More and more hype is building for the first orbital flight test of Starship, SpaceX’s ultra-heavy launch system. That hype has started to reach a crescendo this week as the […]
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Back to news homeMax Q: Only a matter of time
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Intuitive Machines enters the public market Silicon Valley goes to war News from Transcelestial, Umbra and more Lunar technology company Intuitive […]
SpaceX faces a $175,000 fine for not submitting info ahead of a recent launch
SpaceX is looking at a proposed fine of $175,000 from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after the launch company failed to submit the necessary info around the spacecraft’s trajectory […]
When the government is the customer (some things to keep in mind)
Five years ago, Google backed away from a Pentagon government contract because thousands of employees protested that its tech might be used for lethal drone targeting. Today, however, Silicon Valley […]
Musk said he could have funded a Tesla buyout with SpaceX shares
Elon Musk testified Monday that he was not only certain he’d have the backing from Saudi financiers to take Tesla private in 2018, but also that he could have sold […]
Startups set to go to space for the first time on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission
SpaceX is poised to launch 114 payloads to orbit on a Falcon 9 tomorrow morning, the sixth mission of its smallsat rideshare program. But while the rocket company is now […]
It was a big year for the space industry. 2023 will be even bigger
Another blockbuster year for the space industry draws to a close. In fact, 2022 may have been the most blockbuster year for space in recent memory — since 1969, at […]
NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023
NASA said Friday that its Psyche mission (named after the asteroid the mission is targeting) has been rescheduled to October next year. The news comes just a few months after […]
Starlink isn’t a charity, but the Ukraine war isn’t a business opportunity
What appeared earlier this year to be a selfless act of technotopianism, the widespread deployment of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, has soured as SpaceX and governments disagree on who ultimately […]
SpaceX notches eighth human spaceflight mission with Crew-5
SpaceX successfully launched another batch of astronauts to the International Space Station Wednesday, part of an ongoing astronaut transportation contract with NASA. Like the company’s seven other human spaceflight missions, […]