The team is expected to spend up to six months on board the orbiting laboratory, carrying out science experiments and maintaining the two-decade-old station.

SpaceX, NASA crew to launch to International Space Station today: all the details here

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX and the US space agency NASA are preparing to launch a new crew to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule are expected to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Monday at 1:45 AM ET (12:15 PM IST). According to a CNN report, Crew Dragon, the vehicle carrying astronauts, will detach from the rocket…

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, grimaces after arriving on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award, in Berlin, Germany, December 1, 2020. REUTERS / Hannibal Hanschke / File Photo (REUTERS)

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Elon Musk moves to Texas and compares himself to a war general

Adriana MaraisDecember 9, 20Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla

Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he moved to Texas from California because he wanted to focus more on Tesla Inc’s new electric car plant and its SpaceX business in Lone State. Star. Musk confirmed this decision in an interview with Matt Murray, editor of the Wall Street Journal. The two most important things that I have started right now are the development of Starship in South Texas then the big new American factory of Tesla, said the chief of Tesla, 49, said. “It wasn’t necessarily a big…

Elon Musk's rapid rise is mainly due to Tesla's course of action. The company currently has a market capitalization of nearly $ 500 billion, having started the year at less than $ 100 billion. (REUTERS)

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Elon Musk just beat Bill Gates to become the second richest man in the world

Adriana MaraisNovember 24, 20Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, SpaceX, Tesla

Elon Musk defeated Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the second richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Musk’s net worth is now around $128 billion after growing by $100 billion this year. It will take some time for Musk to reach the top position on the list held by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. There is a huge gap between Musk and Bezos, who reported a net worth of $182 billion. However, it was a significant rise for the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who was…

The 27-hour journey to the space station, a laboratory orbiting 400 km above Earth, was initially scheduled to begin on Saturday. (REUTERS)

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SpaceX launches astronauts into space

Febin MathewNovember 16, 20Elon Musk, NASA, SpaceX

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Sunday launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a private spacecraft. SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew dubbed Resilience, lifted off on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. EST (0027 GMT Monday) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “It was a hell of a race,” Crew Dragon astronaut Mike Hopkins told SpaceX mission control about an hour after takeoff. “There were…