Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas
Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk’s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted on Saturday to formally establish...
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Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know
The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is ready to enter a new arena: satellite internet. Amazon, the company that...
After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost Moon Lander
NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency...
Eric Schmidt Joins Relativity Space as C.E.O.
For a decade, Eric Schmidt ran Google as chief executive and as the “adult” in the room, mentoring the internet company’s young founders, Larry Page...
Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity
For SpaceX, 2025 should have been the best year yet. Elon Musk, the founder of the private space company, is one of the most influential...
Intuitive Machines Athena Moon Lander Dies After Toppling Over
A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston is dead. In an update on its website...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south...
How to Watch Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Moon Landing
The moon will be a busy place this year. There are three robotic spacecraft in space right now that are aiming to set down on...
How to Watch the Launch of Intuitive Machines’s Second Moon Landing Mission
Intuitive Machines landed a robot on the moon last year. Can the Houston company do it again, but keep the spacecraft upright this time? When...
Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla?
Elon Musk’s role as President Trump’s cost-cutting czar and his immersion in right-wing politics appear to be diverting his attention from Tesla at a perilous...