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First Native American woman in space steps out on spacewalk
This photo provided by NASA, astronauts NASA's Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata venture out on a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Their job was to install support struts for small solar panels launching this summer, part of a continuing effort by NASA to expand the space station's power grid. (NASA via AP)
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NASA exploring SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship
FILE PHOTO: A stream of particles, which NASA says appears to be liquid and possibly coolant, sprays out of the Soyuz spacecraft on the International Space Station, forcing a delay of a routine planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts December 14, 2022 in this still image taken from video. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Eight SpaceX employees say they were fired for speaking up against Elon Musk
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk gestures during a joint news conference with T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys advertising package on Twitter for Starlink
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
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Elon Musk is getting too big to avoid being left alone by governments as he enters the cultural and geopolitical realms
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects first Starship launch to orbit this year, official says
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a long-delayed national security payload for the U.S. Space Force, rolls to launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. October 31, 2022. Launch is scheduled for November 1. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Twitter shares drift towards Musk’s offer price as deadline looms
The logo and trading symbol for Twitter is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 11.
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U.S. reportedly weighing security reviews for Elon Musk deals, including Twitter purchase
FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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U.S. weighs security reviews for Musk deals, including Twitter buy
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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SpaceX hired for two European launches to fill gap left by Russia
A view of the SpaceX processing facility and launch pad 39A and their Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon capsule, on the eve of the Crew-5 mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 4, 2022. - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at left will ferry the Crew Dragon spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, US astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Their flight is the fifth operational crew rotation flight to the ISS and eighth flight of a Dragon spacecraft with astronauts onboard. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)
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SpaceX might keep funding satellite service in Ukraine, Musk says
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk's tone and wording also raised the possibility that the irascible Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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SpaceX capsule splashes down, returning four astronauts from Space Station
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, OCTOBER 14: In this handout image provided by NASA, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard, in the Atlantic Ocean on October 14, 2022, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Lindgren, Hines, Watkins, and Cristoforetti are returning after 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
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SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine’s vital Starlink internet indefinitely, Musk says
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
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SpaceX to take entrepreneur Dennis Tito on Starship flight around the moon
FILE - U.S. multimillionaire Dennis Tito gives a thumbs up shortly after his landing in the Central Asian steppes, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakstan on May 6, 2001. The world’s first space tourist has signed up to spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For Dennis Tito, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip 21 years ago to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)
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NASA orders five more astronaut missions from Musk’s SpaceX in $1.4-billion deal
FILE - In this May 29, 2014, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having satellites connect with cellphones using T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum. The plan, called Coverage Above and Beyond, looks to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit and T-Mobile’s wireless network to reach people even in remote areas of the U.S. that typically don’t receive traditional cell signals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile US plan to boost cellular coverage from space
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:21 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, carrying a batch of Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station., Fla. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)
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Europe eyes Musk’s SpaceX to replace Russian rockets
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, at Port Canaveral, Fla., late Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. The rocket is carrying 52 Starlink satellites. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)
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Test-fired booster rocket bursts into flames at SpaceX plant
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 11, 2022, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. - Elon Musk pulled the plug on his deal to buy Twitter on July 8, 2022, accusing the company of "misleading" statements about the number of fake accounts, a regulatory filing showed (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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SpaceX fires at least five employees over letter criticizing Elon Musk
FILE — Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks to reporters with the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket standing by at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 5, 2018. Employees at SpaceX have written an open letter in June 2022 denouncing the behavior of Musk, the company’s chief executive, following recently publicized allegations of sexual misconduct against him. (Todd Anderson/The New York Times)
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Elon Musk denies report claiming he sexually harassed flight attendant on private jet
FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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SpaceX capsule carrying latest astronaut crew docks with International Space Station
In this image provided by SpaceX, the Crew Dragon capsule is docked at the International Space Station, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. four astronauts arrived at the space station Wednesday night, just 16 hours after a predawn liftoff from Kennedy Space Center that thrilled spectators. (SpaceX via AP)
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All-private Axiom astronaut team returns from landmark International Space Station visit
In this image from infrared video provided by SpaceX, the Dragon space capsule uses parachutes as it descends to the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast on Monday, April 25, 2022. Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort, wrapping up a pricey trip that marked NASA’s debut as a B&B host. (SpaceX via AP)
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First all-private astronaut team aboard space station ready to fly home
A photo provided by SpaceX of the Axiom-1 mission crew during training, from left: Mark Pathy, Larry Connor, Michael L—pez-Alegr’a, the mission commander, and Eytan Stibbe. Axiom Space bought seats on a SpaceX rocket to be NASAÕs guests on the flight that went into orbit on Friday, April 8, 2022, as the agency extends efforts to commercialize spaceflight. (SpaceX via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SPACE TOURISM BY KENNETH CHANG FOR APRIL 8, 2022. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.
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Canadian Mark Pathy lifts off on SpaceX’s first private charter flight to space station
Axiom's four-man team lifts off, riding atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Thom Baur
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Amazon secures 83 rocket launches over five years for its satellite broadband network
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 17, 2019, this picture shows the logo of US online retail giant Amazon at the distribution center in Moenchengladbach, western Germany. - Amazon says it will invest $10 billion for its planned space-based internet delivery system after winning US regulatory approval to deploy more than 3,000 low-orbit satellites. The US tech giant said on July 31, 2020 it is moving forward with its Project Kuiper, one of several systems planned to bring internet to customers without land-based connections. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
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OneWeb to launch satellites with SpaceX after suspending ties with Russian agency
FILE PHOTO: A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and satellites of British firm OneWeb is removed from a launchpad after the launch was cancelled at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 4, 2022. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS
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Elon Musk says Tesla, SpaceX facing significant inflation risks
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla's gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk says first orbital Starship flight may take place in March
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX launches its first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket during a test from their facility in Boca Chica,Texas, U.S. December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo
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SpaceX loses 40 satellites after solar storm sends them tumbling out of orbit
FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The rocket is carrying a batch of Starlink satellites. Spacex's newest fleet of Starlink satellites are tumbling out of orbit because of a geomagnetic storm. In an online update Tuesday, Feb. 8, Elon Musk's company reported that up to 40 of the 49 small Internet-service satellites launched last Thursday have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises over $337-million in equity financing
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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SpaceX delivers new crew of four to station
This image from video provided by NASA shows the SpaceX Dragon approaching the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts pulled up Thursday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring. It took 21 hours for the flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the glittering outpost. (NASA via AP)
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NASA, SpaceX launch astronauts on flight to space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on the launch pad as it is prepared for launch to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Florida, U.S. November 9, 2021.  REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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NASA moves date to return to the moon back one year to 2025
FILE - This July 21, 1969 photo made available by NASA shows a U.S. flag planted at Tranquility Base on the surface of the moon, and a silhouette of a thruster at right, seen from a window in the Lunar Module. On Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, NASA announced it is delaying putting astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest. (NASA via AP, File)
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SpaceX crew returns from record six-month mission aboard International Space Station
This NASA handout photo shows NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, November 8, 2021. - A SpaceX capsule landed off the coast of Florida on November 8 carrying four astronauts who had spent six months on the International Space Station, a NASA live broadcast showed. (Photo by Aubrey GEMIGNANI / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / Aubrey Gemignani " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by AUBREY GEMIGNANI/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)