A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was moving to waive what it called “unnecessary…
SpaceX celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq on June 12th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC SpaceX‘s stock gained 5% on Tuesday, attempting to snap a seven-day losing streak after setting its maiden earnings report, which coincides with a major share lock-up expiration. Elon Musk‘s aerospace and defense contractor on Monday announced Aug. 4 as its…
A general view of a SpaceX building and Starship rocket ahead of the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO), in Starbase, Texas, U.S., June 11, 2026. Gabriel V. Cardenas | Reuters SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Starship mega rocket on Thursday, with CEO Elon Musk pledging to make another attempt “hopefully in a few days.”…
People gather near a SpaceX advertisement outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, on the day of their initial public offering (IPO) in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time, about a week…
TerraFirma’s semi-autonomous construction equipment Courtesy: TerraFirma As SpaceX‘s Elon Musk sells investors on a space economy with life beyond Earth, a two-year-old construction startup founded by two of the company’s former engineers is positioning itself for the future of interplanetary infrastructure. TerraFirma on Tuesday said it raised $115 million in a funding round with investments…
Shares of SpaceX slipped for a second trading day on Monday, bringing Elon Musk‘s company closer to its $135 initial public offering price just days after making its entrance into the Nasdaq-100. Now through its first month as a public company, the stock has been volatile since its June 12 debut, and is down about…
A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York City, U.S., June 12, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters SpaceX’s $25 billion foray into debt markets appeared to be well received by bond markets last week, with huge demand for the…
Clearly, there’s money to be made in space. SpaceX’s historic initial public offering minted a $2 trillion company. And even as shares in Elon Musk’s company come down from their IPO high, there remains an underlying boom in the space economy that is creating a new job market for Americans. The space economy is growing…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Rollercoaster. That’s probably the most accurate word to describe SpaceX’s opening two weeks as a public company. The stock surged for several successive days following a record-breaking IPO, briefly overtaking both Amazon and Microsoft in terms of market…
SpaceX shares fell more than 3% in premarket trading on Tuesday, following a $400 billion selloff on Monday as a post-debut rally fizzled out. The space and AI company saw huge gains after a record-breaking IPO on June 12, briefly surpassing Amazon and Microsoft in market capitalization, before falling back below both as sentiment cooled….
