SpaceX to test Starlink, T-Mobile cell service this year

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SpaceX plans to begin testing its Starlink satellite-to-cell service with T-Mobile this year, an executive of Elon Musk’s company said on Mo...

Biden administration urges Congress to ban airline family-seating fees

Passengers wearing protective masks are seen aboard before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, August 11, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Reuters The Bi...

Meet K2 Space, a spacecraft startup leveraging SpaceX Starship

Cofounders and brothers Karan Kunjur, left, and Neel Kunjur. K2 Space A pair of brothers is aiming to challenge the way spacecraft are built, by going against the industry trend and designing massive ...

Astra investigates ‘potential illegal short selling’ as delisting deadline looms

Astra CEO Chris Kemp speaks inside the company’s headquarters during the company’s “Spacetech Day” on May 12, 2022. Brady Kenniston / Astra Spacecraft engine manufacturer and s...

American Airlines pilots union calls strike authorization vote

Pilots talk as they look at the tail of an American Airlines aircraft. Mike Stone | Reuters The American Airlines pilots union, the Allied Pilots Association, plans to vote in April on whether to allo...

Biden proposed FAA budget for 2024 increases funding

An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Ima...

Biden’s proposed NASA budget for 2024 increases funds to $27.2 billion

Vice President Kamala Harris meets with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Joe Acaba at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Aug. 29, 2022. Bill Ingalls / NASA President Joe Biden is seeki...

Relativity first 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket launch

[The company’s livestream is slated to begin at noon ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] 3D-printing specialist Relativity Space is attempting its first rocket...

American Airlines CEO tells pilots pay will match Delta’s

FILE – American Airlines President Robert Isom speaks at a news conference about the company’s new partnership with Alaska Airlines, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Seattle. American Airlines ...

DOJ sues JetBlue over Spirit takeover

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320, left, passes a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 as it taxis on the runway, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, ...

Slowing losses, new military contract

BlackSky at New York Stock Exchange, September 13, 2021. Source: NYSE Satellite imagery specialist BlackSky announced fourth-quarter results on Tuesday that show the company further trimming losses an...

SpaceX launches NASA Crew-6 mission

A long-exposure photograph shows SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-6 mission in the company’s Joel Kowsky / NASA SpaceX launched four people to the International Space Station fro...

Delta pilots wrap voting on new contract with big raises

A pilot walks past the windows at the newly renovated Delta terminal D at LaGuardia Airport in New York March 6, 2021. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Delta Air Lines pilots on Wednesday will wr...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q4 2022 earnings

Electron rockets undergo preparation for launch. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab said Tuesday it has doubled its order backlog — from about $241 million in contracts at the end of 2021 to $503.6 million at the ...

Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Q4 2022 earnings, spaceflights update

An aerial view of carrier aircraft VMS Eve, left, and spacecraft VSS Unity, at Spaceport America in New Mexico on Feb. 27, 2023. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic said on Tuesday it remains on track to ...

SpaceX begins launching V2 Mini Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission from Florida on Feb. 27, 2023. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the first batch of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites as the com...

Space Force rocket launch acquisitions takes ‘mutual fund approach’

The headquarters of Space Systems Command in Los Angeles, California. U.S. Space Force / Jose Lou Hernandez The U.S. military is preparing to buy another round of rocket launches from companies next y...

Boeing temporarily halts delivery of 787 Dreamliners

The exterior of a 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, on December 13, 2022.  Logan Cyrus | AFP | Getty Images Boeing has temporarily halted deliveries of its 787 D...

Terran Orbital wins $2.4 billion Rivada satellite contract

The company’s banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022. Terran Orbital Terran Orbital shares surged on Wednesday after the company announced a $2.4 billion contract to build co...

SpaceX adjusts Starlink monthly pricing for residential customers

A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX rolled out new pricing for residential Starlink customers based on its ...

Jed McCaleb’s space station company Vast acquires startup Launcher

The company’s first space tug, called Orbiter SN1, is seen undergoing final launch preparations. Launcher Space station company Vast announced on Tuesday it has acquired fellow startup Launcher ...

Spring break gets pricey as travelers return to old booking habits

Spring break travel demand is picking up, driving up airfare and hotel rates. Travel app Hopper said in a report last week that domestic airfare is averaging $264 a round trip for March and April, up ...

Layoffs spread, but some employers can’t hire fast enough

A sign for hire is posted on the window of a Chipotle restaurant in New York, April 29, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Job cuts are rising at some of the biggest U.S. companies, but others are stil...

United aims to make it easier for families to sit together for free

A United Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. Kena Betancur | Afp | Getty Images United Airlines said Monday that new technology will ope...

FAA wants to fine SpaceX over failure to submit launch data

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on April 29, 2022. SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration seeks a $175,000 fine against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, alleging the co...

FAA tells Senate it will avoid repeat of NOTAM outage

An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Ima...

Boeing January plane orders and deliveries slip

A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner pauses while taxiing on the flight line before its first flight at Renton Municipal Airport on June 18, 2021 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing&...

Elon Musk, Scott Kelly debate use of Starlink in Ukraine

Ukrainian forces set up Starlink satellite receivers to provide connection for civilians at Independence Square after the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson to the eastern bank of Dnieper Riv...

Astronaut Sen. Mark Kelly praises ‘stunning’ space business

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly speaks at the annual Commercial Space Transportation conference on Feb. 9, 2023. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, who flew to space four times over a 15-year care...

SpaceX test fires Starship booster

SpaceX test fires engines in the towering rocket booster of its Starship prototype on February 9, 2023. Source: SpaceX SpaceX on Thursday test fired 31 of the 33 engines in the towering rocket booster...

Airlines, rocket launches compete for airspace as FAA manages demand

The SpaceX launch pad is seen from the window of Air Force One at Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Evan Vucci | AP WASHINGTON — Space companies are launching more...

Southwest faces Senate hearing over holiday travel chaos

Passengers check in for a Southwest Airlines Co. flight inside Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on August 10, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Ima...