Space industry
White House reviews SpaceX contracts as Trump-Musk feud simmers, Reuters sources say
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 5, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters The White House earlier this month directed the Defense Department and NASA to gather details on billions of dollars in SpaceX contracts following the public blowout between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, four people familiar with the order […]
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Space tech firm Voyager valued at $3.8 billion as shares surge in NYSE debut
Voyager Technologies Chairman and CEO Dylan Taylor and Matthew J. Kuta, President and Co-Founder, ring the opening bell to celebrate the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 11, 2025. NYSE Voyager Technologies secured a valuation of $3.8 billion after the defense and space firm’s shares more than doubled […]
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Amazon Kuiper second satellite launch delayed by ULA due to weather
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | Reuters United Launch Alliance said Tuesday it was […]
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Trump ‘not interested’ in call with Musk, White House official says
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images President Donald Trump is “not interested” in a call with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to resolve their feud, a senior White House official […]
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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are seen ahead of a launch at Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Elon Musk on Thursday said that his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of […]
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Musk says ‘whatever’ after Trump claims Tesla CEO is upset over NASA post, EV credit
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Elon Musk has been criticizing his proposed tax bill because the Tesla CEO is “upset” about the elimination of EV credits in the package, and his pick to run NASA being nixed by the Trump administration. Trump spoke after days of Musk condemning what Trump calls his “One, […]
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After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Days after his nomination for […]
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Tesla shares climb as Musk pledges to be ‘super focused’ on companies ahead of Starship launch
Elon Musk listens as reporters ask U.S. President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions during a press availability in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Tesla shares gained about 5% on Tuesday after CEO Elon Musk over the weekend […]
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Welcome to Starbase: Texas has a new city home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – MARCH 13: People spend time on the beach near the Starship Flight 3 Rocket a day before its scheduled launch at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica beach on March 13, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Texas has a brand new city, and its […]
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SpaceX loses bid to control beach access near launch facility in Texas
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship booster returns to the launch pad during a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Eric Gay | AP As SpaceX awaits the results of a critical election that would turn the location of its Starbase launch site into an incorporated Texas city, lawmakers have declined […]
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