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Fire Reported At SpaceX Facility In Florida

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SpaceX, which is based in the Los Angeles area, in Hawthorne, has said that it hopes to launch commercial missions on the Starship in 2021. The Starship is ultimately designed to carry people to Mars. Other details on the fire have not yet been provided by SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX reportedly looking to build Starship rockets at Port of LA

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CNBC reported that these discussions were confirmed by Port of LA officials. SpaceX currently manufactures Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy at its facility in Hawthorne, Calif., million-per-year lease, before subsequently going back on that agreement in 2019.

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Report: Zuma Launch Failure Not Due To SpaceX

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is not to blame for the reported failure of the super-secret "Zuma" government payload, according to a report today from the WSJ.

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Elon Musk: Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10th

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The first, high tech test tunnel built by LA's The Boring Company , bored between the SpaceX parking lot and a home in Hawthorne, California, is almost complete, and will open to the public on December 10th, according to Boring Company and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Opens Dec 10 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Gets For Another Reuse Milestone

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to reach another milestone in its development of space exploration technology, which is to push the reuse of its rockets even further. SpaceX's latest design, the Falcon 9 Block 5, is designed for nearly continuous reuse with a minimal amount of reconditioning on each rocket.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Suffers Anomaly During Engine Test

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon , the spacecraft being designed by Hawthorne-based SpaceX to deliver astronauts into orbit, suffered what appears to be a major issue in testing on Saturday during an engine test--sending smoke billowing from its test location which was visible from miles away. The testing was done at Cape Canaveral.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

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Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling.