Boeing reportedly eyes exiting space race by selling off business with NASA

Boeing reportedly eyes exiting space race by selling off business with NASA

Houston, Boeing has a problem! The embattled aerospace giant — which helped put the first man on the moon — is exploring the sale of some parts of its NASA business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The sale, which is in the early stages and might not … Read more

Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

SpaceX founder Elon Musk made bold predictions about human life on Mars in a series of social media posts on Saturday. Writing on X, Musk made the forecasts in response to a post by Bill Ackman promoting a “Make America Healthy Again” ad posted by Robert F. Kennedy’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan. “Without our health and that … Read more

SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers malfunction, imperiling Starlink satellite mission

SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers malfunction, imperiling Starlink satellite mission

A second-stage engine on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffered a malfunction in space Thursday night that imperiled its payload of Starlink satellites, the first failure in more than seven years of a rocket the global space industry relies on. Roughly an hour after Falcon 9 lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on … Read more