SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Wants To Send People To Space As Soon As Next Year
At a presentation in Texas Sunday night, the CEO of SpaceX unveiled the "Starship Mark One," which Musk says will carry people and supplies into space.
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At a presentation in Texas Sunday night, the CEO of SpaceX unveiled the "Starship Mark One," which Musk says will carry people and supplies into space.
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the RADARSAT Constellation Wednesday morning during a launch window that opens at 7:17 a.m. and try to recover the rocket with a landing back at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
It exploded during ground testing at Cape Canaveral on April 20. SpaceX remains hopeful it can use the Crew Dragon Capsule to launch two NASA astronauts to the space station this year.
The Crew Dragon's successful mission Friday means the first piloted flight of the spacecraft could take place as soon as July. The U.S. has not launched astronauts into space since the space shuttle program was retired in 2011.
Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully launched a rocket Thursday from Cape Canaveral carrying three payloads, including a lunar lander that could make Israel the fourth country to ever deposit a spacecraft on the moon.
Instead, SpaceX will be moving rocket-building operations to Texas.
SpaceX announced on Friday that the Hawthorne-based company is laying off 10 percent of its workforce.
The two-mile test tunnel is the first of what Musk hopes will be many to alleviate L.A.'s traffic issues.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:32 a.m. from Vandenberg on a "ridesharing" mission to carry 64 satellites into orbit. The launch has been postponed three times.
The 2.7-mile tunnel would have run parallel to Sepulveda Boulevard on the Westside. Community groups sued, alleging the project had been exempted from environmental reviews.
"We've recently made a number of breakthroughs that I… am just really fired up about," the SpaceX founder said, adding, "I'm talking about moving there."
NASA has ordered a safety review of SpaceX and Boeing after agency leaders saw SpaceX CEO Elon Musk smoke pot with Joe Rogan on his podcast, The Washington Post is reporting.
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The Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:21 p.m., lighting up the overcast sky before placing an Argentinian SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit.
The Air Force is warning residents on California's central coast to be prepared for unusual sights and sounds this weekend as SpaceX attempts its first return of a rocket to launch site on the West Coast.
SpaceX says Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will become the first person to travel to the moon since 1972.
NASA astronauts paid a visit to SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne Monday.
The launch happened just before 4:40 a.m. and was visible from Southern California's coastal areas.
While SpaceX often recovers the first-stage of its Falcon 9 rockets so they can be reused in future missions, it will not be doing so this time.
The booster NASA hopes will eventually be used to launch astronauts to ISS shot away from the Kennedy Space Center Friday.
A SpaceX launch scheduled for Thursday has been postponed, officials said.
The launch is set for 3:51 p.m., with deployment of the satellite expected 48 minutes later. If successful the launch will be the eighth of the year for SpaceX.
Musk has said he aspires to launch his first cargo missions to Mars in 2022.
SpaceX launched a cargo mission Monday to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications has blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Riverside County firefighters have fully contained the Vista Fire, which burned more than 180 acres near Lake Elsinore after it started on Friday afternoon.
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Troy Johnston had a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning and finished with three hits to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
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Riverside County firefighters have fully contained the Vista Fire, which burned more than 180 acres near Lake Elsinore after it started on Friday afternoon.
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A 40-year-old man was found with fatal stab wounds early Thursday morning on Mission Boulevard, deputies said.
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Police say that a large party had just ended at a home on Corbin Avenue when the victim was shot in the chest by an unknown gunman.
Police say that the first sexual assault happened in 2018 and that the second happened last month. The suspect, a 36-year-old Long Beach man, was arrested and ordered held without bail.
Police say that a large party had just ended at a home on Corbin Avenue when the victim was shot in the chest by an unknown gunman.
Police say that the man suffered multiple gunshots to his upper and lower body.
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A GoFundMe has raised $13,000 for the owners of Monrovia's Burger Basket after burglars stole the elderly couple's life savings.
A 53-year-old Long Beach woman was killed when she was rear-ended by a suspected DUI driver, which caused her car to veer off the road and end up partially submerged in the wetlands near Pacific Coast Highway on Wednesday night.
After polling around 3% last month, former state attorney general Xavier Becerra jumped to 10% after Eric Swalwell dropped out of the California governor's race.
Irvine police said the man allegedly replaced expensive Lego sets with pasta before returning them to the store.
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Since closing last year, Westminster Mall has been a headache for police, who've responded to hundreds of calls about vandalism.
Riverside County firefighters have fully contained the Vista Fire, which burned more than 180 acres near Lake Elsinore after it started on Friday afternoon.
A 40-year-old man was found with fatal stab wounds early Thursday morning on Mission Boulevard, deputies said.
Surveillance camera footage captured the moments when a hot air balloon had to make an emergency landing in the backyard of a Temecula home early Saturday morning.
After polling around 3% last month, former state attorney general Xavier Becerra jumped to 10% after Eric Swalwell dropped out of the California governor's race.
A California State University, Long Beach student is suing the school and his former fraternity for a deadly crash that happened near Temecula in 2025, which left him with severe injuries and one of his best friends dead.
A skydiver crashed into the scoreboard before Virginia Tech's spring football game.
President Trump has lobbed insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world's most powerful country and the world's largest Christian denomination.
Prices dropped after Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" for the remainder of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
The recall affects F-150 vehicles quipped with a six-speed automatic transmission produced between March 12, 2014, and Aug. 18, 2017, according to NHTSA.
"We are carrying back everything we learned, not only about where we went but ourselves," mission specialist Christina Koch told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil.
The order will open the door for more research into psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, sources told CBS News earlier this week.
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After polling around 3% last month, former state attorney general Xavier Becerra jumped to 10% after Eric Swalwell dropped out of the California governor's race.
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House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, claiming he has "demonstrated a willful disregard for the Constitution."
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and local prosecutors urged parents to check their children's e-bikes, saying some of the vehicles may be motorcycles or mopeds capable of high speeds.
San Francisco officials said Tuesday that the city has filed a lawsuit against leading manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, accusing them of producing products linked to serious health issues and alleging that the companies knowingly made the foods addictive.
A bill that would reverse a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, after being approved by the legislature.
Meal kit delivery firm HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of misleading customers and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
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LA County public health officials issued a bacteria warning at several beaches as a potentially record-breaking heat wave arrives in Southern California.
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
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More than a dozen cities and counties across California were given a "final warning" from state officials Wednesday, saying they have failed to properly plan for additional new homes amid the state's lack of affordable housing.
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A California judge has tentatively stopped the state from canceling commercial licenses for more than 20,000 immigrant truck drivers.
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Troy Johnston had a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning and finished with three hits to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
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The homeowners say that the crew members and riders were able to work together to get the balloon back into the air without any further issues.
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Police said that the victim suffered gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body.
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