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File-In this Saturday, March 9, 2013, file photo, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Musk is set to unveil a new spacecraft designed to carry astronauts on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX is one of several private companies vying to develop a manned craft to replace NASA’s retired space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

Elon Musk unveils spacecraft to ferry astronauts

By Raquel Maria Dillon - Associated Press

File-In this Saturday, March 9, 2013, file photo, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives the opening keynote at the SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas. Musk is set to unveil a new spacecraft designed to carry astronauts on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX is one of several private companies vying to develop a manned craft to replace NASA’s retired space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)

5 things to know about SpaceX’s flight plans

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Contracting official’s new job raises questions

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Mark Moody, an employee of Lockheed Martin Corp., works on preparations for a brace for the Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle designed by Sierra Nevada Corp. - one of three companies working on spacecraft to get NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Shuttle. Lockheed Martin also has two other, unrelated, projects at Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans - a campus where thousands of people worked in the 1980s to build space shuttle fuel tanks. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

U.S. Air Force faces lawsuit over Lockheed Martin-Boeing’s lock on contracts

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

SpaceX CEO signals favor for Texas launch pad site

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Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks before an event to deliver the first set of sedans to customers in Beijing, China, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Tesla Motors delivered its first eight electric sedans to customers in China on Tuesday and Musk said the company will build a nationwide network of charging stations and service centers as fast as it can. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Elon Musk, SpaceX to sue federal government to break space-launch monopoly

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Customers check out a new Tesla all electric car, Monday, March 17, 2014, at a Tesla showroom inside the Kenwood Towne Centre in Cincinnati. Ohio auto dealers are sparring at the Statehouse with the California-based Tesla, which is selling it's next generation electric cars from three Ohio storefronts. Lawmakers in Ohio and other states are trying to block Tesla direct sales on grounds they undercut traditional auto dealerships. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Feds close investigation of Tesla battery fires

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** FILE ** Actor Ashton Kutcher poses for photographers at the premiere of "Open Season" in Los Angeles, in this Sept. 25, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Zuckerberg, Kutcher mum on millions invested in secretive artificial-intelligence company

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Tesla sells its cars in its own stores, many in high-traffic retail malls. The company says its business model gives it a closer connection to customers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Tesla’s sales route too direct for rivals

By Meghan Drake - The Washington Times

Delta IV rocket: (Image: U.S. Air Force)

The Putin problem: U.S. needs Russian rockets for spy satellites

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A Tesla car is parked near the Washington state Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. The electric car company, which has sales and service operations in Seattle and Bellevue, held a rally to protest measures being considered by the Legislature that would prevent it from opening additional facilities in the state. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

EDITORIAL: Government cronyism comes back to bite Tesla

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

SpaceX Dragon capsule is shown on the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm on Sunday, March 3, 2013. SpaceX, the California-based company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, had to struggle with the Dragon following its launch Friday from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft is delivering more than 1 ton of supplies to the the space station. (AP Photo/NASA TV)

Tamed Dragon supply ship arrives at space station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Supply ship meets space station after shaky start

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Tamed Dragon supply ship arrives at space station

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

SpaceX rocket launched but problem with thrusters

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

SpaceX company fixes Dragon capsule problem

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

Space station capsule problem appears fixed

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

EDITORIAL: Mr. Musk comes to Washington, again

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, to take supplies to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Malcolm Denemark)

Privately owned SpaceX Dragon capsule blasts off for space station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press