Space / Science

SpaceX to launch rocket after explosion three months ago

December 2, 2016 Dan Uff

(NY Times): Three months after one of its rockets exploded on a launchpad, SpaceX hopes to resume launching in a couple of weeks. Iridium Communications, which provides communications services through a constellation of more than 60 satellites, announced Thursday that it was aiming to launch the first batch of its next-generation satellites on a SpaceX Falcon […]

Want to go to Mars? Soon you can for just $200,000.

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 Dan Uff

Space X’s CEO Elon Musk says that he has a plan to put people on Mars in 50 to 150 years from now. Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress, a meeting of multiple international space exploration associations in Guadalajara, Mexico, the CEO laid out his plans to colonize the red planet. His goal is to bring […]