SpaceX Starship rocket breaks apart in third straight test failure
Elon Musk’s company confirms spacecraft experienced a ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ after liftoff
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Trump announces multibillion-dollar ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system
Trump says Golden Dome will protect US from foreign strikes using ground and space-based weapons
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
Katy Perry’s Blue Origin space jaunt is one giant stunt for womankind
Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez and other celebrities boarding Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight feels like training for billionaires escaping Earth
Which will get to Musk first: Tesla’s falling share price or Trump’s Maga clique?
Tesla’s market value has slumped in recent weeks while he has potentially big enemies among Donald Trump’s Maga clique
How will Elon Musk’s business empire benefit from his relationship with Trump?
The world’s richest man now holds huge sway over its most powerful leader — and the US government
Irish space race: domestic companies pushing the frontiers of AI, space stations and acoustic technology
Ubotica, Skytek and Lios are getting exciting projects off the ground
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert
Mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded rocket eight minutes after lift-off from Texas
Qantas delays flights to avoid SpaceX rocket parts
Airline warned by US government about risk of debris re-entering atmosphere on Indian Ocean routes
‘We ended up writing off a lot of money but no one regrets it’
With everyone looking for ventilators as Covid hit, Medtronic tore up the corporate playbook
Elon Musk’s Starlink could take wonders of night sky away from us
Alarm raised that sky could be overrun with hundreds of thousands of tiny satellites
Hyper-speed travel could be just around the corner
If Hyperloop becomes reality – and tests are now taking place – passengers will whizz along tubes in pods at nearly supersonic speed
GeoOrbital: Inventing the wheel of fortune
A science-fiction movie inspired the creation of an orbital bicycle wheel with a speed of 30km
Net Results: California leads the charge for electric car
Tesla’s showcase store in Palo Alto has become a local entertainment must-see
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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