Elon Musk

Entrepreneur and business magnate, Elon Musk is the CEO and founder of the aerospace company SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors. He also hopes to change the world, advancing private spaceflight with the aim of landing humans on other planets like Mars, and developing a new tube-transport system called the Hyperloop. Live Science will keep you up on Musk’s latest ideas and developments so you can keep your two feet on Earth while looking up at the stars.

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates after the successful launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 30, 2020.

Elon Musk 'overcome with emotion' after SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

By Hanneke Weitering published

SpaceX founder Elon Musk was choked up with emotion after his company successfully launched astronauts to space for the first time on Saturday (May 30).

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch in February 2018.

Elon Musk says he'll have 1,200 ventilators ready to deliver this week

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX and Tesla engineers are set to make a big contribution to the coronavirus fight, just a week after Elon Musk offered to help.

This image illustrates Jupiter's magnetic fields at a single moment in time.

Juno Finds Mysterious, Unexpected Currents Crackling Through Jupiter's Magnetosphere

By Rafi Letzter published

There are turbulent electrical currents coursing through the gas giant's outer atmosphere, producing brilliant auroras.

A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from <a href="https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/05/wowowow-spectacular-view-of-spacex.html">a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden</a>, the Nethe

Here's Why Astronomers Are So Worried About SpaceX's Planned 'Megaconstellation'

By Rafi Letzter published

SpaceX put 60 bright satellites in space May 23, and astronomers are sounding the alarm about the eventual 12,000-strong Starlink constellation SpaceX plans.

A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from <a href="https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/05/wowowow-spectacular-view-of-spacex.html">a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden</a>, the Nethe

Here's What SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Look Like in the Night Sky

By Tariq Malik published

'And what a SPECTACULAR view it was! - Marco Langbroek.

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Why It'll Take Israel's Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon

By Mike Wall published

An Israeli moon lander just took to the skies, but we'll all have to wait nearly two months for its historic touchdown try.

tesla roadster and starman

After 1-Year Joyride in Space, Starman Has Probably Trashed Elon's Roadster

By Brandon Specktor published

After traveling more than 470 million miles (760 million kilometers) around the sun, Starman and his cherry-red Tesla Roadster have exceeded the car's warranty 10,000 times over.

Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck stands with his creation, "The Humanity Star," which is visible in the night sky if you know when and where to look.

Space Oddity: 10 Bizarre Things Earthlings Launched into Space in 2018

By Laura Geggel published

This past year, engineers launched many oddities into space, including a Tesla Roadster, a gold-plated canopic jar and a cosmic disco ball.

SpaceX Starship Separates from Super Heavy Rocket

No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

By Mike Wall published

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.

SpaceX's Starman mannequin is seen inside Elon Musk's red Tesla Roadster with Earth in the background, shortly after launch on Feb. 6, 2018. As of Nov. 2, the duo were beyond the orbit of Mars.

SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

By Mike Wall published

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch on Feb. 6, 2018. On Sept. 27, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against Musk, based on statements he made about perhaps takin

SEC Sues Elon Musk for Fraud Over Twitter Statements About Tesla

By Mike Wall published

A promotional image from iSpace includes artwork depicting both a rover and a lander.

A Japanese Company Says It Will Use SpaceX Rockets to Land on the Moon

By Rafi Letzter published

There won't be any people on the first two iSpace landers. But the company said its long term goal is human exploration of the lunar surface.

Elon Musk has claimed his Big Falcon Rocket crew vehicle might one day land on the moon. But that's not in the cards for any missions in the foreseeable future.

Why the SpaceX Lunar Tourists Won't Walk on the Moon

By Rafi Letzter published

Twelve people have walked on the moon, and Elon Musk won't add any Japanese billionaires to that number anytime soon.

The Big Falcon Rocket would have three fins and a retractable forward wing, according to an illustration of the rocket’s design released by SpaceX's Elon Musk.

Japanese Billionaire Will Be First Lunar Tourist. And He Plans to Invite Artists.

By Stephanie Pappas published

Yusaku Maezawa, founder of clothing company ZoZo, will be the first space tourist to travel around the moon, private spaceflight company SpaceX announced tonight (Sept. 17).

SpaceX's Vision for a Mars City

The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond

By Mike Wall published

spacex big falcon rocket promo

Elon Musk Is Blasting Someone to the Moon, and We Have Questions

By Brandon Specktor published

Elon Musk's lunar flyby is one giant leap for space tourism.

The Andromeda galaxy and everything else in the known universe, including us, could be part of an advanced simulation. Indeed, this is the most probable scenario, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on comedian Joe Rogan's podcast on Sept. 7, 2018.

We're Probably Living in a Simulation, Elon Musk Says

By Mike Wall published

NASA has unveiled the first astronaut crews to fly on private spaceships built by SpaceX and Boeing. The astronauts are: (from left to right) Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Chris Ferguson of Boeing, Eric Boe, Jo

Trump Hails Astronauts That Will Fly on SpaceX and Boeing Spaceships. And Space Force, Too?

By Tariq Malik published

Colonizing Mars

Sorry Elon Musk, Colonizing Mars Is Unlikely. And It's a Bad Idea, Space Scientist Says

By Andrew Coates published

We have learned that there could be life beneath Mars’ surface and that it may be impossible to terraform its surface.

A water tower in Flint, Michigan.

Can Elon Musk Fix Flint's Water Problems?

By Fiona E. McNeill published

The Michigan community of Flint has become a byword for lead poisoning. Elon Musk recently entered the fray.