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SpaceX Launches a First-of-Its-Kind Mission to the International Space Station
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Friday in the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station, marking a step toward the first private space station.
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Man Possibly Beaten to Death by Crowd After Almost Hitting People on Sidewalk
A man was killed in Hawthorne Saturday, and authorities were investigating the possibility that he was beaten to death by people who pulled him from a truck that nearly missed striking several patrons standing on a sidewalk in front of a business.
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Man Accused of Driving Sons Off Port Pier Sentenced for ‘Evil and Diabolical' Insurance Fraud Scheme
A South Bay man was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for defrauding insurance companies after driving his two disabled children and ex-wife off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles to collect on accidental death policies, a scheme the judge called “evil and diabolical.”
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SpaceX Launches a NASA Ocean-Monitoring Satellite into Orbit
Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched a NASA ocean- monitoring satellite into orbit Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. Residents in parts of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties could hear a series of sonic booms following liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket.
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SpaceX Launches Another 60 Internet Satellites
Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched another 60 internet satellites into orbit Saturday from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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SpaceX Wants to Launch 4 Tourists Into Super High Orbit
SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year. The private company is working with Space Adventures Inc. for the flight, officials announced Tuesday. Ticket prices are not being divulged but expected to be in the millions. Space Adventures already has helped put tourists into orbit with trips to…
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Attorney Suggests $190 Million Settlement for Man Elon Musk Allegedly Branded ‘Pedo Guy' on Twitter
An attorney told a Los Angeles federal jury Friday it would be reasonable to award $190 million in damages to a British cave explorer who is suing Elon Musk for allegedly branding him as a pedophile during a Twitter spat. Attorney Lin Wood said the suggested sum includes $150 million in punitive damages. Musk, who testified his stock in Tesla…
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Man Caught on Camera Setting Patrol Car on Fire Outside Hawthorne Police Station
Hawthorne police arrested a man suspected of setting a police car on fire in front of the station in an act caught on camera, the department announced Thursday. Officers realized an unoccupied patrol vehicle parked in front of the police department had been engulfed in flames at about 12:15 a.m. Surveillance footage taken of the incident depicts a man dousing…
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Charter Flights Relaunched to Link Dallas With New Mexico Ski Resorts
Taos Air has announced that it will relaunch flights to Austin and Dallas in December, giving some Texans direct access to northern New Mexico for the ski season.
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SpaceX Extends Buyout Offer Deadline for Texas Homeowners
SpaceX has extended its buyout offer deadline to Boca Chica Village homeowners in South Texas and agreed to reappraise the properties after complaints that the original appraisals were too low.
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SpaceX Launches Rocket With First Batch of Thousands of Satellites
Hawthorne-based SpaceX Thursday night launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral with the first batch of what could ultimately be thousands of satellites providing space-based internet service around the globe after the mission was scrubbed twice last week.
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Vegas Getting Underground Transit System With Self-Driving Cars for Convention Center
A company backed by tech billionaire Elon Musk has been awarded a nearly $49 million contract to build a transit system using self-driving vehicles underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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SpaceX's New Crew Capsule Aces Space Station Docking
SpaceX’s sleek, new crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, acing its second milestone in just over a day. No one was aboard the Dragon capsule launched Saturday on its first test flight, only an instrumented dummy. But that quickly changed once the hatch swung open and the space station astronauts floated inside. “A new generation of...
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Draft of Dallas ISD Proposal Suggests Demolishing 47 School Buildings
For the first time in its history, Dallas ISD has a long-range master plan. Early in it’s process, it’s basically a draft of a proposal, but if approved it would include demolishing 47 school buildings and building 25 new ones.
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1st Private Moon Flight Passenger to Invite Creative Guests
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Monday that he plans to blast off on the first-ever commercial trip around the moon and will invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people on the weeklong journey.
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SpaceX Sends Dragon on Supply Mission to Space Station
A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried a cargo ship from the Florida coast Monday on a supply mission to the International Space Station.
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Watch: Used SpaceX Rocket Launches From California Coast
A SpaceX rocket used for a previous mission was sent back into space, this time with 10 communications satellites aboard. The rocket launched Friday, March 30, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Recycled SpaceX Rocket Returns to Space With 10 Satellites
A recycled SpaceX rocket was sent back into space Friday in a spectacular launch from the California coast.
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Tesla Unveils Plans For Electric Semi, New Roadster
After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs – and, more recently, solar panels – the company plans to unveil an electric semi tractor-trailer on Thursday night in Hawthorne, California.
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Tesla's Elon Musk, Disney's Bob Iger Quit Trump Advisory After US Withdraws From Climate Accord
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said Thursday he is stepping down from two presidential advisory panels in response to Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. “Am departing presidential councils,” Musk wrote on Twitter following Trump’s announcement. “Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.” Musk was followed Thursday by...