Elon Musk says first high-altitude test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could happen this week

SpaceX giant 400ft Starship rocket will fly 47,000 feet into the air later this week according to Elon Musk, but there is a one in three chance it will land with a crash. The massive two-stage-to-orbit heavy lift vehicle has been in development since 2012 and could bring the average cost of launch from $51 million … Read more

Grimes shares a sweet snap of her son X Æ A-Xii reading a book about space

She welcomed her first child with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk back in May. And Grimes, 32, took to her Instagram stories on Monday evening to share a sweet new snap of her son X Æ A-Xii playing with a baby book about space. The six-month-old boy wore a cute white onesie decorated with golden stars as he … Read more

Elon Musk says first high-altitude test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could happen on Wednesday

Elon Musk says first high-altitude test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could happen as soon as Wednesday – but it only has a one-in-three chance of landing safely SpaceX Starship stands 400ft tall including its nosecone and could hold 100 Elon Musk says there is a ‘fighting chance’ it could fly to Mars as early as … Read more

Two remote-control cars will compete in the first-ever contest on the MOON in 2021 

A pair of remote control race cars will land on the Moon next year for the first ever race across the lunar surface – and they will be driven by high school students. Moon Mark, an entertainment and education company, is sponsoring the race that will see teams of students compete to design and drive … Read more

Grimes poses on a giant PLANT POT and plays the accordion as she promotes her new colouring book

New mother Grimes took to Instagram to share a series of offbeat snapshots on Thursday, as she promoted the release of her new colouring book. The 32-year-old musician – who welcomed son X Æ A-Xii six months ago with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, 49 – released her first art book Grimes: Miss Information, a Coloring Book earlier this … Read more

NASA astronaut Victor Glover shares his first video from SPACE

NASA astronaut Victor Glover shared his first video from space as he and three other astronauts soared above the Earth while traveling to the International Space Station. Glover is part of the Crew-1 mission that launched aboard the SpaceX‘s Crew Dragon capsule, nicknamed ‘Dragon Resilience,’ on November 15. This is Glover’s first trip to space … Read more

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket booster for a record SEVENTH time

SpaceX launches a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster for a record SEVENTH time ahead of first high-altitude test of its Starship prototype next week Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday It was the seventh time that particular first stage booster had been used in flight The booster has … Read more

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches satellite which will measure sea level rise over the next 30 years

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA satellite into orbit to measure sea levels for the next 30 years and then returns to California in a stunning landing SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite blasted off from California on Saturday   It took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:17am and arced southward … Read more

Elon Musk says the first colony on Mars will be ‘glass domes’ and 1 million will live there by 2050

Elon Musk says the first human colony on Mars will live in ‘glass domes’ and one million people will live there by 2050 after the poles are blasted by nuclear weapons to melt ice caps and induce warming Elon Musk has shared more details for his plan to build a city on Mars He suggests … Read more

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station 260 miles above Earth

SpaceX’s newly launched capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station on Monday, their new home until spring.  The Dragon capsule pulled up and docked late Monday night, following a 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The linkup occurred 262 miles above Idaho. The current inhabitants of the ISS … Read more