The Polaris Dawn mission crew, from left: Medical officer Anna Menon, pilot Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman, and mission specialist Sarah Gillis. Polaris Program / John Kraus Jared Isaacman, th...
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SpaceX’s Starship is solution to efficient space travel
Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images CAMERON COUNT...
Watch Elon Musk give an update on SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket
Note: SpaceX is producing the webcast for this event. [The livestream is slated to begin at 9 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the web player above is not visible.] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is giving a...
Astra stock drops 26% after NASA mission fails mid-launch
Shares of rocket builder Astra fell sharply Thursday, after the company’s latest mission failed to reach orbit. Astra’s stock fell 26% to close at $3.91 a share. The company confirmed ther...
SpaceX losing Starlink satellites due to geomagnetic space storm
A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to lose nearly an entire launch’s worth of Starlink satellites after a sto...
Why solar geomagnetic storms destroy satellites like SpaceX Starlink
Left: A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. Right: An April 16, 2012 solar eruption is captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. SpaceX / NASA The s...
Watch rocket builder Astra launch first Florida mission for NASA
[The company’s webcast began at 12:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the video player above.] Small rocket builder Astra is attempting to launch its first mission from Florid...
ICEYE raises $136 million to build out satellite catastrophe products
CEO Rafal Modrzewski inspects some of the company’s satellite hardware. ICEYE Finnish satellite imagery venture ICEYE brought in new funds, the company announced on Thursday, as it looks to add ...
Satellite internet tier at $500 per month
SpaceX has quietly rolled out a new, more powerful “premium” tier of its Starlink satellite internet service that’s targeted at businesses and enterprise customers. The new product, ...
Astra expects to receive FAA license for Florida launch by Friday
The company’s rocket LV0008 stands on the launchpad ahead of the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA. Astra | John Kraus Rocket builder Astra is preparing to launch from Florida for the first time as earl...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX planning for record 52 launches in 2022
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III SV05 satellite on a mission for the U.S. Space Force on June 17, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX broke its own annual orbital launch record last year, and ...
Italian space company D-Orbit going public via Nasdaq SPAC
An artist’s rendition of an ION spacecraft deploying satellites in orbit. D-Orbit Italian space transportation and services company D-Orbit announced Thursday plans to go public via a SPAC, in a...
FTC likely suing to block Lockheed Martin buy
Four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines attached to the core Stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. NASA Aerojet Rocketdyne stock fell after the rocket engine and spacecraft propulsion maker...
Tom Cruise movie producers sign Axiom deal for space production studio
The Axiom space station, with the circular SEE-1 module attached, is seen in an artist’s rendition. Axiom Space The producers of Tom Cruise’s future space movie on Thursday announced plans...
Companies hit record $14.5 billion in 2021
A rendering on a Dream Chaser spaceplane in orbit. Sierra Space Private investment in space companies last year set a record, according to a report Tuesday by New York-based firm Space Capital. Space ...
Virgin Galactic stock falls after plans to raise $500 million in debt
Spacecraft VSS Unity lands on the runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico after the company’s fourth spaceflight test on July 11, 2021. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic fell in tradin...
Virgin Orbit stock pops as company shows rocket in Times Square
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket on display in Times Square, New York. CNBC | Michael Sheetz Richard Branson’s satellite-launching company Virgin Orbit brought a rocket to show off in New...
Starlink internet service has more than 145,000 users so far
A Starlink user terminal, also known as an antenna or satellite dish, on the roof of a building. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday gave an update on its Starlink internet service, as the com...
Virgin Galactic stock falls below SPAC debut price two years later
Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and his crew, lands after reaching the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or C...