Elon Musk has reached a historic milestone, becoming the first individual to amass a net worth exceeding £314 billion ($400 billion). This leap comes after SpaceX executed a significant insider share sale, boosting the company’s valuation to £275 billion ($350 billion). Musk’s stakes in SpaceX and Tesla remain pivotal to his extraordinary wealth. SpaceX Valuation … Read more
Nasa has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its groundbreaking “Dragonfly mission,” an ambitious project that will send a car-sized octocopter to explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Scheduled for liftoff between July 5 and July 25, 2028, from Launch Complex 39A at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dragonfly will be carried to Titan … Read more
Successful splashdown of Starship in Indian Ocean SpaceX conducted its latest test flight of the Starship rocket system on Tuesday, showcasing both challenges and milestones for the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) rocket, which took off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, faced difficulties recovering its enormous booster stage … Read more
The Space Exploration develops a product called Nyx, a reusable capsule that can be launched from rockets into space carrying passengers and cargo. The Exploration Company (TEC) announced Monday it has raised $160 million to fuel development of its capsule that is designed to take astronauts and cargo to space stations. Venture capital firms Balderton … Read more
BENGALURU: Isro on Friday said India’s first Analogue space mission kicks off in Leh, in a collaborative effort by its Human Spaceflight Centre, Aaka Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.“…This mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station … Read more
Just after noon on Monday, a SpaceX rocket stood on the same launchpad that once sent men to the moon. Hurricane Milton had recently ripped across Florida, whipping up winds of a hundred miles per hour in Cape Canaveral, but now the skies were a featureless blue. From a restricted viewing area not far away, … Read more
Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX, has thrown a fiery statement into the political arena. He declared that he will take “anyone who wants to be a space traveller” to Mars, but he firmly opposes the idea of Kamala Harris becoming the next US president. ELON MUSK AND SPACE EXPLORATION His remarks have stirred up … Read more
MUMBAI: At about 4.20 pm (IST) on Thursday, when SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was zooming at a speed of 25,271 kmh over the Indian Ocean at an altitude of 740 kms, world space history crossed a major milestone when billionaire Jared Isaacman emerged from the capsule, becoming the first non-professional and private spaceman to execute a … Read more
Kelly Haston, a 53-year-old biologist, sealed inside a habitat in Texas for over a year completed a groundbreaking simulation for NASA called CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 1, which aimed to understand the impact of isolation on crew’s health and performance and to prepare them for a future mission to Mars.This is … Read more
A team of McMaster University students in Hamilton will soon head to Iceland, where they’ll camp out by a series of underground lava tubes they plan to map with a drone. The drone uses hardware and software designed by the undergraduate students, who hope their tech will one day be used in space exploration to specially map underground areas in … Read more
