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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks to astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley as the historic SpaceX-NASA mission is set to proceed on schedule, although uncertainty remains over weather conditions just hours before takeoff. IMAGES
A SpaceX capsule landed off the coast of Florida Monday carrying four astronauts who had spent six months on the International Space Station, a NASA live broadcast showed. Slowed by the Earth's atmosphere, as well as four huge parachutes, the Dragon capsule was able to withstand the dizzying descent thanks to its heat shield. A boat will retrieve the capsule, and the astronauts on board will be brought back to land via helicopter. IMAGES
Panama City, Jun 25 (EFE) .- The Space X drone ship Of Course I still Love You crossed the Panama Canal on Friday en route to the Pacific.On April 23, Ocisly received in Atlantic waters the propellant of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which took off that day to take a Dragon capsule into space. manned by the same private company, founded by Elon Musk in 2002.(Camera: BIENVENIDO VELASCO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF OCISLY GOING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL.
Susan Walsh/AP; Erin Scott/Reuters There's no love lost between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The billionaire tech CEOs — who helm Tesla and SpaceX, and Facebook, respectively — have been feuding since at least 2016, when a SpaceX rocket explosion destroyed a Facebook satellite. Since then, they've butted heads over everything from artificial intelligence to Facebook's data-collection practices. Most recently, Musk tied Facebook to the violent insurrection in Washington, DC, describing it as a "domino effect." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
Business Insider reports that Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world. His net worth has skyrocketed to $187 billion. He is the CEO of two companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and the founder of three more. He's also been married three times and has triplets and twins. He recently had another baby with his girlfriend, the musician Grimes.