European Space Agency set to launch probes at asteroid to test planetary defense system
The Hera mission will study the Dimorphos asteroid that was pushed off course by NASA’s DART spacecraft in 2022
The Hera mission will study the Dimorphos asteroid that was pushed off course by NASA’s DART spacecraft in 2022
The Loop, the modular network of underground connections aimed at ending traffic jams in cities like Las Vegas or Los Angeles, has sparked controversy after several workers denounced the precarious conditions of the digging work
The company said it lost contact with Starship as it neared its goal, a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. It outperformed the previous two test flights
An NGO has raised $88 million to launch a satellite that will report on emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas
Intuitive Machines’ ‘Odysseus’ device becomes the first from a private company to successfully complete a lunar landing
The Intuitive Machines probe aims to become the first private device to land on the satellite next week
Technology that promised travel at near-supersonic speeds in capsules through vacuum tubes deflates after a decade of projects that did not come together
Various initiatives to preserve human history and civilization sent archives into space for extraterrestrial archaeologists to find
The trouble cropped up as the ship’s engines were almost done firing to put it on an around-the-world path
After an FAA ruling last April following the failure of the first test launch, the private space company has modified its craft and launch pad to meet authorization requirements
The U.S. Aviation Authority has reactivated authorization for another attempt after the explosion during the first launch last April
Taking control of space is a priority for billionaires and world powers. Whoever moves fastest will be able to dominate information and communications
The famous journalist Walter Isaacson has had access to the magnate and his entourage for hundreds of hours. His biography lauds Musk’s achievements and addresses his mental health and family issues, especially with one of his 10 children who is trans because of the ‘woke mind virus’
The Irish artist is part of the crew of dearMoon, the first mission that will take artists to the Moon’s orbit
The agency is requiring SpaceX to take 63 corrective actions and to apply for a modified FAA license before launching again
As SpaceX prepares a new launch of its Starship super rocket, an unknown Chinese company named LandSpace has beaten it to the punch and put an all-methane space shuttle into orbit
The Justice Department argues that the company routinely discouraged these workers from applying for jobs
A number of companies had pulled back on ad spending over concerns that Musk’s thinning of content restrictions was enabling hateful and toxic speech to flourish
This first private customer flight had been delayed for years; its success means Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides
The launch from Cape Canaveral, with a SpaceX rocket, kicks off a mission to study the great enigmas of the universe from a spot 1.5 million kilometers from Earth
Rich tourists are increasingly seeking out different experiences at prices ranging from $55,000 to millions of dollars
They’ll be led by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the Houston company that arranged the 10-day trip. SpaceX is targeting a liftoff late Sunday afternoon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
The groups are suing over what they consider to be the FAA’s failure to fully consider the environmental impacts of the Starship program near Boca Chica Beach
Escaping Earth’s gravity is difficult, but some basic laws of science make interplanetary travel possible
Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites
The unusual visual spectacle was the result of excess fuel being jettisoned at high altitude, where it turns into ice and, in the sunlight, produces what on the ground look like a big, swirly cloud
Elon Musk’s company plans to use the giant rocket to send astronauts and cargo to the moon and, ultimately, Mars