A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX The Federal Communications Commission issued a key authorization to Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday, grantin...
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NASA’s Orion spacecraft flies by the moon on Artemis 1 mission
NASA’s Orion spacecraft made its closest approach to the moon on Monday morning during day five of the Artemis 1 mission. The uncrewed capsule flew about 81 miles above the lunar surface, the ag...
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission heads to the moon after successful launch
To the moon, again! NASA launched the Artemis I mission from Florida at 1:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, with the agency’s most powerful rocket ever kicking off a nearly month-long journey wit...
SpaceX shakes up Starbase leadership in Starship push
An aerial view of a Starship prototype stacked on a Super Heavy booster at the company’s Starbase facility outside of Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX While Elon Musk earns daily headlines over change...
Record revenue, added contract wins
An Electron rocket launches from the company’s New Zealand facility on Nov. 4, 2022. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab delivered quarterly results on Wednesday that boasted record revenue, with the space co...
Space tourism pioneer Dennis Tito books private moon trip
Dennis Tito, most widely known as being the first space tourist back in mid-2001. Wikipedia Entrepreneur Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko purchased seats on a private trip with SpaceX’s Starship r...
Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit joining SpaceX, Rocket Lab and others
The view from the upper stage of the Alpha rocket after reaching orbit on Oct. 1, 2022. Firefly Aerospace Private venture Firefly Aerospace reached orbit with its Alpha rocket for the first time on Sa...
NASA’s Artemis I moon mission is likely delayed until November
NASA’s giant Artemis 1 moon rocket is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building off its lauchpad, after postponing the much-anticipated mission a third time due to the arrival of Hurricane Ia...
How Jared Isaacman uses fighter jets in training
Astronauts love fighter jets, and billionaire founder Jared Isaacman is no different. Isaacman, who founded payments company Shift4, is deep into training with his team for the first spaceflight of th...
Hilton partners with Voyager Starlab to design astronaut suites
Concept art of a “Starlab” space station Nanoracks PARIS — Hotel giant Hilton has signed on to design astronaut facilities for the private space station Starlab currently under development...
SpaceX Starship has potential but not ready yet
Starship prototype #24 conducts a test firing of six of its Raptor engines at the company’s facility near Brownsville, Texas on Sept. 8, 2022. SpaceX PARIS — The leader of a Northrop Grumman sub...
Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine joins Phase Four board
Jim Bridenstine, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaks during a Senate hearing on Sept. 30, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former NASA Administrator Ji...
SpaceX wins $1.4 billion NASA contract for 5 more astronaut missions
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, May 30, 2020. The SpaceX Demo-2 mission ...
NASA Artemis 1 moon mission update: Saturday launch attempt
NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at...
NASA postpones Artemis 1 rocket launch due to issues during countdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA postponed its Artemis I launch Monday after issues emerged during countdown, delaying the debut of its towering rocket and its long-awaited mission to the moon. The agen...
What you should know about SLS, Orion
NASA plans to launch the Artemis I mission on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the m...
Varda signs NASA partnerships for space factory demo flight next year
Varda co-founders Varda Space Industries Early stage Varda Space Industries has signed a pair of agreements with NASA, the company announced Friday, securing access to key technologies the company wil...
Investors put $2.5 billion into companies
A Falcon 9 rocket launches a batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on April 29, 2022. SpaceX Private investment in space companies dwindled in the second quarter — weighed down by broader economic and...
SpaceX Fires Employees Involved in Letter Critical of Elon Musk, Company
SpaceX fired some employees involved in a letter that criticized Chief Executive Elon Musk and the way the company applies internal rules, according to an email to staff from SpaceX’s president and pe...
FAA SpaceX Starship environmental review clears Texas program to move forward
A Starship prototype stands on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas on March 16, 2022. SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it will require Elon Musk’s SpaceX ...
GM, Lockheed take lunar rover project to the commercial space market
MILFORD, Mich. — General Motors and Lockheed Martin said Thursday they plan to produce an array of moon-roving vehicles for commercial space missions and services powered by the automaker’s elec...
How the U.S. Space Force plans to police outer space
Outer space is getting crowded, with both commercial endeavors and secretive military projects. And it’s going to be up to the newest United States military branch, the Space Force, to protect A...
Boeing lands Starliner capsule, completing a crucial test flight
Boeing’s Starliner capsule lands in White Sands, New Mexico on May 25, 2022 to complete the OFT-2 mission. NASA TV Boeing landed its uncrewed Starliner spacecraft in the New Mexico desert on Wed...
Boeing’s Starliner OFT-2 launch update: What’s at stake
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out to the launchpad for the OFT-2 mission scheduled to lift off on May 19, 2022. Joel K...
Firms plan to use balloons to go to space in 2024
Nearly half of Americans want to travel to space. But that means the other half doesn’t, according to a 2021 survey by ValuePenguin, one of LendingTree’s financial research websites. Nearly 40% ...
SpaceX NASA Crew-3 mission, 6th astronaut flight, splashes down
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endurance splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida on May 6, 2022. NASA TV SpaceX returned the astronauts of NASA’s Crew-3 mission t...
Competitive contracts are making space exploration cheaper
The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Frank Michaux / NASA The head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday discussed a dramatic shift in how the agency plans ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches NASA Crew-4 astronaut mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom launches the Crew-4 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. Aubrey Gemignani |...