SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans toward orbit from Florida on Saturday.
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Elon Musk has given space fans an outline of plans for “Starship”, the next-generation vehicle SpaceX expects to use to eventually take humans to Mars.
Nasa will send a spacecraft to explore the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and search for “the building blocks of life”, the space agency has revealed.
Nasa has criticised India’s satellite destruction test for endangering astronauts on board the International Space Station.
US Vice President Mike Pence has called for American astronauts to return to the moon within five years.
SpaceX launched an unmanned Crew Dragon craft from Florida to the International Space Station early on Saturday, a milestone for Elon Musk’s goal of enabling humans to live on other planets.
America’s next moon landing will be made by private companies, not Nasa. Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine announced on Thursday that nine US companies will compete in delivering experiments to the lunar surface.