I.阅读理解说明文运载火箭的成功发射On February 6, SpaceX,a private US aerospace companyowned by Elon Musk, has successfully launched its newFalcon Heavy rocket, making it the world's most powerfulrocket.Falcon Heavy is the largest rocket since the retirement ofNASA's Saturn V, which was used ...
SpaceX -- owned by Elon Musk, an Internet entrepreneur and founder of PayPal -- made history with its Dragon launch in December 2010, becoming the first commercial outfit to send a spacecraft into orbit and back. SpaceX and several other companies are competing to build and operate a privat...
• Employees at SpaceX, a spacecraft manufacturer owned by Elon Musk, were allegedly denied meal breaks, rest periods, overtime compensation, and pay for unused vacation, according to a suit filed in a California state court. Current and former employees were refused certain rights guaranteed t...
The launch, the first-ever bid by a private company to dock at the orbiting lab, had been set for February but was postponed for technical reasons. SpaceX -- owned by Elon Musk, an Internet entrepreneur and founder of PayPal -- made history with its Dragon launch in December 2010, becom...
Falcon Heavy successfully flew to orbit, carrying a Tesla Roadster (an electric car made by Tesla, another company owned by Musk) and a spacesuited mannequin nicknamed Starman. SpaceX ran a live stream of the launch and the Roadster's first few hours in space, which attracted attention from...
The Department of Justice is suing SpaceX, the aerospace company owned by Elon Musk, over alleged discriminatory practices against people living in the country under asylum and refugees. The federal government contends in its civil lawsuit, which was filed Thursday, that the company violate...
Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, sent a rocket to the edge of space and landed it upright earlier this year, but it was a demonstration flight and did not achieve orbit. 2010年,SpaceX首次登上头版头条,成为第一个把火箭发射到轨道而又能完整返回地球的私营公司——这在之前,...
NASA is a government-owned and -funded organization and subject to budgetary adjustments and changes, such as when budget cuts forced the cancellation of the Space Shuttle program. SpaceX is a private, for-profit entity and thus is motivated to control expenses. It seeks both government and pri...
Elon Musk: SpaceX will move its headquarters from California to Texas SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk said Tuesday he will move the headquarters of both companies from California to Texas. Musk had vowed to make the moves in response to Gov. ...
SpaceX is not a public company, it is still privately owned. Tesla, one of Elon Musk's other companies, is a public company. Musk has discussed the possibility of taking SpaceX public, or at least Starlink, which is a part of SpaceX that seeks to provide Internet to most of the Eart...