The Latest Breaking News from SpaceX

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 7), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

Goodall said she wished to put people she didn’t like on one of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s spaceships and ‘send them all off to the planet he’s sure he’s going to discover’

This week, OpenAI become the world's most valuable startup, hitting a staggering $500 billion valuation, surpassing SpaceX and setting a new benchmark for what startups can become.

Elon Musk says failure is largely beside the point "unless it's catastrophic," casting setbacks as part of a portfolio of bets where only the overall "batting average" matters. His view, long central to how SpaceX and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) iterate, came in response to a question about coping with missteps.

On Episode 180 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the headlines, from the shutdown of NASA to the risky dismantling of the space shuttle Discovery (because Texas insists).

The Expedition 73 crew continued their science research and maintenance work aboard the International Space Station this week, despite the start of a U.S. government shutdown back on Earth.

SpaceX sent 28 more of its Starlink satellites skyward from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Oct. 3). It was the company's 125th Falcon 9 launch of the year already.

While flashy unicorns like OpenAI and SpaceX dominate headlines, dozens of smaller startups are quietly turning profits and changing industries without the hype. These hidden players focus on niche markets, sustainable models, and loyal customers rather than viral buzz. Many are already generating millions annually while staying out of the…

But that doesn't mean US broadband infrastructure is necessarily picking up the slack.