Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images By Amethyst Martinez, Publishd by The Daily Beast, 7 April 2025 The space race between the two billionaires continues. Billions of dollars in federal contracts have been awarded to Elon Musk’s and Jeff Bezos’ companies, solidifying the ties between two of
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024. The rocket carried U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague in a Dragon spacecraft that he is set to pilot to the International Space Station. This Crew-9 launch marks the
Artist’s impression of a future Interlune moon mining mission: Interlune By Andrew Paul, Published by Popular Science, 17 March 2025 Helium-3 is needed for nuclear reactors, quantum computers, and more. A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum
The SpaceX and U.S. Space Force compound at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on December 18, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images By Samantha Mathewson, Published by Space.com, 6 January 2025 An impressive 93 United States Space Force launches lifted off from Florida's coast in
Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Keith Cooper, Published by Space.com, 10 July 2024 Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to launch up to 44 flights of Starship each year. SpaceX's plans to launch its Starship–Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times per year from
The Long March-5B rocket at the Wenchang launch site in China From Reuters, Published by India Today, 17 May 2024 The announcement comes just days after Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin announced that its New Shepard Rocket, which flies cargo and humans on short trips to the edge of space, would
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 3 January 2024 The company wants to launch nearly 150 missions this year. Surprise, surprise: SpaceX plans to set more spaceflight records this year. Elon Musk's company launched 96 orbital missions in 2023, a big jump from its previous high of 61, which was set
NASA's Orion spacecraft flies by the moon, with Earth seen rising in the distance, during the Artemis I mission in 2022. Credit: NASA By Elisha Sauers, Published by Mashable, 23 December 2023 How the first woman and person of color will step onto the moon. It sounds like a joke or
