CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading in New York on August 23, 2024.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, … Read more

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA Boeing will return its Starliner capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts that it delivered to orbit in early June, the agency announced on Saturday. With Starliner coming back to … Read more

Mynaric MYNA stock tanks after slashing revenue guidance, CFO exit

Mynaric MYNA stock tanks after slashing revenue guidance, CFO exit

A rendering of the company’s laser communications system on satellites in orbit. Mynaric Space stock Mynaric tanked in trading Tuesday after the company announced heavy cuts to its previous revenue forecast and the departure of the company’s chief financial officer. Germany-based Mynaric slashed its 2024 revenue guidance nearly 70% at the midpoint, cutting its previous … Read more

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details

Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing. John Kraus / Polaris Program SpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission by the end of the month, featuring the first attempt to have the astronauts step out into space. The Polaris Dawn mission — the first of three flights billionaire and Shift4 founder Jared … Read more

Lockheed Martin to take Terran Orbital private in $450 million deal

Lockheed Martin to take Terran Orbital private in 0 million deal

Terran Orbital’s banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022. Terran Orbital Lockheed Martin is buying Terran Orbital, the company announced Thursday, with the defense giant reaching a deal to take the struggling spacecraft manufacturer private. The agreement will see Lockheed acquire Terran at an enterprise valuation of nearly $450 million, below … Read more

NASA astronauts waiting for return decision

Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA Log entry: Day 71. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are waiting. Boeing is waiting. And throughout the halls of NASA, leaders and engineers are gathering, analyzing and deliberating. Boeing’s Starliner capsule “Calypso” has … Read more

Crypto magnate Chun Wang buys SpaceX polar spaceflight Fram2

Crypto magnate Chun Wang buys SpaceX polar spaceflight Fram2

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule “Endurance” is seen during the Crew-3 mission for NASA on May 5, 2022. NASA Private polar expeditions are reaching a new level: Space. Cryptocurrency speculator Chun Wang bought a SpaceX multi-day flight for an undisclosed amount, the company announced on Monday, with plans to lead the first crewed space mission in … Read more

SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas, TCEQ, EPA found

SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas, TCEQ, EPA found

SpaceX’s Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. , in this handout picture obtained on June 6, 2024.  Spacex | Via Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX violated environmental regulations by repeatedly releasing pollutants into or near bodies … Read more

China launches its rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites

China launches its rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites

The Chang’e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China May 3, 2024.  Eduardo Baptista | Reuters China on Tuesday launched its first batch of internet satellites that will form part of a constellation it hopes will … Read more

NASA may return Starliner astronauts on Boeing or SpaceX

NASA may return Starliner astronauts on Boeing or SpaceX

Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeavour” on July 3, 2024 while docked with the International Space Station during the crew flight test. NASA NASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing‘s misfiring Starliner capsule or to go … Read more