SpaceX Crew Dragon nails crucial test: Docking with ISS

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has been tested in a vacuum, jostled in an acoustic chamber and put through computer simulations. But there's only one way to know for sure how a spacecraft will work: Strap it to a rocket, and let it fly.

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Elon Musk's busy week: From battling with the SEC to an historic rocket launch

It started with a legal threat from the US government, and ended with an historic rocket launch.

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Sherrod Brown Still Thinks He’s The Best Pro-Worker Candidate As He Closes In On A 2020 Campaign For President

The Ohio Democrat is recruiting staff, has his family on board, and still doesn’t think any Democrat can talk to workers the way he can.

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Tesla's promise of 'full-self-driving' angers autonomous vehicle experts

Experts says Tesla's "full self-driving" feature is really a partial self-driving feature, that handles minor driving tasks.

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'Astronaut' dummy Ripley aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon bound for space station

"Alien" fans, Ripley rides again. That's the name of the space-suited dummy aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon that launched Saturday, a hat tip to Ellen Ripley, the heroine of the sci-fi movie series.

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, its first spacecraft designed to carry humans, took flight for the first time in an uncrewed demonstration mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon, built to carry humans, launches demo flight

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, its first spacecraft designed to carry humans, took flight for the first time Saturday.

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Anti-vaccine movies disappear from Amazon after CNN Business report

Amazon has apparently started removing anti-vaccine documentaries from its Amazon Prime Video streaming service. The move came days after a CNN Business report highlighted the anti-vaccine comment available on the site, and hours after Rep. Adam Schiff wrote an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, saying he is concerned "that Amazon is surfacing and recommending" anti-vaccination books and movies.

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Paul Manafort Didn't Just Ask For Less Prison Time In His Latest Court Filings — He's Attacking Mueller, Too

In a sentencing memo in his Virginia case, Manafort accused the special counsel of "spreading misinformation" about him, and using the criminal justice system to place the maximum pressure on him to flip on President Donald Trump.

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Lyft to give some drivers $10,000 in bonuses, or the option to buy stock

Lyft will pay some of its drivers up to $10,000 in cash bonuses ahead of the company's forthcoming IPO -— an unusual benefit for a portion of the independent contractors who are critical to the company's business model.

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