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Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

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Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

SpaceX founder Elon Musk made bold predictions about human life on Mars in a series of social media posts on Saturday. Writing on X, Musk made the forecasts in response to a post by Bill Ackman promoting a “Make America Healthy Again” ad posted by Robert F. Kennedy’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan. “Without our health and that … Read more

SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers malfunction, imperiling Starlink satellite mission

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SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers malfunction, imperiling Starlink satellite mission

A second-stage engine on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffered a malfunction in space Thursday night that imperiled its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket the global space industry relies on. Roughly an hour after Falcon 9 lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on … Read more