Tag Archives: Space industry

Designer Pierre Cardin poses during the Pierre Cardin Paris Haute Couture New Collection launch at Maxim’s on November 26, 2013 in Paris. Richard Bord | Getty Images Pierre Cardin, who during his more than seven decades in fashion brought geometric shapes to haute couture and put his name on everything …

Nanoracks’s Bishop airlock installed on the International Space Station. NASA Voyager Space Holdings’ fourth acquisition in a little over a year since it was established is a majority stake in the parent company of Nanoracks, a space services and hardware specialist that has sent more than 1,000 missions to the …

The four RS-25 engines slated to fly on the maiden flight of NASA’s SLS rocket, at the company’s facility at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Aerojet Rocketdyne Lockheed Martin intends to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne at a $4.6 billion equity value, a deal that adds rocket engine and spacecraft propulsion assets to …

Jay Leno said he thinks the genius of Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is that “he was building the infrastructure as he was building the vehicle.” “Even today, a lot of the major manufacturers build an electric car, but, oh, where do you charge it?” Leno told the “The News with …

AST’s corporate headquarters and high-volume manufacturing facility in Midland, Texas AST & Science Special purpose acquisition company New Providence will take next-generation satellite broadband specialist AST & Science public through a SPAC deal that gives the space company an equity value of $1.8 billion, the firm announced Wednesday. AST will …

Astra launches Rocket 3.1 from Kodiak, Alaska on Sept. 12, 2020. John Kraus | Astra San Francisco-area startup Astra became the latest U.S. rocket builder to reach space on Tuesday, with the successful launch of its Rocket 3.2 vehicle from Kodiak, Alaska. The rocket came just shy of reaching orbit, with …

SpaceShipTwo “Unity” on the runway after an aborted spaceflight test on Dec. 12, 2020. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s stock fell in premarket trading on Monday after the space tourism company cut short its latest spaceflight test mid-launch on Saturday due to an engine ignition issue. “The flight did not reach …

Virgin Galactic’s carrier aircraft releases its spacecraft Unity during a glide flight test. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic confirmed its latest spaceflight test was cut short after its SpaceShipTwo vehicle “Unity” attempted to launch above New Mexico on Saturday. While no passengers were on board, Unity was piloted by CJ Sturckow …

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA Morgan Stanley held its annual space summit virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but analyst Adam Jonas told CNBC that hundreds of investors and observers participated in the event on Tuesday as …

SpaceX launched its latest prototype rocket on a flight to about 40,000 feet altitude on Wednesday, a test which appeared successful until the very last moment. Starship prototype Serial Number 8, or SN8, launched smoothly into the sky above SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket appeared to complete …

[This livestream has ended. A replay is available in the player above. Click here to read about the results of the test flight.] SpaceX is preparing to launch the latest prototype of its next-generation Starship rocket on Wednesday, in a high-altitude flight that represents the company’s most ambitious test to …

SpaceX came within two seconds of launching Starship prototype rocket until an engine issue stopped the company short of liftoff on Tuesday. “Raptor abort,” was the call from SpaceX mission control at the 1.3 second mark in the countdown. The company said it would stand down “for the day,” likely …

SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites in orbit. SpaceX The Federal Communications Commission awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX with nearly $900 million worth of federal subsidies to support rural broadband customers through the company’s Starlink satellite internet network, the agency announced on Monday. SpaceX won $885.5 million in the FCC’s $9.2 billion …

A photo of the moon taken by SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft in orbit. SpaceIL NASA will pay an amazingly low price – a dollar – to have a company make a single small collection of moon dirt on the agency’s behalf. Colorado-based start-up Lunar Outpost bid $1 and won a NASA …

The facade of Blue Origin’s new rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Alabama. CNBC | Michael Sheetz The chief operating officer of Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin is leaving, the company confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith wrote in an e-mail to the company that …

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Tesla Inc., speaks during an event at the SpaceX launch facility in Cameron County, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Musk gave space fans an update Saturday evening on the status of “Starship,” the next-generation vehicle his …

BOCA CHICA, TX – SEPTEMBER 28: Space enthusiasts look at a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft at the company’s Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. Loren Elliott | Getty Images News | Getty Images SpaceX may attempt the next test flight of its …

SpaceX prototype rocket Starship SN8 stands on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas before an engine test. @LabPadre SpaceX is aiming to launch its latest Starship rocket prototype as early as “next week,” CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday, in what would be the company’s most ambitious flight test …

Relativity Space wants to use enormous 3D-printers to revolutionize the way rockets are built – and CEO Tim Ellis told CNBC that the company now has a “war chest” of capital to do so. “We’re excited to announce a $500 million Series D funding round at a valuation above $2 …

An Electron rocket gets ready to launch. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab, the leading company building and launching small rockets, on Thursday took what CEO Peter Beck described as a “huge milestone” in its work to reuse rockets. The company recovered the booster of its Electron rocket after it splashed down …

A Gulfstream G650 in flight Gulfstream SpaceX would like to further expand testing of its Starlink satellite internet by connecting the network to aircraft, the company revealed in a recent request to the Federal Communications Commission. Elon Musk’s space company on Nov. 6 asked the FCC if SpaceX could add Starlink user …

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Former Israeli fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe is the second member of the all-private crew that SpaceX is scheduled to launch late next year for Axiom Space, the company confirmed to …

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on the first operational NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2020. Thom Baur | Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket crackled through the …

The Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft in the hangar ahead of the Crew-1 mission SpaceX CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX is set to make history once again this year, as Elon Musk’s space company prepares to launch the Crew-1 mission for NASA on Sunday evening. NASA and SpaceX completed the required …

SpaceX spacecraft Crew Dragon “Resilience” on the launchpad ahead of the Crew-1 launch for NASA. SpaceX The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday announced it certified SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket to carry astronauts to-and-from orbit, the first U.S. spacecraft certification by the agency since the …