The launch brings the country closer to its ambition of becoming a player in the space industry, no longer reliant on technology from other countries.
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South Korea Launches Satellite With Its Own Rocket for the First Time
The launch brings the country closer to its ambition of becoming a player in the space industry, no longer reliant on technology from other countries.
Elon Musk Left a South Africa That Was Rife With Misinformation and White Privilege
The apartheid era created all-white enclaves littered with anti-Black government propaganda and sheltered from the atrocities of apartheid.
A Billionaires’ World
The world’s richest person didn’t like Twitter. So he’s buying it.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Elon Musk Buys Twitter
Plus a lockdown looms over Beijing and the U.S. flexes in Ukraine.
Your Friday Briefing: Russia’s Flagship Sinks
Plus Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter and Britain’s plan to resettle asylum seekers … in Rwanda.
Tesla Wins Approval to Open European Assembly Plant
German authorities cleared the plant, which was built near Berlin, to open for production. Tesla plans to build 500,000 electric cars a year there.
Starlink Satellite Internet Terminals, Sent by Elon Musk, Arrive in Ukraine
Responding to a plea by a Ukrainian official, Mr. Musk delivered an unknown number of his Starlink terminals, which offer online connection via orbiting satellites, bypassing conventional providers.
Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars
The yawning disparity between the performance of the electric car company and established automakers last year reflects the technological change roiling the industry.
What a Fungus Reveals About the Space Program
One thing’s for sure: Escaping the dung heap doesn’t come cheap.