SpaceX

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 Elon Musk, Lockheed Martin Announcing Updated Mars Plans Tonight

By Mike Wall

Tonight (Sept. 28), SpaceX and Lockheed Martin will unveil their latest plans for getting people to Mars.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Blooper Reel: 'It's Just a Scratch'

By Laura Geggel

Get ready for out-of-this-world fiery blasts on "How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster," a new SpaceX blooper reel produced by Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO.

Check Out SpaceX's New Spacesuit: Elon Musk Shares on Instagram

By Mike Wall

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane into orbit from NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sept. 7, 2017.

SpaceX Rocket Launches X-37B Space Plane on Secret Mission, Aces Landing

By Mike Wall

The fifth mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane is now underway.

Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on Sept. 29, 2015, in Fremont, California.

NYC to DC in 30 Minutes? Elon Musk Claims Verbal OK for Hyperloop

By Tia Ghose

SpaceX's Mars Colony Plan: How Elon Musk Plans to Build a Million-Person Martian City

By Mike Wall

You can now read all about how Elon Musk plans to establish a million-person city on Mars.

1st Test Track for Superfast Hyperloop Transport System Opens in Europe

By Kacey Deamer

Europe’s first hyperloop test facility was unveiled this week.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, left, at a Jan. 23, 2017 meeting with President Donald Trump. Musk said on June 1 that he will depart the three White House advisory councils on which he serves because President Trump is pulling the United States out of

Elon Musk Says He'll No Longer Advise Trump After Paris Climate Pact Withdrawal

By Mike Wall

Elon Musk Says He'll Stop Advising Trump If US Pulls Out of Climate Pact

By Mike Wall

A free mobile app will allow anyone to follow the track of the spacecraft holding the human remains, a trek that is expected to last two years.

Cremated Remains Set to Launch Toward the Heavens on SpaceX Rocket Next Year

By Jeanna Bryner

If a celestial memorial seems fitting for a deceased loved one, you may consider sending their ashes into the heavens aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Russian Rocket Chief Throws Some Shade on Elon Musk's Moon Plan

By Douglas Messier

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-76 spy satellite on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on May 1, 2017. The mission launched from Pad-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX Launches US Spy Satellite on Secret Mission, Nails Rocket Landing

By Irene Klotz

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the classified NROL-76 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office stands atop Launch Pad 39-A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of a planned May 1, 2017 liftoff.

Secret US Spy Satellite Heading to Low-Earth Orbit, SpaceX Launch License Shows

By Irene Klotz

Artist's illustration of a SpaceX colony ship arriving at Mars. The company aims to help establish a million-person city on the Red Planet.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: I'll Fly to Mars with SpaceX, After Elon Musk Sends His Mom

By Mike Wall

Neil deGrasse Tyson is willing to fly to Mars with SpaceX, as long as company founder and CEO Elon Musk meets a few key conditions.

Artist's illustration of an atom chip for use by NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), which will use lasers to cool atoms to ultracold temperatures. CAL is scheduled to launch to the space station in August 2017.

Space Station to Host Coldest Spot in the Universe

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX will launch two paying passengers on a private flight around the moon in late 2018, the company's founder Elon Musk said Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. The mission would launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy seen here in this artist's illustration and take about

SpaceX to Fly Passengers On Private Trip Around the Moon in 2018

By Calla Cofield

SpaceX, the private spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, will launch two paying customers on a week-long trip around the moon and back to Earth in 2018.

Cyborg Future? Elon Musk's Plan to Compete with AI

By Kacey Deamer

Elon Musk thinks human cyborgs could counter the threat from artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors and founder of SpaceX.

SpaceX's Elon Musk Seeks Twitter Help to Change Trump Immigration Order

By Hanneke Weitering

Elon Musk Sees Brain-Computer Systems in Humans' Future

By Kacey Deamer

Elon Musk has a plan to help humans keep up with artificial intelligence.

Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City.

The Future of Space: Top Issues Facing President-Elect Donald Trump

By Mike Wall

Here's a look at some of the most pressing space issues that President-elect Trump may face, from the direction of NASA's human-spaceflight program to the regulation of asteroid mining.

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