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New Crew Is Getting Speedy Ride to ISS
New Crew Reaches
ISS After Record Trip
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Oct 1, 2026 7:15 PM CDT

New Crew Reaches ISS After Record Trip

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk's wife will give birth while he's in space

(Newser) - Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he's away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for NASA after a three-week delay to fix the capsule's leaking fuel...

Starship Flight Ends Early After Reaching Orbit

It splashed down north of Hawaii instead of near Chile

(Newser) - SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety. The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours after blasting off from Texas. The company had...

SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off in a Key Orbital Test

Elon Musk's Spaceship aims to circle the globe six times over 10 hours

(Newser) - SpaceX launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program. It was Starship's 14th full-scale launch from Texas in three years, but the earlier flights ventured no farther than the...

Google Gets Ready to Launch Fridge-Size 'MVP' Into Space

Experimental 'data center' will test solar-powered Gemini chips in orbit

(Newser) - Google's latest moon shot is literally leaving Earth: It's about to test an AI "data center" in orbit. On Thursday, a satellite dubbed MVP is slated to ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California into space, where it will run Google's Gemini AI on four...

Judge OKs Controversial US Land Swap With SpaceX

Opponents vow to continue court fight, citing threats to environment, historic site

(Newser) - SpaceX just logged a win in its push to expand into a federal wildlife refuge near the Texas-Mexico border. A federal judge on Monday refused to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from handing Elon Musk's company roughly 715 acres of land forming part of the Lower Rio...

Musk Has Used Information to Accumulate Power, Film Shows

Documentary addresses political clout, data access, and influence on democracy

(Newser) - Elon Musk has long been everywhere; Alex Gibney's new documentary argues that's precisely the problem. In a sweeping film profile described in the Hollywood Reporter by Steven Zeitchik, Gibney focuses on Musk not as an eccentric billionaire but as a figure quietly consolidating unprecedented power through data, satellites,...

Eye on Starlink, Zelensky Grants Musk a Top Honor

Elon Musk receives the Order of Liberty as Kyiv hopes for Starlink access in Russian territory

(Newser) - Ukraine is dangling its highest civilian honor as it pushes Elon Musk for more digital reach into Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded Musk the Order of Liberty, reports the Ukraine Independent , for "contributions to the protection of human life and freedom, and the development of relations between the...

Trump Buys Up to $50K Stake in SpaceX

Investment comes as administration shapes policies affecting Musk's company

(Newser) - President Trump now owns a slice of Elon Musk's rocket empire, Reuters reports. A new financial disclosure shows the president bought between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June 23, one of more than 1,000 stock trades he made that month. The purchase gives...

Images Show New Crater From SpaceX Rocket's Moon Impact

Lunar orbiter images reveal 60-foot-wide, shallow impact crater

(Newser) - A lost piece of a SpaceX rocket has officially left its mark on the moon, NBC News reports. NASA has released before-and-after images showing a fresh, 60-foot-wide crater carved by the uncontrolled crash of a Falcon 9 upper stage on Aug. 5, when the 10,800-pound booster slammed into the...

Orbiter Spots Site Where SpaceX Rocket Hit Moon

Rocket stage created new crater early Wednesday

(Newser) - The moon just picked up some new scars, and South Korea got the first close-up. New images from the country's Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, Danuri, show fresh blast marks and disturbed terrain where a chunk of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the lunar surface early Wednesday near...

SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon
SpaceX Rocket
Slams Into Moon
at 5,400mph
UPDATED
Aug 5, 2026 7:30 AM CDT

SpaceX Rocket Slams Into Moon at 5,400mph

Discarded stage from 2025 mission is expected to have created new crater early Wednesday

(Newser) - A SpaceX rocket remnant has slammed into the moon, in what CBS News calls "a rare case of a man-made collision with the lunar surface." The 45-foot-long, 8,800-pound booster—"the size of a building," per the Guardian —is believed to have crashed shortly after...

SpaceX Posts $541M Loss, Big Jump in Revenue

Loss disclosed in first report as a public company was less than analysts expected

(Newser) - SpaceX reported it lost more than half a billion dollars in its first quarterly report as a public company, but the loss was less than Wall Street expected and revenue soared. The company run by Elon Musk reported a loss of $541 million, or 9 cents per share, in the...

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

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 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 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

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

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 Dips Below IPO Price
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
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...

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