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• SpaceX working on micro-satellites for Internet access

  SpaceX is working on a network of micro-satellites that will be used to provide Internet access, according to the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk.

• AI researchers say Elon Musk's fears 'not completely crazy'

  High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines when he said artificial intelligence research is a danger to humanity, but researchers from some of the top U.S. universities say he's not so far off the mark.

• Days after Dragon returns, NASA readies Cygnus launch

  Two days after a SpaceX Dragon cargo craft left the International Space Station and returned to Earth, Orbital Science Corp.'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is getting ready for a Monday launch.

• Astronauts to make robotics repairs during 6.5-hour spacewalk

  Two astronauts today began what is expected to be a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to repair a robotics system, along with cooling pump and a television camera on the International Space station.

• SpaceX, Boeing may work together on US space flight program

  SpaceX and Boeing Co. may share duties in a program aimed at launching NASA astronauts from American soil by 2017.

• SpaceX wants to build cities on Mars

  CEO and co-founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, not only wants to send astronauts to Mars, he wants to build a city there.

• NASA upgrades humanoid robot in space

  The 300-pound humanoid robot working on the International Space Station is in the midst of getting a series of upgrades, including new processors and software in preparation of having a pair of legs attached to it.

• In pictures: America’s first spaceport

  Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and others expect the site to be the hub of commercial space operations

• Can you hear me now? NASA to test laser communication system

  The SpaceX cargo spacecraft will be carrying equipment needed for astronauts on the International Space Station to test optical laser communications to its scheduled launch today.

• NASA's humanoid robot to get a leg up on space station

  A pair of robotic legs will be heading to the International Space Station.

• SpaceX, NASA launching reusable rocket

  Reusability is a key to any plan to making human life interplanetary, according to the CEO of SpaceX, one of the companies tasked with ferrying cargo, and someday astronauts, to the International Space Station.

• NASA's 2015 budget plan maintains Mars landing plans

  NASA's $17.5 billion proposed fiscal 2015 budget would maintain the U.S. space agency's plan to send humans to Mars by 2030, to study near-Earth asteroids and to send astronauts to the International Space Station.

• Only 30% of top CEOs use social networks

  Only 30% of the CEOs at the top companies traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange are active on social media sites, gathering spots for millions of potential customers.

• Private company launches spacecraft for space station rendezvous

  Hours after liftoff, Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft is flying at 17,500 mph as it races to rendezvous with the International Space Station.

• NASA beefs up commercial efforts with Wednesday demo launch

  A planned Wednesday demonstration launch of a cargo spacecraft could help double the number of companies that NASA has on tap to supply the International Space Station.