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 CEO Elon Musk, seen here after the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch on Feb. 6, 2018, removed SpaceX and Tesla from Facebook on March 23.

Elon Musk Deletes Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla

By Tariq Malik

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has joined the #deletefacebook movement. He's deleted the Facebook pages for both SpaceX and Tesla.

SpaceX's Roadster Could Be a Martian 'Biothreat'

By Mindy Weisberger

Elon Musk's spacefaring Tesla Roadster is likely carrying the biggest bacteria payload to ever leave Earth.

Tesla Roadster with stars

How We Know This Tiny Pinprick of Light Is the Tesla Roadster

By Laura Geggel

Scientist paparazzi turned their scopes toward Elon Musk's Roadster and its mannequin driver.

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A Giant Claw Will Grab Falling SpaceX Gear 'Like a Giant Catcher's Mitt'

By Laura Geggel

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster cruises through space in this video captured by astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo on Feb. 10, 2018.

Can You Find Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Zooming Through Space in New Video?

By Hanneke Weitering

After a two-day chase, astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo captured Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster cruising through the solar system.

Tesla Roadster in space

If 'Starman' Isn't Headed for the Asteroid Belt, Where's That Dummy Going?

By Hanneke Weitering

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launched from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018.

The Most Interesting Thing Shot into Space This Week Wasn't a Tesla

By Rafi Letzter

There was a second payload on board the SpaceX Falcon Heavy that launched Tuesday, and it's built to last 14 billion years.

Starman's SpaceX Spacesuit Would Leave You Dead in Minutes

By Brandon Specktor

If you take a deep-space selfie like Starman, make it very, very quick.

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and Starman cruise away from Earth in this final photo from the car after its launch on SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, 2018.

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and Starman Leave Earth Forever in This Final Photo

By Tariq Malik

A NASA illustration shows the clock in its testbed satellite.

The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched into Space

By Rafi Letzter

A toaster-sized atomic clock will hitch a ride on the next SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch.

Tesla Roadster in space

Why Does the Tesla Look So Fake in Space? We Asked a Chemist

By Laura Geggel

Even Elon Musk thinks his space-cruising midnight-cherry Tesla Roadster looks weird.

A camera shows SpaceX's Starman mannequin and Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as they fly above a ROUND Earth after launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket test flight on Feb. 6, 2018.

Yup, Flat-Earthers Think the Falcon Heavy Launch Was a Conspiracy

By Stephanie Pappas

Surprise: They don't believe it.

The Tesla Roadster just launched aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket on its maiden voyage on Feb. 6, 2018.

When Will SpaceX Lose Connection with Starman?

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX's star dummy, riding in space inside a cushy Tesla Roadster, could lose contact with Earth any time.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy successfully lifts off from Launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018.

What SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Launch Means for Getting Humans to Mars

By Elizabeth Howell

The launch is a key stepping-stone in the company's quest to bring colonists to Mars.

A long-exposure photo of the Falcon Heavy rocket's first test launch on Feb. 6, 2018 shows the rocket's curved trajectory as it lifts off from Kennedy Space Center and heads toward low-Earth orbit.

No, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Has Not Passed Mars Already

By Tereza Pultarova

A tweet from Elon Musk may have been a little fuzzy on the rocket's whereabouts.

A screengrab from the SpaceX live feed shows the Roadster leaving Earth behind.

Radiation Will Tear Elon Musk's Rocket Car to Bits in a Year

By Rafi Letzter

Elon Musk has launched his sportscar into deep space. Stellar radiation is going to tear it to bits.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launched from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018.

Success! SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Rocket on Historic Maiden Voyage

By Tariq Malik

This screen grab from a video by USLaunchReport.com shows the explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 1, 2016.

Why Do Rockets Explode?

By Tereza Pultarova

SpaceX is expected to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket into low-Earth orbit, but what are the chances that something could go wrong?

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy: What's Up with the Giant Rocket?

By Jeanna Bryner

A humongous rocket is about to launch into space today (Feb. 6), if all goes as planned, according to SpaceX.

The 27 engines of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket are front and center during assembly in this photo tweeted by Elon Musk on Dec. 20, 2017.

What Is the Point of Elon Musk's Big Rocket?

By Rafi Letzter

The hype around the launch of SpaceX's new rocket is reaching epic proportions. But is it all just PR for Elon Musk?