built commercial satellite was launched in March. Then it went dark.
- by Angus Dalton
The 47-year-old Kiwi who just became a billionaire
Peter Beck has come a long way for a former dishwasher engineer with no university qualifications.
- by Ainsley Thomson and Bruce Einhorn
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US Votes 2024
‘I love you Elon’: How Musk helped rocket Trump back into the White House
The world’s richest man lent his considerable weight to Donald Trump’s campaign. Elon Musk is now even richer – and he has all-areas access to the president-elect.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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US Votes 2024
Elon Musk’s bromance with Donald Trump could cost him billions
The world’s richest person has a lot riding on the outcome of the US election.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Billionaires
‘Visionary’ Elon Musk is back in his prime, and we should be excited
An action-packed month for Musk reminded me of the old futurist Elon, the visionary who wanted to change the world.
- by William Bennett
NASA astronaut in hospital after extended stay in space
A SpaceX capsule carrying three Americans and one Russian parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast.
- by Marcia Dunn
A launch and a catch: SpaceX advances Starship program with engineering feat
The mechanical SpaceX arms were able to catch the Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad.
- by Marcia Dunn
SpaceX ‘Freedom’ capsule to rescue Starliner crew from space station reaches orbit
The capsule carried just half the regular crew, leaving two seats open for “Suni” Williams and “Butch” Wilmore, who have been stuck on the space station for months.
- by Aaron Gregg
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Space
‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’: What space travel does to the body
Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness, radiation and being in close quarters. How do astronauts do it?
- by Jackson Graham
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Space
‘Earth sure looks like a perfect world’: Civilians complete historic space walk
The mission was Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
- by Joey Roulette
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