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Unpredictable Space Junk
Defies Safety Regulators

Jul 31, 2026 4:46 PM CDT

Unpredictable Space Junk Defies Safety Regulators

Rules haven't kept pace as reentry risks steadily increase

(Newser) - The metal that slammed into a Kenyan cornfield wasn't a one-off freak from the sky—it's part of a weekly pattern. As rockets and satellites multiply in orbit, large pieces of space hardware are now plunging back to Earth at a rate of roughly one a week, according...

SpaceX's xAI Sues State Over
Law Targeting 'Nudify' Apps

Jul 29, 2026 9:45 AM CDT

SpaceX's xAI Sues State Over Law Targeting 'Nudify' Apps

Company says Minnesota deepfake penalties violate First Amendment protections

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI outfit is taking Minnesota to court over a law that hasn't even kicked in yet. SpaceX-owned xAI on Monday sued state Attorney General Keith Ellison, arguing that Minnesota's new crackdown on "nudify" apps tramples the First Amendment by imposing an overly broad, content-based...

SpaceX Stock Hits Record Low Despite Starship Success

SpaceX Hits Record Low
Despite Starship Success

Jul 27, 2026 8:25 PM CDT

SpaceX Hits Record Low Despite Starship Success

Flight 13 hit every major goal

(Newser) - SpaceX's biggest rocket has notched one of its most successful test flights yet, but investors are still hitting the sell button. The company flew Starship for the 13th time on Friday, completing every major goal on what was only the second flight of its third-generation vehicle: deploying 20 Starlink...

Bertha Thwarts SpaceX's Do-Over of Starship Flight 13

Bertha Forces Delay
of Starship's Flight 13

Jul 23, 2026 5:10 PM CDT

Bertha Forces Delay of Starship's Flight 13

SpaceX will make 3rd launch attempt on Friday

(Newser) - SpaceX has postponed the do-over for its 13th Starship test flight. The towering rocket had been slated to lift off Thursday evening from the company's Starbase site in South Texas, but the launch was called off due to Tropical Storm Bertha, which made landfall in Texas Thursday afternoon, reports...

Experts Warn Space
Data Centers Could Be
Catastrophic for Planet

Jul 23, 2026 9:56 AM CDT

Experts Warn Space Data Centers Could Be Catastrophic for Planet

Petition urges FCC to halt orbital data center licenses over environmental risks

(Newser) - Silicon Valley's latest blue-sky idea—sticking massive data centers in orbit—is running into a hard stop from environmental groups and former US space officials. A new petition urges the FCC to halt licensing for orbital data centers pitched by SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others, warning the projects could...

Starship Launch Scrapped
as Engines Don't Turn Over

updated

Jul 16, 2026 6:29 PM CDT

Starship Launch Scrapped as Engines Don't Turn Over

SpaceX test flight was intended to push V3 prototype

(Newser) - SpaceX had Starship set up for its 13th outing Thursday evening, but the launch was scrubbed seconds from the end of the countdown when some of the engines failed to start. A new launch date was not announced, per Space.com . The company said it will have to figure out...

SpaceX Stock Slides
Below Key Level

Jul 15, 2026 2:50 PM CDT

SpaceX Stock Slides Below Key Level

It falls below $135 IPO price ahead of latest Starship test flight

(Newser) - Investors are hitting the brakes on SpaceX barely a month after its splashy market debut. The stock slid for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, dipping below its $135 IPO price for the first time, the Wall Street Journal reports. It fell as low as $132.15 before rising to...

Trump Sons' Lucrative New
Investments: Defense Tech

investigation

Jul 13, 2026 7:44 AM CDT

Trump Sons' Lucrative New Investments: Defense Tech

Washington Post explores potential conflicts of interest at play

(Newser) - President Trump's sons have moved beyond hotels and golf courses and into a corner of the economy that now overlaps with their father's national security agenda. A Washington Post investigation finds Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump tied, mostly through two investment vehicles, to more than a dozen...

Big First for Japan
in Race to Compete
With SpaceX

Jul 11, 2026 6:30 AM CDT

Big First for Japan in Race to Compete With SpaceX

JAXA successfully launches, lands RV-X experimental reusable rocket

(Newser) - Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight on Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cutting launch costs and competing in the global space market dominated by SpaceX. The RV-X rocket lifted off, hovered, and moved horizontally before...

China Steals
a Page From
SpaceX

Jul 10, 2026 8:47 AM CDT

China Steals a Page From SpaceX

Becomes only the second country to recapture a rocket booster, using a sea-based net system

(Newser) - China just joined a very short list of countries that can recapture a falling rocket booster after launch—and it did it with a giant net at sea, reports the South China Morning Post . On Friday, the country's Long March 10B reusable rocket flew for the first time, then...

