Tag: Space industry
Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice leaves the company
Tom Vice, CEO of Sierra Space, talks to employees in front of the company's Dream Chaser space plane on Oct. 30, 2023 in Louisville, Colorado.Helen H. [...]
Toyota exploring orbital rocket development, makes startup investment
After Akio Toyoda, CEO and President of Toyota, announced he was stepping down on Thursday, he shared his advice to his successor and his business phi [...]
Federal Aviation Administration head Michael Whitaker to step down
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Mike Whitaker listens to a question during a news conference on the FAA's work to hold Boeing accountabl [...]
SpaceX valuation surges to $350 billion as company buys back stock
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched on its sixth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad [...]
Trump nominates Jared Isaacman for NASA Administrator
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered [...]
Watch SpaceX launch Starship’s sixth test flight
SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its Starship rocket on Tuesday, as the company looks to keep up momentum of the mammoth vehicle's development [...]
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell welcomes competition for Starlink, rockets
SpaceX President and Chief Operation Officer Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut visit at the SpaceX headqu [...]
Space stocks rally on ‘Trump-Elon trade,’ analysts say
A hot fire test of an Archimedes engine, which powers the company's Neutron rocket.Rocket LabThis past week saw several pure-play space stocks rally, [...]
Apple commits $1.5 billion to Globalstar for iPhone satellite services
Apple committed about $1.5 billion to satellite communications company Globalstar to fund the expansion of iPhone services, the companies disclosed in [...]
Space Force plans alternative GPS network with Astranis, others
A depiction of Nexus satellites in a medium Earth orbit constellation.AstranisThe U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more [...]
Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim is working ‘maniacally’ to scale
CEO Jason Kim in the company's lunar mission control center.Firefly AerospaceJason Kim just nabbed one of the most coveted yet high-pressure C-suite g [...]
Boeing (BA) 3Q 2024 earnings
Workers picket outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. David Ryder | Bloom [...]
SpaceX Starship rocket launch: Flight 5 catches booster
The Super Heavy booster lands on the company's launch tower during the fifth Starship flight on Oct. 13, 2024.SpaceXSpaceX launched its fifth test fli [...]
FAA license may come in time for Sunday launch
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, lifts off on its third launch from the company's Boca Chica launch [...]
Bridgit Mendler’s Northwood passes first satellite antenna test
The startup's co-founders, from left: Chief Technology Officer Griffin Cleverly, CEO Bridgit Mendler and Head of Software Shaurya Luthra.Northwood Spa [...]