SpaceX

Expert Compares SpaceX and Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Race to the Tortoise and the Hare

Brad Stone, the author of “Amazon Unbound“, compares Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin — referring to them as the tortoise and the hare. But what else separates the two intergalactic competitors? Who will eventually win the space race? Watch below for more. Host: It’s hard to believe that Blue Origin is actually…

Listen: Space, The VR Frontier with Tanya Gupta of NASA

The future of space exploration looked bleak after 2010 when NASA’s Space Shuttle program was officially retired. Beyond satellites and research conducted from the ISS, there weren’t many plans to travel the stars. That is, until private companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Orbital ATK, and others fundamentally changed the way the industry operated,…

Watch: SpaceX to Build It’s Biggest Rocket in Los Angeles

The BFR is expected to transport humans to Mars.

SpaceX to expand Texas facility for future Mars missions

SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions. After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed. With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger…

SpaceX Successfully Launches the Falcon Heavy Rocket

Elon Musk has made it his life mission to take humankind to space. On February 6th, he got even closer to achieving that goal when his company SpaceX launched the historic maiden voyage of its Falcon Heavy Rocket, putting a Tesla Roadster into orbit, and landing two rocket boosters back on Earth. After a brief…

Elon Musk’s space Roadster overshot Mars and is now in limbo

You read that right. Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster with the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket this week. The car was planned to follow a path around the sun that would send it to Mars, but it overshot the mark. Now the car is in murky territory, and many are looking for specifics on if…

SpaceX targets a Falcon Heavy launch Tuesday

SpaceX hopes to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket this Tuesday, defying skeptics and correcting past failures. If successful, the Falcon Heavy would be the world’s most powerful rocket and a huge step for the company. Viewable on the SpaceX website and YouTube, the launch aims to go off at 1:30 PM Eastern, with a backup…