Russia Using 'Parasitic Signals'
to Stymie Ukraine's Drones

Jul 10, 2026 7:04 AM CDT

Russia Using 'Parasitic Signals' to Stymie Ukraine's Drones

Ukrainian commanders say they've hit 2 Volna Kupol Garant jammers lobbed against their drones

(Newser) - Russia is trying to knock Ukraine's most effective new weapons offline by going after the internet that sets them in flight. Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots say Moscow is rolling out strong jamming systems aimed at disrupting Starlink, the SpaceX satellite network that guides many of Kyiv's long-range...

New Sign That the Musk-
Trump Deep Freeze Is Over

Jun 30, 2026 8:45 AM CDT

New Sign That the Musk- Trump Deep Freeze Is Over

SpaceX may bankroll new 'Trump Accounts' for kids, if talks go well

(Newser) - SpaceX could soon be helping to bankroll one of President Trump's signature policy ideas. Semafor reports that the Trump administration has held talks with Elon Musk's company about contributing SpaceX stock to the new "Trump Accounts," government-backed savings accounts for children set to launch on July...

Space Tourism Is
Growing, but
Most Will Never
Be Able to Go

LONGFORM

Jun 28, 2026 3:20 PM CDT

Space Tourism Is Growing, but Most Will Never Be Able to Go

Billionaire-led firms bet on suborbital flights, costlier orbital trips that can cost tens of millions per person

(Newser) - Space tourism hasn't exactly rocketed into the mainstream since Dennis Tito's $20 million jaunt to the International Space Station in 2001, but it has quietly grown up. Per the New York Times , roughly 140 paying passengers have now made it to space, most on quick "up-and-down" suborbital...

World's First Trillionaire
Is No Longer

Jun 24, 2026 8:25 AM CDT

World's First Trillionaire Is No Longer

Elon Musk has lost that status as SpaceX, Tesla shares slide amid tech sell-off, AI fears

(Newser) - Elon Musk's brief stint as trillionaire is over, at least for the moment. A sharp slide in SpaceX and Tesla shares during Tuesday's tech sell-off knocked his estimated fortune down to about $957 billion, per Business Insider , citing the Bloomberg Billionaires Index . Musk crossed the trillion mark earlier...

SpaceX Drops More Than 10%

Jun 22, 2026 1:30 PM CDT

SpaceX Drops More Than 10%

Musk's rocket company is no longer more valuable than Amazon, Microsoft

(Newser) - SpaceX's market fireworks are dimming. Shares slid another 10% Monday, extending a three-day retreat that has erased most gains for investors who jumped in after the company's record-setting June 12 IPO, CNBC reports. Shares fell 5% on Wednesday and another 3.6% on Thursday, with markets closed Friday...

Texas Supreme Court Tosses
Lawsuit Over SpaceX Launches

Jun 22, 2026 12:45 PM CDT

Texas Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Over SpaceX Launches

Court says private parties can't sue over their right to beach access

(Newser) - Texans who say a favorite stretch of coastline is being turned into a rocket blast zone just hit a legal wall. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously tossed a lawsuit aimed at keeping Boca Chica Beach open during SpaceX launches, ruling that the environmental and tribal groups behind it...

SpaceX Overtakes Amazon,
Then Microsoft

Jun 16, 2026 10:22 AM CDT

SpaceX Overtakes Amazon, Then Microsoft

Company's stock keeps rising after acquisition of coding company

(Newser) - SpaceX's hot run continues. Shares climbed about 6% on Tuesday, pushing the newly public rocket and satellite firm past Amazon—and, for a short time, Microsoft—in market value, reports CNBC . The stock's surge took SpaceX's market cap to roughly $2.94 trillion in morning trading, above...

Krugman: Elon Musk
Is a 'Human Ponzi Scheme'

OPINION

Jun 12, 2026 3:03 PM CDT

Krugman: Elon Musk Is a 'Human Ponzi Scheme'

And in this scheme, ordinary Americans invested in index fund may get hurt, he warns

(Newser) - It's been a big day for Elon Musk, or, as economist Paul Krugman calls him, the "human Ponzi scheme." In a Substack column, Krugman argues that the newly minted trillionaire's biggest product isn't cars, rockets, or AI—it's belief in Elon Musk. Krugman notes...

SpaceX Is Already
No. 6 in Company Rankings

Jun 12, 2026 1:45 PM CDT

SpaceX Is Already No. 6 in Company Rankings

And it might pass Amazon soon

(Newser) - For the moment anyway, the value of SpaceX just keeps going up. Hours after shares of Elon Musk's rocket company began trading at $150 in the largest IPO in history, they eclipsed $170, reports CNBC . The initial price made SpaceX the sixth-most valuable company in the world, with a...

He's Been Quietly Amassing
SpaceX Stock for 15 Years

Jun 12, 2026 9:45 AM CDT

He's Been Quietly Amassing SpaceX Stock for 15 Years

But low-key investor is in no hurry to sell

(Newser) - Justin Fishner-Wolfson has spent 15 years quietly doing one thing: scooping up privately held SpaceX stock, and that low-key obsession is about to pay off on a staggering scale. When SpaceX goes public Friday in what's expected to be the biggest IPO ever, his firm, 137 Ventures, will see...