The Museum of Science Fiction, set to open in Washington, D.C., has a 6-foot (1.8 m) model of Orion III that might be shaped more accurately, but it is also 2 feet (0.6 m) longer than the actual ...

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For the past decade, Musk has borrowed from science fiction and fantasy when naming his rockets, engines, capsules and other space doodads. NASA and others favor mythology, astronomy and astronauts.

Elon Musk's mission to send humans to Mars 06:19. For the past decade, Musk has borrowed from science fiction and fantasy when naming his rockets, engines, capsules and other space doodads.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — If SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s plan to establish a city on Mars sounds like science fiction, then consider the name of his first passenger ship. The answer lies in “The ...