A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission on January 31, 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration has approved SpaceX to resume flights of its mainstay Falcon 9 rocket after a brief grounding, with Elon Musk’s company planning to launch its next mission carrying satellites as soon as … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. NASA Boeing’s crew spacecraft Starliner will stay docked with the International Space Station into August, NASA confirmed on Thursday, as the mission remains on hold while the company and agency study problems that arose early in the flight. Starliner capsule “Calypso,” which carried NASA … Read more
Rana Dias | Caiaimage | Getty Images The U.S. and Saudi Arabia pledged to collaborate on civilian space research and exploration in a bid to strengthen joint work between the allies, NASA and the State Department said in a Tuesday statement. The two nations signed a framework agreement for cooperation on areas including aeronautics, education … Read more
SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk said Tuesday he will move the headquarters of both companies from California to Texas. Musk had vowed to make the moves in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) signing a new law that bars school districts in that state from requiring parents to be notified of a child’s … Read more
Commercial space flight is becoming more and more common, with companies including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic all transporting paid customers into space over the last several years. People interested in seeing the earth from an unusual vantage point may soon have another option. CNBC spoke to three startups — France-based Zephalto, Florida-based Space … Read more
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies carrying a payload of 22 Starlink internet satellites into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 18, 2024 as seen from Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded, pending an incident investigation, after an inflight failure — a rare … Read more
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Miguel … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) satellite launcher Ariane 6 rocket moves to the launch pad prior its lift off at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on July 9, 2024. Jody Amiet | Afp | Getty Images The powerful European-built Ariane 6 rocket made its long-awaited liftoff on Tuesday, as the region returned … Read more
A pathfinder for Gravitics’ 4-meter space station module design in use for developing manufacturing and assembly methods. Gravitics Washington-based startup Gravitics has signed a $125 million contract to expand Axiom Space’s planned space station, the latest deal in the burgeoning private market for orbiting habitats. “Working with the station operator that will have hardware on … Read more
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station orbiting above Egypt’s Mediterranean coast on June 13, 2024. NASA NASA and Boeing are further extending the first Starliner crewed flight but are not yet setting a new target date for returning the capsule to Earth, the organizations announced on Friday. Boeing’s Starliner capsule … Read more
