U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images NASA is requiring employees involved in Artemis missions with contractors SpaceX and…
A crane towers above the mobile launcher 2 adjacent the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Richard Tribou | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Joseph Pelfrey, announced his resignation from the role on Thursday, CNBC confirmed. Pelfrey said in an…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. CHONGQING, CHINA – MAY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket launches into space from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 15, 2015. NASA/Joel Kowsky | Getty Images Overview: Made in Russia Smartphone enthusiasts can pick up fresh…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on Aug. 26, 2025, for its 10th test flight. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX on Tuesday launched its mammoth Starship rocket, breaking a string of explosive failed attempts earlier this year to deploy its first batch of dummy…
SpaceX is valued at around $400 billion and is critical for U.S. space access, but it wasn’t always the powerhouse that it is today. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002. Using money that he made from the sale of PayPal, Musk and his new company developed their first rocket, the Falcon 1, to challenge existing…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Satellite internet service Starlink, which is owned and operated by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX, appeared to suffer a brief network outage on Monday, with thousands of reports of service interruptions on Downdetector, a site that logs tech issues. The outage marked the second in two weeks for Starlink. SpaceX did not…
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour carrying the Crew-11 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug….
CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up to receive future editions. Stock market information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Overview: Space IPOs are rearing their heads again…
Firefly Aerospace rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq on Aug. 7th, 2025. The Nasdaq Firefly Aerospace jumped more than 50% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday after pricing shares above its expected range. Shares started trading at $70 each under the ticker symbol FLY. The initial price values the company at close to $10…
