SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red electric sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars — a huge jump in the private sector space race. And President Donald Trump was personally thanked by billionaire Elon Musk after the launch. […]
[Pics] SpaceX debuts new rocket
SpaceX unveiled its new Falcon Heavy rocket a month before its first launch. Photos posted by SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk show the new rocket inside its Florida hangar. Missing is the cargo for the January test flight. Musk has said the Falcon Heavy will launch his own cherry-red Tesla […]
Tesla plans to electrify a new type of vehicle
After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs — and, more recently, solar panels — Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks. The company unveiled its new electric semitractor-trailer Thursday night near its design center in Hawthorne, California. CEO Elon Musk said the […]