SpaceX: Elon Musk's space taxi service brings four astronauts back to Earth

6 May 2022 by Sarah Jones

SpaceX has brought home four astronauts with a midnight splash in the Gulf of Mexico, capping the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s space taxi service. The three US astronauts and one German, who were transported back to Earth in the capsule, were bobbing off the Florida coast near Tampa less than 24 hours after … Read more

SpaceX restoring Tonga’s internet severed by volcanic eruption

7 February 2022 by Mike Bond

Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture is helping to restore connectivity to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, according to an official in Fiji where the work is underway. Tonga’s sole optic-fiber link to the internet and the rest of the world was severed by a volcanic eruption on Jan. 15 and only limited connectivity has … Read more