What could a rocket
company and an electric
carmaker possibly have in
common? At first glance,
perhaps not much, unless
the companies are SpaceX
and Tesla Motors, which
were both co-founded by
the serial entrepreneur
Elon Musk.
The world's first private
supply ship flew
tantalizingly close to
the International Space
Station on Thursday,
acing a critical test in
advance of the actual
docking.
Most people smile when
frustrated, even if they
don't notice it, suggests
a new study that also
found computers can do a
better job than humans of
telling a real smile from
a frustrated one.
NEW YORK
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Commander Scott Carpenter
first stepped foot on the
USS Intrepid when the
aircraft carrier's
helicopters rescued him
from his waterlogged
space capsule 50 years
ago. Today, the former
NASA astronaut returned
to the carrie...
A private spaceship is
preparing to link up with
the International Space
Station for the first
time Friday (May 25) in a
historic step for
commercial spaceflight.