Boeing Starliner capsule’s first crewed test flight postponed minutes before launch
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A second attempt at launching Boeing’s new Starliner space capsule on its inaugural test flight with NASA astronauts on…
China lands on moon’s far side in historic sample-retrieval mission
By Liz Lee, Joey Roulette and Joe Brock BEIJING (Reuters) – China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission aiming to…
Meet the BEAM 3rd Gen: the DROPSTAR project
In March, the REXUS rocket soared through the skies of northern Sweden, carrying an ambitious experiment from Greece. This marked a significant achievement for the BEAM 3rd Gen team from the Aristotle University of…
Elon Musk could become policy adviser if Trump wins election
By Tim Reid, Manas Mishra and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the…
Musk’s Starlink back up after brief outage
By Gnaneshwar Rajan (Reuters) – Elon Musk‘s Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, is back up after an outage that affected thousands of users, the company said on Tuesday. “The…
Elon Musk plans xAI supercomputer
By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) – U.S. businessman Elon Musk recently told investors that his artificial intelligence startup xAI is planning to build a supercomputer to power the next version of…
NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner’s debut crew flight
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including a “design vulnerability” requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule…
Zimbabwe approves licensing of Musk’s Starlink internet service
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s telecom regulator has approved the licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink, allowing the satellite unit of SpaceX to operate in the southern African country,…
Bezos’ Blue Origin launches first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched a six-person crew – including the first U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s – from West Texas…
Indonesia minister says Musk to consider building EV battery plant in country
By Stefanno Sulaiman DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s coordinating minister of investment said that Elon Musk will consider building an electric vehicle battery plant in the country, after the CEO…