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This image released by NBC shows host Elon Musk delivering his opening monologue on "Saturday Night Live" in New York on May 8, 2021. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)

Elon Musk shows humility and hubris as 'SNL' host

By Andrew Dalton May. 09, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2021. There are 239 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award, in Berlin, Germany. Technology mogul Elon Musk has a lined up a new gig in addition to his jobs as CEO of electric car maker Tesla and spaceship maker SpaceX. He is going to host the iconic TV show “Saturday Night Live " on May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Britta Pedersen, Pool, File)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk adding SNL hosting job to his to-do list

Apr. 24, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off in this time exposure from Launch Complex 39A Friday, April 23, 2021, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule

By Marcia Dunn Apr. 23, 2021 05:52 AM EDT

Democratic State, Sen. Carrie Hamblen of Las Cruces, N.M., left, and Sen. Linda Lopez of Albuquerque, hold a discussion on the floor of the New Mexico State Senate in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 19, 2021. The New Mexico Legislature was rushing to send final bills to the governor before the end of the annual legislative session at noon on Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

New Mexico legislative session reshapes education spending

By Cedar Attanasio Mar. 19, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken work with teams from NASA and SpaceX to rehearse crew extraction from SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, at the Trident Basin in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the first time in nearly a decade, the two astronauts blasted towards orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil on May 30 2020, a first for a private company. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP, File)

World's space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

By Marcia Dunn Dec. 16, 2020 11:36 AM EST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Double Dragons: SpaceX launches space station supplies

By Marcia Dunn Dec. 06, 2020 11:18 AM EST

In this frame grab from NASA TV, the SpaceX Dragon is seen after docking at the International Space Station, late Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. (NASA TV via AP)

SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts reaches space station

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 16, 2020 06:13 PM EST

Members of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi pose for a photo as the astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A and planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule on a six-month mission to the International Space Station Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 15, 2020 01:07 PM EST

NASA firefighters drive on the road outside the fence near a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company's Crew Dragon capsule attached, sits on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020 (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

SpaceX crew flight delayed; Musk gets mixed COVID-19 results

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 13, 2020 01:10 PM EST

NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, left, and Victor Glover walk from their airplane after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 08, 2020 12:01 PM EST

In this photo released by Rosaviatsiya, Roscosmos' cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin sits in a chair shortly after the landing near town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Roscosmos' Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan on Thursday. (Rosaviatsiya via AP)

Trio who lived on space station return to Earth safely

By Vladimir Isachenkov Oct. 21, 2020 11:19 PM EDT

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after spending 64 days in space. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

By Marcia Dunn Aug. 02, 2020 11:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 11, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a mask walks through the Tesla plant parking lot in Fremont, Calif. On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the electric car maker announced it has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Tesla picks Texas site for second US vehicle assembly plant

By Tom Krisher Jul. 22, 2020 06:35 PM EDT

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the U.S. Space Force, lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX launches Air Force's newest GPS satellite

By Marcia Dunn Jun. 30, 2020 05:12 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2020 02:58 PM EDT
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Jun. 02, 2020 02:24 PM EDT
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Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 02, 2020 01:34 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Dallas Morning News. May 31, 2020. Here’s a path forward to cutting Texas’ skyrocketing property tax bills If you...

This photo provided by NASA shows the crew of SpaceX entering the International Space Station, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The Dragon capsule arrived Sunday morning, hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. It's the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft has delivered a crew to the orbiting lab. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX's historic encore: Astronauts arrive at space station

By Marcia Dunn May. 31, 2020 11:11 AM EDT