While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.
Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station after docking. Credit: NASA
Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are waiting for their new ride back to Earth via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon this spring.
NASA-backed private stations rise, India nears crewed flight, China eyes new milestones, and SpaceX pushes Starship’s limits.
Suni Williams stepped out on a spacewalk, her first since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.
One of the two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) has taken their first space walk since arriving at the station nearly seven months ago.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams originally planned to go to space for just eight days but got stuck on the ISS when their Boeing Starliner spacecraft started experiencing problems.
One of the big firsts in 2024 came from SpaceX as it finally managed to fly its Starship into space without blowing up. That's not bad for the world's largest rocket, which dwarfs even the Apollo era Saturn V,
The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded minutes after launch from Texas on Thursday, leading the aerospace company to declare the vessel a "loss" in the seventh test flight of the heavy-lift spacecraft.