Space X

Elon Musk’s agonies and ecstasies have been widely recounted over the years, most notably in the 2015 biography of Ashlee Vance as well as in books on the race to privatize space travel by Christian Davenport and Tim Fernholz. . Two new books, both written with Musk’s cooperation, now deepen …

Enlarge / 60 Starlink satellites stacked for launch at SpaceX’s facilities in Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX may continue to launch broadband satellites despite a lawsuit filed by Viasat, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Viasat sued the Federal Communications Commission in May and asked judges for a stay that …

NASA will attempt to move SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to make room for the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday morning. NASA said undocking is scheduled for 6:45 a.m. She will then reinstall the capsule at 7:32 a.m. The Crew Dragon was used to take NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, …

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos spoke to FOX Business’s Neil Cavuto ahead of his trip on the aerospace company’s New Shepard rocket for its very first crewed launch, noting that he feels “very good” in the air. the adventure. The job growth and presumably high incomes of aerospace giants like …

KAI Headquarters / Courtesy of KAI Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced on July 18 that it had signed a contract with SpaceX for the next-generation mid-size satellite No.4. KAI is also considering strategic cooperation with SpaceX, which has a high launch success rate and low cost. KAI Chief Financial Officer …

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX that its environmental review of a new tower at its Boca Chica launch site in Texas was incomplete and that the agency may order SpaceX to dismantle the tower. An FAA spokesperson said on Wednesday that …

Jeff Bezos’ plans for space go well beyond his short trip there on Tuesday. Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.59% founder has poured billions into his space company Blue Origin LLC over more than two decades, believing that humanity must eventually establish outposts across the solar system. More immediately, Mr. Bezos’ company …

Later this year, SpaceX is expected to take a milestone by launching the first fully civilian spacecraft crew into orbit around Earth. The mission is called Inspiration4, and although some of the team’s four have experience with airplanes or rocket science, none have been to space before. Still, they’ll spend …

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit around Earth on January 6, 2020.Credit: Paul Hennessy / NurPhoto / Getty Aerospace companies have launched around 2,000 Internet satellites into orbit around Earth over the past 2 years, nearly doubling the number of active satellites. This has raised concerns among …

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency celebrated France’s National Day in space with festive shirts and a meal with friends on July 14, 2021 aboard the International Space Station. (Image credit: ESA / NASA – T. Pesquet) Holidays can be a bit difficult on the International Space …