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Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Starship Plans for Private Trips to the Moon, Mars and Beyond

BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas — Elon Musk has a Starship, and one day he expects it will help SpaceX reach other worlds. Standing beneath a towering Starship Mk1, a prototype for SpaceX's massive reusable launch system, Musk laid out his plan for ...

Tons of Water in Asteroids Could Fuel Satellites, Space Exploration

When it comes to mining space for water, the best target may not be the moon: Entrepreneurs' richest options are likely to be asteroids that are larger and closer to Earth. A recent study suggested that roughly 1,000 water-rich, or hydrated, asteroids near our ...

SpaceX's Starship Project Not Affecting Crew Dragon Flights for NASA, Elon Musk Says

SpaceX's quest to help humanity colonize Mars isn't interfering with the company's contracted work closer to home, Elon Musk said. Last night (Sept. 28), the billionaire entrepreneur presented the latest design details of Starship and Super Heavy, the ...

SpaceX Starship Update: Elon Musk to Unveil Mars Rocket Progress

The New York Times

The New York Times

BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas — As Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, says repeatedly, he created a rocket company because he wanted to colonize Mars. His fervent argument is that humanity must spread to a second planet as ...

Skywatch: What's happening in the heavens in October

Washington Post

Washington Post

Draw back the cosmic curtain on October's night sky to see the month begin with the sliver of a young moon in the darkened southwestern heavens on Oct. 1. By the next evening, the moon gains more heft. The waxing moon approaches the quite bright Jupiter ...

CNN

How do astronauts practice self-care in space?

Mashable

It's tough to practice real self-care when the internet's obsessed with #self-care. Let Mashable help with our new series Me, My Self-Care & I. Self-care is important for all humans, including those floating in space. Think about it. If it's challenging enough to ...

Elon Musk is undesigning his Mars rocket as fast as he can

Quartz

Quartz

When Elon Musk leads engineering meetings at SpaceX, he says, "the thing I am most impressed with is, what did you undesign?" Which is to say, what complications did engineers remove? How did they simplify the vehicle? The cutting is going well, judging ...

NASA administrator tells Elon Musk's SpaceX 'it's time to deliver'

CNN

CNN

Boca Chica, Texas (CNN Business) Hours before Elon Musk is scheduled to host an event about his futuristic rocket concept, the chief of NASA chided SpaceX for delays in its multi-billion contract to fly astronauts to space. "I am looking forward to the SpaceX ...

Primordial Black Holes –"One May Be Lurking in Our Solar System" (Weekend Feature)

On March 2, 2019 The Galaxy reported that astronomers from the University of California concluded that there are probably tens of millions of enigmatic, dark objects, stellar-remnant black holes lurking in the Milky Way. Now, physicists are proposing that the ...

"Awaiting Discovery" –Unseen Population of Jupiter-Like Planets Orbiting Nearby Sun-Like Stars

There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by future missions like NASA's WFIRST space telescope, according to new models of gas giant planet formation by observational astronomer Alan ...