SpaceX’s mighty Starship rocket enters final testing for 12th flight

SpaceX is edging toward the 12th launch of its Starship rocket, which this time will see a new version of the massive vehicle head skyward. The launch team has just completed a crucial test of the Starship’s first stage — the Super Heavy — at its Starb…

SpaceX sets new time for Crew-12 launch to ISS — here’s how to watch

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the launch of the next crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) due to unfavorable weather conditions in the ascent corridor. The launch team had been targeting Wednesday, February 11, for liftoff, but is now …

FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’
FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’

One year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to uncover what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the agency has withheld relevant documents “in bad faith” and is asking a court to allow discovery and depositions to draw out the information. “Thus […]

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap,&#1…

SpaceX may be exploring a Starlink phone, though Elon Musk says otherwise

SpaceX is reportedly exploring a mobile device that would tap directly into its Starlink satellite network, but Elon Musk has denied the plans.
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NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon

Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world. Crew-12 is expected to head to the International Space Station next week, while the highly anticipated Artemis II mission — which will bring humans around the moon for the first time since the 196…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department

The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months.

While NASA’s lunar dreams wait, another crew eyes orbit

NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the launch of the much-anticipated Artemis II mission that will take four astronauts on a flight around the moo…

Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says
Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says

On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an announcement, was that in order for AI to grow, it needed to go to space. AI relies on “large terrestrial data centers” that run […]

Your AI might run in orbit if SpaceX gets its satellite plan approved

SpaceX bought xAI and is tying the deal to AI data centers in space. A proposed 1 million satellite constellation would support solar-powered orbital compute, but regulators and execution risks will decide how real it gets.
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