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Entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to send humans and cargo to Mars. Musk says he can colonize the planet with a self-sustaining human presence. Lee Billings, space and physics editor for Scientific American, discusses how realistic this plan really is.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to launch missions to Mars and eventually colonize the planet. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, joins CBSN with details.
SpaceX founder and chief designer Elon Musk presents details on the the company's plans to colonize Mars.
In a historic first, NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to fly astronauts on a reused Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Mark Strassmann reports from the Kennedy Space Center.
Blue Origin's massive new rocket "New Glenn" will rival SpaceX's Flacon 9 rocket in a new kind of space race. Chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute and Planetarium director Derrick Pitts joins CBSN with more.
SpaceX says an "anomaly" caused a dramatic rocket explosion on a launch pad. The Falcon 9 rocket blew up Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A nearly $200 million satellite Facebook planned to use to provide internet service to Africa was on board. Vinita Nair reports on the newest challenge for Elon Musk's pioneering space company.
A SpaceX rocket went up in flames in a routine test in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Fortunately, nobody was injured in the blast which SpaceX said was caused by an "anomaly." Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino joined CBSN to discuss.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blew up on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday. It was set to launch Saturday but was completely destroyed, along with its payload, a $195 million satellite. Vinita Nair reports.
Launch will mark SpaceX's third piloted flight to orbit and the first with a "used" Crew Dragon ferry ship.
NASA optimistic weather will cooperate for a Friday launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX rocket exploded during a test at its Cape Canaveral launch site. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more details on what could have caused the explosion.
A rocket exploded Thursday morning at the SpaceX launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. At the same time, a few hundred miles above the Earth, astronauts are on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more.
Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars will be made public next month. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN with more on SpaceX's ambitious mission.
Amazon's Kuiper system of internet relay satellites will compete with OneWeb and SpaceX's Starlink program.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, tweeted that he visited the Pentagon to talk about a flying metal suit.
The Falcon 9 test firing and a dress rehearsal countdown set the stage for Thursday's Crew Dragon launch.
Three space station fliers returned to Earth amid preparations for SpaceX Crew Dragon launch Thursday.
SpaceX has announced its plans to land a Dragon capsule on Mars by as early as 2018. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN to discuss whether we're one step closer to colonizing the Red Planet.
Ford has recalled 200,000 trucks and SUVs for transmission issues; and SpaceX is going to send a rocket to Mars in 2018. Those headlines and more from CBS MoneyWatch's Hena Daniels from the New York Stock Exchange.
The flight will mark the third piloted launch of SpaceX's futuristic astronaut ferry ship.
SpaceX's reusable rocket had a hard landing on a barge after a landing gear malfunction. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN for analysis.
Scientists are celebrating a major milestone in space technology. SpaceX launched a rocket Monday night from Cape Canaveral to deploy satellites. For the first time, the rocket’s massive booster landed safely on the ground after lift off. Getting its new and improved Falcon 9 rocket back to earth means that SpaceX can use it again, saving the company millions of dollars. Anna Werner reports.
The short "taxi" flight clears the way for arrival of another Crew Dragon later this month.
After a third SpaceX rocket failed after launching, the future of the company's space program is in doubt. Michio Kaku, a professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York, talked to CBSN's Jeff Glor about the accident.
