Tag: Private Spaceflight
A Large Object Landed on His Sheep Farm. It Came From Space.
Mick Miners was herding sheep on a four-wheeler last week when he stumbled upon a pointy black object…
NASA to Launch Capstone, a 55-Pound CubeSat to the Moon
June 26, 2022: On Sunday, NASA announced a delay of at least one day for the launch of…
SpaceX Said to Fire Employees Involved in Letter Rebuking Elon Musk
SpaceX, the private rocket company, on Thursday fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing…
SpaceX Workers Raise Concerns About Elon Musk’s Tweets
Employees at SpaceX have written an open letter denouncing the behavior of Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive,…
SpaceX Executive Defends Elon Musk Against Misconduct Accusations
A top executive at the rocket maker SpaceX said she “personally” believed that sexual harassment accusations against Elon…
How Space Tourism Is Skyrocketing
Sales in the space tourism space, Mr. Curran acknowledges, “are reasonably difficult to make,” and mostly come from…
How Elon Musk Winged It With Twitter, and Everything Else
Kimbal Musk and Mr. Gracias, who left Tesla’s board last year and serves as a SpaceX director, declined…
How to Watch the Rocket Lab Launch Today
Catch a falling rocket and bring it back to shore …On Tuesday (Monday evening in New York), Rocket…
SpaceX and Axiom Launch Private Astronaut Crew to Space Station
On Friday, a retired NASA astronaut and three paying customers set off on a journey to the International…
Dreaming of Suitcases in Space
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — The mission to turn space into the next frontier for express deliveries took off…
What Elon Musk Did and Didn’t Say About SpaceX’s Starship Rocket
On an outdoor stage in South Texas between screens with polished computer animations and a real gigantic shiny…
A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.
Mr. Sweeney made a counteroffer to Mr. Musk, according to the screenshots of the exchange, saying that he…