Private Spaceflight
A Large Object Landed on His Sheep Farm. It Came From Space.
Mick Miners was herding sheep on a four-wheeler last week when he stumbled upon a pointy black object that looked more than nine feet tall. It reminded him of either a burned tree or a piece of farm machinery. “Pretty frightening, actually,” Mr. Miners, 48, said by phone on Thursday from his roughly 5,000-acre property […]
Know More
NASA to Launch Capstone, a 55-Pound CubeSat to the Moon
June 26, 2022: On Sunday, NASA announced a delay of at least one day for the launch of CAPSTONE to allow more time to perform final systems checks. The article has been updated. In the coming years, NASA will be busy at the moon. A giant rocket will loft a capsule with no astronauts aboard […]
Know More
SpaceX Said to Fire Employees Involved in Letter Rebuking Elon Musk
SpaceX, the private rocket company, on Thursday fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing the behavior of chief executive Elon Musk, said three employees with knowledge of the situation. Some SpaceX employees began circulating the letter, which denounced Mr. Musk’s activity on Twitter, on Wednesday. The letter called the billionaire’s public […]
Know More
SpaceX Workers Raise Concerns About Elon Musk’s Tweets
Employees at SpaceX have written an open letter denouncing the behavior of Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, following recently publicized allegations of sexual misconduct against him. “Elon’s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks,” read the letter, which was obtained by The […]
Know More
SpaceX Executive Defends Elon Musk Against Misconduct Accusations
A top executive at the rocket maker SpaceX said she “personally” believed that sexual harassment accusations against Elon Musk, the company’s founder and chief executive, were false, according to a companywide email, which was obtained by The New York Times. In the email, which was sent Friday, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, […]
Know More
After Years of Trouble, Boeing Repeats Launch of Starliner Spacecraft for NASA
Boeing’s second chance at a do-over is off to a successful start as Starliner, its space taxi, launched to orbit on Thursday. The spacecraft was built for NASA to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station. But before it can do that, it has to complete a test flight without astronauts to show […]
Know More
How Space Tourism Is Skyrocketing
Sales in the space tourism space, Mr. Curran acknowledges, “are reasonably difficult to make,” and mostly come from peer-to-peer networking. “You can imagine that people who spend $450,000 to go to space probably operate in circles that are not the same as yours and mine,” he said. Some of Mr. Curran’s most popular offerings include […]
Know More
How Elon Musk Winged It With Twitter, and Everything Else
Kimbal Musk and Mr. Gracias, who left Tesla’s board last year and serves as a SpaceX director, declined to comment for this article. Today, Mr. Musk oversees or is associated with at least a dozen companies, including public ones, private ones and holding companies such as Wyoming Steel, which he uses to manage real estate. […]
Know More
Rocket Lab Grabs Booster Falling From Space With a Helicopter
Catch a falling rocket and bring it back to shore … On Tuesday (Monday evening in New York), Rocket Lab, a small company with a small rocket, pulled off the first half of that feat during its latest launch from the east coast of New Zealand. After sending a payload of 34 small satellites to […]
Know More