Space industry
Elon Musk will have to testify in SEC probe of his Twitter takeover
An effigy of Elon Musk is noticed on a mobile product with the X and Twitter logos in the history in this photograph illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Illustrations or photos Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. […]
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Hawaiian Airways debuts totally free inflight Wi-Fi from SpaceX's Starlink
A Hawaiian Airlines A321 plane with Starlink WiFi installed. Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airways is rolling out complimentary Wi-Fi by way of SpaceX’s Starlink on board professional flights this 7 days, the firms advised CNBC, the initial important U.S. airline to supply the satellite-dependent services. “SpaceX has definitely cracked the code – practically, in phrases of […]
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Starlab, meet Starship: Private space station buys SpaceX launch for later this decade
An artist’s rendering of the Starlab space station in low Earth orbit. Voyager Space / Starlab Space LLC A contract written in the stars. Private station Starlab will fly on a Starship rocket later this decade to get to orbit, the companies developing both spacecraft announced on Wednesday. Starlab — being built by Voyager Space […]
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A handful of space companies are running out of cash and time. Here are three at risk
A view from onboard the upper stage of rocket LV0009 during the company’s livestream on March 15, 2022. Astra / NASASpaceflight The space sector’s on the tail end of a boom-and-bust cycle. While many companies battened down the hatches to survive, a few publicly-traded names are running on fumes. A flurry of about a dozen […]
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Mars rover knowledge confirms historical lake sediments on red earth
In this notion illustration presented by NASA, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet’s floor as NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover (partly visible on the still left) rolls absent. NASA | Getty Visuals NASA’s rover Perseverance has collected info confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that the moment loaded a […]
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Why there is a new global race to the moon
Japan a short while ago turned the fifth nation to productively finish a comfortable landing on the moon’s floor, becoming a member of a select several countries — the U.S., Russia, China and India — in accomplishing this feat. But moon landings are probable to become much more common over the following couple of decades. […]
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Japan becomes fifth region to land on the moon with JAXA's Trim spacecraft
An artist’s rendition of the Trim lunar lander on the moon’s area. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan staked a declare as a countrywide area power on Friday, as its Slender spacecraft landed on the moon. The country’s Trim lander launched in September and touched down on the lunar floor all over 10:20 a.m. ET, in […]
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Pentagon awards $2.5 billion in satellite contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space
Lockheed Martin’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are seen in one of the company’s processing facilities. Lockheed Martin The Pentagon on Tuesday announced about $2.5 billion in contracts will go to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to build satellites for an expanding military system. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency is having the […]
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Space investment rebounded in 2023 with heavy sector M&A, report says
A long exposure photo shows the company’s fourth Alpha rocket mission launching from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 22, 2023. Sean Parker / Firefly Aerospace Investment in the space sector bounced back last year, rebounding closer to the record high of 2021, according to a report Tuesday by New York-based Space Capital. “Investment […]
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Space company Momentus, once valued at more than $1 billion, is running dangerously low on money
An artist’s rendering of a Momentus Vigoride transfer vehicle deploying a satellite in orbit. Momentus Space company Momentus warned shareholders in a securities filing on Friday that the company is running out of money and does not have a financial lifeline. Momentus, once valued at more than $1 billion before going public via a special […]
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