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Private spacecraft's historic Moon landing ends in a failure
- Japanese start-up ispace conceded on Wednesday that its attempt to become the first company to land on the Moon had failed.
- The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander was scheduled to touch down on the Moon's surface overnight, but the firm could not establish contact.
- The company said its engineers were working to establish why the landing had failed, and it is currently developing two further attempts to land on the lunar surface.
- The mission had begun with the lander's launch last December aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and it was carrying a lunar rover from the UAE.
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Anand Mahindra praises Elon Musk's attitude to risk-taking after SpaceX Starship's failed test flight
- Anand Mahindra, industrialist and chairman of Mahindra Group, praised SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for his willingness to take risks and not be daunted by failures.
- This came a day after SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded mid-air minutes after taking its first test flight.
- Mahindra highlighted that Musk's approach to risk-taking and treating each initiative as a learning experiment has been his most significant contribution to business, beyond Tesla and SpaceX.
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SpaceX's Starship rocket explodes during test flight
- SpaceX's new Starship rocket explodes minutes after launching on its first test flight, crashing into the Gulf of Mexico.
- The nearly 400-foot rocket carried no people or satellites, but was supposed to go on a round-the-world trip and eventually land in the Pacific.
- Throngs of spectators watched from South Padre Island as the rocket began to tumble and explode just four minutes into the flight.
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had warned that the rocket might not reach space, and the company plans to use Starship for moon and Mars missions.
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Elon Musk's Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built: How does it compare?
- Elon Musk's Starship rocket, designed to carry humans to Mars, is almost 400ft tall and has 33 Raptor engines, making it the most powerful rocket ever built.
- With over 16 million pounds of thrust, the Starship rocket is twice as powerful as the Saturn V rocket that carried Americans to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Starship was co-opted by NASA to take part in the first attempt to return astronauts to the Moon since 1972 and can carry payloads of up to 100 tonnes, potentially challenging SpaceX's own Falcon 9 rockets as the main workhorse for reaching space.
- The maiden flight of Starship to space was delayed after a problem with fuel pressure in the rocket's first stage, prompting SpaceX to call off the first orbital launch test.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX's Starship Rocket launch postponed just minutes before liftoff
- SpaceX has postponed the first-ever launch of its Starship rocket, designed to send astronauts to Mars, due to a frozen pressurant valve in the booster stage.
- The uncrewed flight was scheduled to lift off from Boca Chica in Texas at 08:20 local time, but was called off just minutes before the launch time.
- The Starship rocket is the most powerful rocket ever built and is seen as a critical part of SpaceX's plans for human space exploration and interplanetary travel.
- Elon Musk confirms the delay of the Starship launch through a tweet, citing the issue with the pressurant valve.
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SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites and lands rocket on droneship
- SpaceX successfully launched its 20th mission of the year, sending 56 Starlink internet satellites into space.
- The Falcon 9 rocket used in the mission made a successful landing on a ship at sea, marking its 10th launch and landing.
- The Starlink satellites were deployed into low Earth orbit (LEO) approximately 65 minutes after launch.
- SpaceX has launched over 4,000 Starlink satellites so far and plans to deploy even more, with permission for up to 12,000 and applications for an additional 30,000.
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SpaceX launches 40 internet satellites for OneWeb, which is backed by Bharti Enterprises
- SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, launched 40 broadband satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is backed by Bharti Enterprises.
- The satellites were launched using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
- OneWeb aims to create a network of over 600 low Earth orbit satellites to offer global internet service to its customers.
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'Inspiring to think that humans did that': Elon Musk on SpaceX rockets
- Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, expressed his amazement on Twitter over a video showing two SpaceX rockets landing back-to-back on Earth. "It is inspiring to think that humans did that," Musk stated.
- Kimbal Musk, Elon's brother, also reacted to the video, expressing his eagerness to witness the event in person. He encouraged others to visit Cape Canaveral, the site of the Falcon 9 double boosters' launch, to witness the marvels of space exploration.
- The successful landing of the SpaceX rockets serves as a reminder of the tremendous accomplishments that can be achieved through technological innovation.
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Musk is having sleepless nights, working all day to run 5 companies he owns
- Elon Musk is the owner of five companies, including SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and Twitter.
- In a recent tweet, Elon Musk mentioned that he works all day to run his businesses.
- Currently, his focus is on improving Twitter, which he hopes to turn into a profitable company, known as "Twitter 2.0".
- Despite owning five companies, Elon Musk's priority is to work on making Twitter a success.
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