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Musk’s SpaceX approaches investors for another tender offer
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Amazon taps SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to help launch Kuiper satellites
FILE PHOTO: A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission, taking four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
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SpaceX Starship launch presumed failed minutes after reaching space
People watch as SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, as seen from South Padre Island, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. November 18, 2023.
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SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap
Onlookers watch as SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for its upcoming launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Elon Musk denies report of potential Starlink IPO in 2024
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures after arriving on the red carpet for the Axel Springer award, in Berlin, Germany, December 1, 2020.
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At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
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At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
FILE PHOTO: The SpaceX Starship is seen on its Boca Chica launchpad as a SpaceX flag flies from a parked car after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted a long-awaited license allowing Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the rocket to orbit for the first time, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo To match Special Report SPACEX-MUSK/SAFETY
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Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza through aid organizations
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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SpaceX reportedly signs deal to launch key European satellites
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. case alleging anti-immigrant bias is unconstitutional, SpaceX says
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk’s refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon. The Air Force's top civilian leader, Frank Kendall, says the military may need to be more explicit in future defense contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Telesat taps SpaceX to launch broadband satellites in orbit
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. FAA closes probe into SpaceX’s April test launch of Starship rocket
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight before exploding, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
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Musk acknowledges withholding Starlink satellite service to thwart Ukrainian attack on Russian naval fleet
(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue. Musk late on September 4, 2023, accused the US-based Jewish organization of making unfounded complaints against him and X that have scared away advertisers. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk reportedly borrowed US$1-billion from SpaceX in same month as Twitter deal
(FILES) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Musk, the owner of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, said the site is considering suing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over accusations of anti-Semitism, which he blames for falling revenue. Musk late on September 4, 2023, accused the US-based Jewish organization of making unfounded complaints against him and X that have scared away advertisers. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. sues SpaceX, alleges hiring discrimination against asylum seekers, refugees
This handout image courtesy of NASA shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-7 mission, August 23, 2023, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Photo by Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/Joel Kowsky" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by JOEL KOWSKY/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Boeing’s astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems
FILE - Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft mounted on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Boeing and NASA announced that the astronaut capsule faces more launch delays, this time because of flammable tape and weak parachute lines. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP, File)
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Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build lunar lander
FILE PHOTO: Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster and Crew Capsule mockup at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing/File Photo
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How to invest in the space race as recent setbacks highlight risks, uncertainty and cost of failure
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, spins before exploding after its launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Rogers posts profit gain, partners with Musk’s Starlink to deliver remote service
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, FL Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. The rocket is carrying 55 Starlink internet satellites. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)
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SpaceX rocket explodes minutes into test flight
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SpaceX’s uncrewed giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
Combination image showing three phases of the SpaceX rocket launch on April 20, 2023. Left to right: soon after launch, the rocket tumbling during its failed separation, the explosion of the uncrewed rocket. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images, Eric Gay/AP)
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SpaceX postpones debut flight of Starship rocket system
A view of SpaceX's Starship the day before it launches from the Starbase launchpad on an orbital test mission, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
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SpaceX gets U.S. regulatory green light for debut Starship flight to space
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert take part in a joint news conference at the SpaceX Starbase, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
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SpaceX Starship rocket launch now likely to happen later in April, Elon Musk says
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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SpaceX, Netflix and Boeing to join ‘biggest-ever’ U.S. business mission to Vietnam
FILE PHOTO: A Netflix logo is pictured in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
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SpaceX launches four astronaut crew to space station for NASA
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39-A Thursday, March 2, 2023, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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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