Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from SpaceX

Grimes calls Elon Musk ‘a leader’ and praises his ‘old world discipline’

‘He’s challenged me a lot,’ the Canadian singer says

The Independent UK

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3

The heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is the only serious concern on NASA's Artemis 2 to-do list right now. But the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission has more open questions.

Space

Elon Musk-Backed Brain Chip Company Neuralink Gets $280 Million In Funding

Neuralink receives approval from the FDA for human experiment trials as experimentation looms.

Zenger

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?

Amelia Earhart broke a transcontinental speed record 90 years ago, in July 1933, by flying her signature red Lockheed Vega from Los Angeles to New Jersey in just 17 hours, seven and a half minutes. Earlier that year, Earhart had flown as an observer on a Northwest Airways winter flight…

The Conversation

These new photos of SpaceX's giant Starship Booster 9 engine test are just gorgeous

The immense power of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster is on glorious display in newly released photos of a recent engine test.

Space

Is NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Our Entry Into a 21st-Century Space Race?

At a press conference for NASA’s Artemis II mission, Bill Nelson expressed concern over what would happen if China arrived at the Moon before the U.S.

Inverse

Elon Musk gave Grimes a ‘trivia test’ on Lord of the Rings when they first started dating

The SpaceX founder took the ‘Genesis’ singer to the Tesla factory in Fremont for one of their first dates

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Astronauts get first look at the spacecraft that will fly them around the moon

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon next year have gotten their first look at their spacecraft

The Independent UK

SpaceX launches 15 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

SpaceX launched 15 more of its Starlink internet satellites Monday night (Aug. 7) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Space

Boeing's 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed

Already running years behind, Boeing's first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March

The Independent UK

Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA to March 2024 (at the earliest)

Boeing has delayed the first-ever astronaut launch of its Starliner capsule to March 2024 at the earliest as it continues to work several issues.

Space

SpaceX fires up giant new Starship booster ahead of test flight (video)

SpaceX fired up its huge new Starship Super Heavy booster today (Aug. 6), notching an important milestone on the path to flight.

Space

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Aug. 6) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Space

SpaceX's private control of satellite internet concerns military leaders: report

Military leaders around the world have expressed concerns over the dominance of SpaceX founder Elon Musk when it comes to satellite-based internet services.

Space

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

NASA and Axiom Space sign-on for 4th private astronaut mission to space station

NASA and Axiom Space are honing in on launch dates for the next two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

Space

NASA selects astronauts for SpaceX Crew-8 mission to International Space Station

NASA has named the crew for the planned Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station that will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket no earlier than Feb. 2024.

Space

SpaceX launch pad work delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 25

Four astronauts launching to the International Space Station will see their mission launch later in August as SpaceX needs more time to ready their pad after a Falcon Heavy launch.

Space

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 23

SpaceX and NASA delayed the launch of the Crew-7 astronaut mission by five days to Aug. 23, to get the launch pad ready after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

SpaceX launches communications satellite, lands rocket at sea

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a communications satellite on Aug. 3 at 1:00 a.m. ET (0500 GMT.)

The Conversation

X marks the unknown in algebra – but X's origins are a math mystery

Even though x is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears throughout American culture – from Stan Lee’s X-Men superheroes to “The X-Files” TV series. The letter x often symbolizes something unknown, with an air of mystery that can be appealing – just look at Elon…

Zenger

SpaceX Rocket Launch Appears To Punch Hole In Earth’s Atmosphere

Photographer captures radiant red glow in sky as rocket passes through ionosphere

Zenger

Elon Musk’s Starlink Raises Global Concerns Over Tech Power

Ukraine seeks assessment of Musk's influence as countries fear his control over satellite technology.

Space

Amazon's Project Kuiper opens satellite facility at Kennedy Space Center

Amazon's new satellite processing facility in Florida brings the company's Project Kuiper closer to competing with SpaceX's Starlink, but it still has a way to go.

Space

Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station

A new space weather sensor is heading to the International Space Station to help scientists understand how the sun's outbursts alter Earth's upper atmosphere.

Space

'The Expanse' still a hit with astronauts and scientists as new video game releases

As a new video game for 'The Expanse' expands upon the hit series, an astronaut about to launch to space on SpaceX shares the time he tried to save the show from cancelation.

1 … 224 225 226 227

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the European Space Agency

250 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.