How Elon Musk’s SpaceX started a new ‘space race’

How Elon Musk's SpaceX started a new 'space race'

In 2005, three years before its first successful orbital launch, a fledgling space startup called SpaceX asked the US government to allow it to use the famous Cape Canaveral launch pad once home to the Apollo space program. Old-school space companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin opposed the idea and lobbied aggressively to block the … Read more

How to see this week’s rare and dazzling planetary alignment

How to see this week's rare and dazzling planetary alignment

A group of six planets will line up and light up the night sky this week, folks. On August 28, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn will line up for our viewing pleasure. The best time to see this rare planetary parade is early morning, just before sunrise. Bonus: depending on cloud cover, the … Read more