SpaceX is seeking a special election in Texas to incorporate the private Starbase community that serves as a manufacturing complex, test facility and spaceport.
A decade ago, SpaceX launched six Falcon 9 rockets in a year—now, it could be on track for an orbital launch rate of 136 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy flights.
President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman, a commander of two SpaceX commercial space flights, to be the next NASA administrator.
The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.
Startup Inversion has raised a $44 million in a Series A round to fund development of a reentry capsule that could carry payloads on orbits around Earth.
Taiwanese manufacturers in SpaceX’s supply chain are shifting some satellite component production to Southeast Asia, driven by business and geopolitics.
Lockheed Martin is preparing to launch its next technology demonstration spacecraft in 2025, with an eye toward U.S. programs and the international market.
NASA plans to add uncrewed missions to both SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing System service contracts to deliver a lunar rover and a habitat to the Moon.
