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Elon Musk intervenes in the war in Ukraine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Elon Musk disrupted a Ukrainian autonomous submarine attack on the Russian navy; It was feared that it would lead to a nuclear war

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Musk found himself trying to please both Ukraine and Russia while trying to prevent escalation. His refusal to provide satellite coverage of a Ukrainian attack on Crimea exposed his dilemma. But Starlink's importance in the war did not diminish
The moment the Starship spacecraft exploded during a test flight on 20/4/2023. From the live broadcast of Spice X on YouTube

SPACEX's Starship spacecraft exploded four minutes after launch on its first full test flight

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Apparently the thrust of the first stage was not strong enough and the spacecraft was not able to separate from it. This is still an unmanned test flight and it seems that now the manned tests will move away * This is the fourth prototype to crash on launch
Welcoming the sixth joint NASA and SpaceX crew by the rest of the 68th crew of the International Space Station, February 3, 2023. Photo: NASA

Team 6 arrived at the space station in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, with astronaut Emiri on board. Will stay in space for 6 months

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches docking at the space station. Illustration: depositphotos.com

SpaceX stops producing "Team Dragon" capsules and soon also cargo spaceships and will reuse the existing fleet

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According to SpaceX President Gavin Shotwell, the company has already stopped production of Crew Dragon capsules after building its fourth spacecraft scheduled for an April 19, 2022 launch for NASA to the space station.
The landing of the SpaceX crew Dragon spacecraft on the first all-civilian mission. Screenshot

The spaceship with the four civilian astronauts landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft entered the atmosphere and autonomously deployed the parachutes. The four passengers intended the flight to collect donations for childhood cancer research
Illustration of the SpaceX Starship lander that will carry NASA's first astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program. Image: SpaceX

NASA chose SpaceX to land a manned spacecraft on the moon to demonstrate capability

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The choice of Spice X is as a sole supplier. Also competing in the tender was a group that included Blue Origin Lockheed Martin and another group led by the Dintics Corporation which was a partner in the Apollo project. The assessment: SpaceX's offer was the cheapest, because Elon Musk has future plans on Mars for which this would be an opportunity to develop technologies
Landing of the SpaceX Starship Prototype SN10, 3/3/21. Photo: SPACEX

SpaceX: The Starship prototype flight took place successfully but the vessel exploded a few minutes later

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The tenth prototype of the launcher (SN10) with three Raptor engines took off from their launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas to an altitude of about ten kilometers, performed a rollover maneuver and then returned to the launch facility, where it exploded after a few minutes due to a methane leak
SpaceX's SN9 launcher crashes in Texas, 2/2/21, not far from the launch pad that is carrying the SN10 prototype of the Starship spacecraft. Screenshot from a SPACEX broadcast

A day after SPACEX announced a raffle for passengers on a spacecraft to Mars, another prototype exploded

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About five and a half minutes after the launch, the launcher's engines were ignited in order to move it to a vertical position and then align with the nose up to land on its bottom, however, as it was seen in the broadcast, the launcher overturned when its tip reached the ground at a huge speed and exploded about six and a half minutes after the launch
Screenshot from the moment the SN8 spacecraft crashed during a test flight in Texas, 9/12/2020. Photo: SPACEX

SpaceX's Starship 8 spacecraft crashed tonight during a test landing in Texas (video)

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SN8, a prototype of a spacecraft that is supposed to transport humans to Mars, took off and even circled in the air but did not succeed in the landing phase apparently due to low fuel pressure in the central tank, which caused it to reach the ground at too high a speed. The experiments will continue with the next spacecraft
The astronauts of the Crew-1 mission: from left: Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi don SpaceX spacesuits on their way to launch. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Four astronauts are on their way to the space station aboard the first commercial manned spacecraft

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA's CREW-1 mission and SpaceX launched tonight to the International Space Station and inside it a spacecraft containing NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and the Space Research Agency astronaut of Japan Soichi Noguchi
Uploading the Dragon capsule to the rescue ship. October 2, 2020, time 22:16 p.m. Screenshot from NASA TV

The year America returned to space

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Uploading the Dragon capsule to the rescue ship. October 2, 2020, time 22:16 p.m. Screenshot from NASA TV

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has landed safely in the Gulf of Mexico and the two astronauts on the test mission have been rescued

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Launch of the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft, Cape Canaveral, 30/5/20. Screenshot from NASA TV

Successful launch of the first American manned spacecraft in almost a decade (continuous live broadcast)

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Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken prepare to exit the CREW DRAGON spacecraft due to the cancellation of the launch on 27/5/2020. Screenshot from NASA TV

The first launch of astronauts since 2011 was delayed due to weather

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The astronauts are training for the launch of the first manned spacecraft in a decade, Crew Dragon. Photo: SpaceX

The history: the first private manned launch to the space station - on Wednesday 27/5/2020

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The astronauts are training for the launch of the first manned spacecraft in a decade, Crew Dragon. Photo: SpaceX

SpaceX and NASA announce: first manned launch in a decade from the USA - on May 27

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The Ripley doll, flown on the DEMO 1 test flight of the SPACEX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Screenshot, SPACEX

The Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean * The next demonstration mission will already be manned

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Launch of the Falcon 9 launcher with the Crew Dragon spacecraft taking off for a test flight (still unmanned) to the International Space Station, March 2, 2019. Photo: NASA

SpaceX launched an experimental version of the Dragon crew spacecraft to the space station

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Big Falcon Rocket - a combined launcher with a spaceship developed by the SpaceX company and on which the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Mazawa will fly to orbit around the moon. Image: SpaceX

Yusaku Mazawa, a Japanese art curator will be the first private astronaut to fly around the moon

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The Tesla Roadster, and the astronaut doll, against the background of the Earth. No this is not a joke. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX launched a car into deep space on the world's most powerful launcher

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The heavy Falcon on the launch pad, on the eve of the maiden flight. Source: SpaceX.

Today: the maiden flight of the heavy Falcon; Musk: "50% chance of success"

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The Falcon Heavy during the Hestian Burner experiment. Source: Elon Musk's Twitter page.

The heavy Falcon came to life in a static combustion test for its 27 engines

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The Falcon 9 launcher with the secret "Zuma" cargo on it, in the initial moments of takeoff, then the SLC-40 launch at Cape Canaveral. Source: Screenshot from the SpaceX live broadcast.

SpaceX started the year with the launch of the secret satellite "Zuma"

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The illuminated trail left behind by the Falcon 9 launcher, which stunned the people of California last Friday. Photography: Kevin Gill.

2017: SpaceX's incredible year

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Assembling the payload fairing of the Falcon Heavy launcher around Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster. Photo: SpaceX.

Musk's Tesla car is getting ready to launch near Mars

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