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…
The Blue Ghost Mission Operations Engineer, Jaxon Liebeck, showcases the Blue Ghost moon lander at Firefly Aerospace headquarters on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Cedar Park. Houston Chronicle/hearst Newspapers | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Firefly Aerospace priced shares in its IPO at $45 on Wednesday, above its expected range. The Texas-based rocket maker will…
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. Portrait of astronaut in space suit and helmet. Nisian Hughes | Stone | Getty Images Overview: You’re in or you’re out There’s an air of ‘been there, done that’ about…
Digital generated image of a futuristic financial dashboard with holographic displays of various stock market graphs and data visualizations. The scene includes detailed graphs with line and bar charts, real-time data feeds, and transparent screens, indicating a high-tech, data-driven environment suitable for financial analysis and trading. Eugene Mymrin | Moment | Getty Images CNBC’s Investing…
An Electron rocket launches the Baby Come Back mission from New Zealand on July 17, 2023. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab stock soared nearly 11% Monday, building on a strong run fueled by space innovation. Shares of the space infrastructure company have nearly doubled over the past two months following a slew of successful launches and…
