CesiumAstro raised $730 million in its latest funding round, a cash infusion the Austin-based satellite manufacturer will use to build a satellite communications network for businesses and governments.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has already transformed the internet-from-space business. Now, he’s taking on another entrenched industry with plans for a terrestrial wireless network to rival Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile US Inc. and AT&T Inc.

Elon Musk at least was able to put a comical twist on the Republicans’ midterm meltdown, infused with his signature doses of dark humor and needling of adversaries.

Rocket Lab Corp. shares plunged after the company again delayed the debut of its more powerful Neutron rocket, pushing the vehicle’s first flight to 2027.

SpaceX is proposing to increase the number of Starship launches and landings it conducts out of its Starbase facility in South Texas to hundreds of flights each year, a plan currently being reviewed by the US government.

SpaceX launched a new crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday, as questions swirl over the company’s plans for the future of its human spaceflight program.

Impulse Space Inc., a startup working on in-space transportation technology, announced that it has raised an additional $308 million in its latest funding round, taking the total amount raised in this most recent series to $808 million.

Elon Musk again teased the idea of his AI and rocket firm SpaceX combining with electric-car maker Tesla Inc., noting the extensive cooperation between the two companies he leads as chief executive officer.

A workhorse Chinese rocket blew up while launching a communications satellite, state media reported, the second failure of the rocket family this year.

A leftover piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket likely slammed into the surface of the moon early Wednesday, about 18 months after being sent into orbit.

The heat shield that protects SpaceX’s Starship vehicle as it plummets back to Earth may prove to be a substantial roadblock to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s path to designing a rapidly reusable rocket, according to three former NASA researchers and experts in the field.

It was meant to happen once humans were regularly flying to Mars. Then the AI boom took off. 

NASA announced the four astronauts who will fly to space as soon as next year to test out moon landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin — the next stage in the agency’s ambitious Artemis program to ultimately send humans back to the lunar surface.

NASA announced the four astronauts who will fly to space as soon as next year to test out moon landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin — the next stage in the agency’s ambitious Artemis program to ultimately send humans back to the lunar surface.

Elon Musk unveiled a more detailed look at an initial version of an AI data center satellite SpaceX plans to build, providing fresh insight into the ambitious project driving the company’s highly anticipated initial public offering.

SpaceX set out its IPO pitch to retail investors early on Thursday with a video in which Chief Financial Officer Bret Johnsen joins the dots between the company’s rocket, satellite and AI businesses.

Blue Origin faces a formidable challenge that goes beyond simply replacing the New Glenn rocket it lost in last week’s explosion: rebuilding a destroyed launchpad that took years to construct.

Observable Space raised $90 million in its debut funding round as the company seeks to use lasers to help satellites and potentially orbiting data centers move information to and from Earth.

SpaceX is poised to launch its gargantuan Starship rocket on its twelfth major test flight on Thursday, part of a high-stakes mission as the Elon Musk-led company preps for the largest initial public offering in history.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX pulled back the curtain on a business empire that has racked up ballooning losses and debt after acquiring a cash-hungry startup, and pumping billions of dollars into futuristic endeavors ranging from AI to a Mars rocket.