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Satellites are changing the night sky as we know it
Expect the night sky to start changing fast. One day soon, the stars we can see from Earth could be outnumbered by a vast swarm of satellites.
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Elon Musk unveils his plans for Starship
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.
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Musk vs Bezos: SpaceX plots next satellite launch
SpaceX is weeks away from flying a second batch of satellites into orbit for a broadband Internet project Elon Musk is racing to set up before fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.
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Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station
Spacewalking astronauts have added another parking spot to the International Space Station. It will be used by SpaceX and Boeing once they start launching astronauts to the orbiting lab late this year or early next year.
Motoring and transport
Virtual Hyperloop concept offers glimpse into future of travel
A virtual glimpse into the future of high-speed ground transport has been revealed by a group of engineers and designers, who have envisaged how Elon Musk’s Hyperloop could look.
Science
SpaceX set for ‘most difficult ever’ launch on Tuesday morning
SpaceX’s latest launch, due to be launched on Tuesday morning South African time and billed by Elon Musk as the company’s most difficult ever, has the potential to be extraordinary for a whole host of reasons.
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Musk’s new satellite network has astronomers worried
The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has grabbed the attention of people around the globe. With Musk planning for up to 12 000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, this fleet could forever change our view of the heavens.
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SpaceX launches 60 satellites for space-based broadband network
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites late on Thursday, a key step in Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband service around the world.