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In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship test vehicle sits on the ground after returning from a flight test in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (SpaceX via AP)

May 6, 2021, 5:32 am

Touchdown! SpaceX launches, lands Starship in first successful flight

Rocketship remains standing after six-minute flight, following four test flights that ended in fiery explosions before, during or soon after landing

By Marcia Dunn

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

May 2, 2021, 4:45 pm

Elon Musk’s SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth

The 167-day mission — the second astronaut flight for Musk’s company — was the longest for a crew capsule launching from the US

By Marcia Dunn

A macaque plays pong with its mind as a part of a project by Elon Musk startup Neuralink. (Screenshot/YouTube)

April 10, 2021, 6:48 am

Brain meshed with computer, a monkey plays ‘Pong’ hands-free

Elon Musk startup Neuralink puts chip in macaque’s brain that lets it play video game with its mind; system could be used to help paralyzed people, keep humanity ahead of AI

By AFP

Miriam and Sheldon Adelson at the Birthright Israel gala event in Jerusalem, June 27, 2018. (Courtesy Birthright Israel/Oren Ben Hakun)

April 7, 2021, 8:58 am

Miriam Adelson becomes richest Israeli as COVID year boosts world’s billionaires

Forbes 2021 list puts widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson as wealthiest new billionaire in the world; 28 Israelis on list, including Roman Abramovich

By TOI staff

In this image from video made available by SpaceX, one of the company's Starship prototypes fires its thrusters as it lands during a test in Boca Chica, Texas, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air. The failure occurred just minutes after SpaceX declared success. (SpaceX via AP)

March 4, 2021, 3:16 am

SpaceX Starship sticks its first landing, but then explodes

Latest test of spaceship Elon Musk plans to send people to the moon and Mars initially declared a success before blast

By Marcia Dunn

A SpaceX Starship prototype explodes in a fireball as it tries to land upright after a test flight (YouTube screenshot)

February 3, 2021, 5:58 am

SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype crashes and burns — again

‘We had another great flight,’ official says, ‘We’ve just got to work on that landing’

By AFP

A long row of unsold 2021 Model 3 sedans sits at a Tesla dealership, December 27, 2020, in Littleton, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

February 2, 2021, 1:26 pm

Tesla launches electric car sales in Israel, unveils lower-than-expected prices

US carmaker says it will soon have its first sales agency in Jewish state

By TOI staff

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks to media as he arrives to visit a construction site in Gruenheide, near Berlin, September 3, 2020. (Odd Andersen/AFP)

January 7, 2021, 11:26 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk overtakes Amazon’s Bezos to become world’s richest person

As electric car company’s stock price soars, CNBC estimates the South African-born magnate’s wealth at $185 billion

By AFP

Silicon Valley (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0/Coolcaesar)

December 20, 2020, 5:42 am

Tech stars quit Silicon Valley as pandemic ushers in shift to remote work

Wildfires, political polarization also blamed for exodus; underlining broader trend, analyst says other countries such as China, Israel could outshine US as innovation hubs

By Glenn Chapman

In this screen grab from video posted by SpaceX, the company's Starship launches for a test flight, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in a remote area of Texas. (SpaceX via AP)

December 10, 2020, 3:52 am

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands in fiery explosion

Despite explosion, Elon Musk hails test of rocket intended to take men to Mars as a great success, says they got all the data they needed

By Marcia Dunn

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

November 27, 2020, 8:09 am

Elon Musk now world’s 2nd wealthiest person

Pandemic has allowed the ultra-rich to amass even more wealth as technology companies have gobbled up more market share of the economy

By AFP

The SpaceX Dragon is seen after docking at the International Space Station, November 16, 2020. (NASA TV via AP)

November 17, 2020, 8:47 am

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches International Space Station

Regular taxi service to ISS gets underway as Elon Musk’s company delivers crew for full half-year stay in orbit

By AP and TOI staff

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule is seen during a time exposure as it lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

November 16, 2020, 3:26 am

US resumes regular crew flights to space station with successful SpaceX launch

Launch marks first full taxi flight for NASA by private company; Dragon capsule carrying 3 Americans, 1 Japanese astronaut; SpaceX chief Elon Musk missing with suspected COVID

By Marcia Dunn

In this frame grab from NASA TV, the SpaceX capsule splashes down Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico. Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken spent a little over two months on the International Space Station. It will mark the first splashdown in 45 years for NASA astronauts and the first time a private company has ferried people from orbit. (NASA TV via AP)

August 3, 2020, 12:24 am

SpaceX capsule with 2 NASA astronauts make first splashdown in 45 years

Flight by Elon Musk’s company was first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit, could clear the way for tourist flights from next year

By Marcia Dunn

In this image from video made available by NASA, astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken prepare for undocking from the International Space Station, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (NASA via AP)

August 2, 2020, 6:56 am

SpaceX astronauts launch back toward Earth for final leg of historic journey

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who blasted off toward space station 2 months ago, aim for Sunday afternoon splashdown off Florida coast, a first for manned spaceflight in 45 years

By AP