Topic: Elon Musk

HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The founder of a privately funded space transportation company in California says he is disappointed by its third consecutive failed rocket launch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Space Exploration Technologies has broken ground on a commercial launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands, March 25 (UPI) -- An attempt to launch an experimental rocket with a U.S. Air Force Academy satellite on board was destroyed a minute after takeoff. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX's Falcon 1 was designed to be a low-cost satellite launcher but officials sa

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- The next five years will determine, for good or ill, the future of U.S. manned space exploration for decades to come. More significant, a confluence of forces will accelerate that process.

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The May 2 announcement by Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form a joint venture to build and launch rockets for the United States government is another sign the established sector of the American rocket industry continues to shrink and stagnate.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 5 (UPI) -- A series by UPI exploring the people, passions and business of sub-orbital manned spaceflight. This week: Several firms are vying to develop low-cost, rapid-response launch vehicles for the military that also could fuel explosive growth in the private spa

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A series by UPI exploring the people, the passions and the business of sub-orbital manned spaceflight. This week: With the first commercial passenger spaceflights expected before the next presidential election, the U.S. government weighed in last week wit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A series by UPI exploring the people, passions and business of sub-orbital spaceflight. This week: A new company has moved to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Complex 41. Upstart Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, owned by Internet entrepreneur

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A series by UPI exploring the people, passions and business of sub-orbital manned spaceflight. This week: For years, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has been laboring in secret at his Seattle headquarters on a space-related project known only as Blue Origin

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A series by UPI exploring the people, passions and business of sub-orbital manned spaceflight. This week: Going into the funeral business was not exactly what Charlie Chafer and a team of commercial space pioneers had in mind when they sketched plans, rai