Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another packed episode of technology news. In the show this week, Elon Musk puts a Tesla in space – and why it was such a monumental achievement
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“It seems surreal to me,” said Elon Musk, proprietor of SpaceX, and for once he was understating things. On Tuesday, his company blasted a 70 metre rocket into orbit, returned its two side boosters to Earth
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has held a press conference to discuss the successful debut test flight of Falcon Heavy. The company on Tuesday night, South African time, launched the Falcon Heavy, with a cherry-red
The maiden flight of SpaceX’s larger and more powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will be a success if it doesn’t blow up on the launch pad, according to CEO Elon Musk. “This is a test mission, so we don’t want to set expectations of
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled for launch on 6 February, and the entire space industry is watching with anticipation. What is so special about this rocket? This vehicle will be the first of its kind, the world’s
It’s to be expected that Elon Musk and his colleagues will want to toast the first launch of SpaceX’s new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, after more than five years of delays. But excitement for the long-awaited launch
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It was one of the most important things Elon Musk has ever launched into space: a government satellite so shrouded in secrecy that virtually everything about it is classified. Its code name: Zuma. Only now, what was supposed
A military satellite launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX hasn’t been spotted in orbit by the US Strategic Command, creating a mystery about the fate of the classified payload and doubts about whether the mission was a success
What happens when fevered foreign-exchange speculation meets fake news at the same time a satellite that shares the name of South Africa’s president goes missing? You get the South African rand on Tuesday, which suddenly spiked more than