Elon Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. (Image credit: Image courtesy of Trevor Mahlmann/CASIS)

Entrepreneur and business magnate, Elon Musk is the CEO and founder of the aerospace company SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors. He also hopes to change the world, advancing private spaceflight with the aim of landing humans on other planets like Mars, and developing a new tube-transport system called the Hyperloop. Live Science will keep you up on Musk’s latest ideas and developments so you can keep your two feet on Earth while looking up at the stars.

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SpaceX's Starship exploding on April 20 four minutes after lifting off from its launchpad at Boca Chica, Texas.

Environmental groups sue US government over explosive SpaceX rocket launch

By Ben Turner published

Plaintiffs from five environmental groups are suing the FAA to stop SpaceX's massive Starship rocket from launching until the conclusion of a yearslong investigation.

SpaceX's Starship moments before exploding.

Disastrous SpaceX launch under federal investigation after raining potentially hazardous debris on homes and beaches

By Ben Turner published

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.

A concept image of an astronaut on Mars.

How long will it take for humans to colonize another planet?

By Patrick Pester published

There's a huge difference between sending humans to Mars and colonizing worlds outside our solar system.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk and the SpaceX team are recognized by Vice President Mike Pence at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following the launch of the company’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020.

Elon Musk apparently threatened by Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin

By Mike Wall published

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin has apparently threatened Elon Musk, but the SpaceX founder and CEO doesn't seem too bothered.

A close-up of three SpaceX Raptor engines clustered together for the company's Starship SN8 prototype.

Starship engine 'crisis' poses possible bankruptcy risk for SpaceX, Elon Musk says: report

By Mike Wall published

Elon Musk thinks that problems with SpaceX's Raptor engine production pose potentially dire consequences for the company, according to media reports.

SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 for the first time on Aug. 6, 2021 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. They stood 395 feet tall, taller than NASA's Saturn V moon rocket.

SpaceX's Starship could be ready for 1st orbital test flight 'in a few weeks,' Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

But don't expect it to actually launch so soon.

SpaceX's Starship prototype in black-and-white.

The story behind black-and-white photo of SpaceX's Starship

By Elizabeth Howell published

Here's the historical significance of the black-and-white photo that Elon Musk tweeted showing SpaceX's next Starship prototype.

The three Merlin engines on SpaceX's SN11 prototype firing during the craft's test flight on March 30, 2021.

SpaceX identifies cause of Starship SN11 prototype's crash

By Mike Wall published

The stainless-steel SN11 didn't stick its landing last week because of a plumbing problem, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype conducted a 6.2-mile-high (10 kilometers) test flight from the company's South Texas site on Feb. 3, 2021.

FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship SN9's test-flight crash

By Mike Wall published

The path is now much clearer for the test flight of SN9's successor, SN10.

SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype launches on its first high-altitude test flight from Boca Chica, Texas on Dec. 9, 2020.

SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Starship spaceflight system just took a big step on its path to Mars.

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