CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. Two previous test flights crash-landed in fireballs. The full-scale prototype of Elon Musk’s envisioned Mars ship…
SpaceX Starship Lands Upright After Landing, Then Explodes in Latest Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. Two previous test flights crash-landed in fireballs. The full-scale prototype of Elon Musk’s envisioned Mars ship…
Bone Cancer Survivor to Join Billionaire on SpaceX Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced Monday that the 29-year-old physician assistant—a former patient hired last spring—will launch later this year alongside a billionaire who’s using his purchased spaceflight as a…
Billionaire Musk Says He Is ‘Off Twitter for a While’ Again
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose candid tweets about certain companies have sent their shares soaring in the recent weeks, said on Tuesday he was taking another break from Twitter. “Off Twitter for a while,” Musk tweeted to his 44.8 million followers on the platform in the early hours. He had tweeted the exact same message…
Justice Department Probes SpaceX After Hiring Discrimination Complaint
January 29, 2021
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The Department of Justice is probing Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX over whether the company discriminates against non-U.S. citizens in its hiring, according to court documents filed on Thursday. The Justice Department’s Immigrant and Employee Rights division received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen, who alleged that SpaceX discriminated against him based…
Cable Trouble Dogs Spacewalkers in European Lab Upgrades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Spacewalking astronauts encountered cable trouble Wednesday while attempting to make improvements to the International Space Station’s European lab. Only one of the two lab upgrades was completely successful. NASA’s Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover installed a new antenna on Columbus, one of three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. It took a few…
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The Nation Speaks (Feb. 20): Can America Win Space?; Black History Month in 2021; US Critical Thinking Crisis
In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we explore the final frontier—space. Joining us is Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst and author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower”; Dale Skran, CEO of the National Space Society; and Shelli Brunswick, COO of Space Foundation. Dr. Carol Swain gives us her insight on Black History Month…