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John to pedal on path to fitness

He’s long been known for his passion for fast cars and even faster bikes. But John Abraham has invested in a...

28 March 2013 10:09 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASAs Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX completes another successful mission with Falcor rocket

The Falcon rocket blasted off with a communications satellite.

12 Oct 2017 10:00 AM IST

Internet entrepreneur Elon Musks SpaceX has for years been honing the technology of powering its boosters back to careful Earth landings on solid ground and in the water

SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022

Plans include cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under...

30 Sept 2017 9:19 AM IST

Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk (Photo: AP)

SpaceX: Rocket for moon, Mars and NY-to-Shanghai in 39 mins

A seat should cost about the same as a full-fare economy plane ticket, he noted later via Instagram.

30 Sept 2017 9:02 AM IST

The Air Force is keeping mum over the other experiments that this secret space plane will be ferrying to space.

Secret space plane acrrying USAF experiments to take flight on 7th...

The fifth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will use SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster from the Kennedy Space Center.

5 Sept 2017 7:29 PM IST

Electric car maker Teslas CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch window

Musk had fired at least seven members of the program's senior management team at the Redmond.

31 Oct 2018 4:41 PM IST

Electric car maker Teslas CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk says his transit test tunnel close to completion

Elon Musk is planning to offer the public free rides through a tunnel.

23 Oct 2018 5:31 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)

SpaceX satellite launch lights up night sky, social media

This was the first time SpaceX landed the first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

9 Oct 2018 10:33 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

Debut of SpaceX, Boeing crew capsules off until next year

NASA stresses these latest launch dates are subject to still more change.

6 Oct 2018 10:04 AM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for...

26 Nov 2018 2:23 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts.

24 Nov 2018 9:16 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA and SpaceX prep historic test flight to space

The SpaceX Crew Dragon can seat three astronauts, but will be unpiloted for its first test flight.

23 Nov 2018 4:44 PM IST