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SpaceX's second attempt at orbital Starship launch ends in fireball

'Rapid unscheduled disassembly' could apply to much of Musk's world

Science20 Apr 2023 | 234

SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship

Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes

Science17 Apr 2023 | 37

Elon Musk actually sits down and talks to 'government-funded media' the BBC

Updated Plus: RIP Twitter Inc – it's X Corp now

Networks12 Apr 2023 | 108

Starlink opens final frontier for radio astronomers

Opinion Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

Science11 Apr 2023 | 37

SpaceX calendar marked with big red circle for 'first Starship launch' this month

Waits for pen-pushers to sign off debut orbital mission

Science11 Apr 2023 | 42

US pushes next phase of satellite missile defense system

Agency asks for industry input into medium Earth orbit system

Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 2

SpaceX tries to de-orbit Amazon's request for a satellite broadband shortcut

Stop the presses: Billionaires think sharing is a great idea, until a rival billionaire wants to share

Off-Prem22 Mar 2023 | 31

Firefly gets nod from NASA to deliver Lunar Pathfinder to the Moon

LuSEE in the sky with ... data

Science15 Mar 2023 | 14

LockBit brags: We'll leak thousands of SpaceX blueprints stolen from supplier

And also, Ring hit with ransomware, too? No, says Amazon

Cyber-crime13 Mar 2023 | 19

Welcome to Muskville: Where the workers never leave

Comment Your boss owns you AND your home – is this Texas utopia?

Offbeat10 Mar 2023 | 94

Hubble images photobombed by space hardware on the up

Big brains worry investment explosion could hit astronomy

Science03 Mar 2023 | 25

Space. The eventual frontier. This is the delayed journey of Crew-6 astronauts en route to the ISS

SpaceX overcomes ground systems issue that halted previous launch attempt

Science03 Mar 2023 |

UK antitrust watchdog provisionally clears Viasat's $7.3B buy of Inmarsat

Entrance of SpaceX and others into airline Wi-Fi eases worries. Next stop: US and EU regulators

Networks01 Mar 2023 | 1

SpaceX lobs second-gen Starlink satellites into orbit

But not the giant ones Musk previewed last year – those still can't get to space without Starship

Systems28 Feb 2023 | 18

Ground equipment failure scrubs latest ISS SpaceX launch

Crew-6 will have to wait to go to space, and everyone in orbit will have to wait that much longer to come home

Science27 Feb 2023 |

It's getting crowded on the ISS: SpaceX Crew-6 to launch Monday

NASA is used to dealing with extra guests: just sleep on the ceiling

Science24 Feb 2023 | 4

Starlink performance sees a bump, and so do prices

Still not quite as fast as it was in the halcyon days of 2021

Networks23 Feb 2023 | 12

Japanese balloon startup wants to 'democratize space' – with $180,000 ticket price

Aim is to bring entry fee down to tens of thousands of dollars, if you have that lying around

Offbeat23 Feb 2023 | 21

SpaceX threatened with $175,000 fine for Starlink crash risk paperwork blunder

Video Looks like Musketeers jumped the gun, launched mission too early

Science18 Feb 2023 | 24

Amazon convinces FCC it can avoid space junk chaos

We wanted robot butlers and flying Deloreans ... and got internet-from-orbit instead

Science10 Feb 2023 | 36

SpaceX cuts off Ukraine's 'offensive' Starlink use

Please, please, don't shoot down our satellites, Vlad

Networks09 Feb 2023 | 60

Could 2023 be the year SpaceX's Starship finally reaches orbit?

Meanwhile, no one is thinking of the horrible emissions coming out of all these rockets, say scientists

Science06 Feb 2023 | 64

SpaceX tells astronomers: Fine, we'll try to stop Starlink spoiling stargazing sessions

Agrees measures to prevent streaks of light across the night sky in time-lapse observations

Networks13 Jan 2023 | 50

As one mission returns to Earth, three more make for the Moon

Japan and the United Arab Emirates launched landers, while JPL has a boring old satellite

Science12 Dec 2022 | 18

SpaceX chases government cash with Starshield satellites

If Starshield smells like Space-BACN, that's because it probably is

Networks06 Dec 2022 | 13

FCC gives SpaceX OK to launch 7.5k Gen2 Starlink satellites

Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground

Networks02 Dec 2022 | 17

SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 carrying first private lunar lander

Lift-off postponed for 'additional pre-flight checkouts'

Science30 Nov 2022 | 11

Starlink purchases 'Twitter takeover' ad package, Musk dismisses it as 'tiny'

Well, which one is it, then?

Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 32

Twitter employees sue over lack of 60-day layoff notice

Musk-owned companies have now faced 3 WARN Act lawsuits alleging the same thing

Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 123

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches after three-year hiatus with secret US sats

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Science01 Nov 2022 | 40

Starlink terminals reportedly smuggled into Iran amid internet shutdowns

Don't thank Elon

Networks24 Oct 2022 | 14

Starlink decoded for use as GPS alternative – without Elon Musk's help

Told no by SpaceX, uni eggheads went ahead by themselves

Science24 Oct 2022 | 31

Biden wants SpaceX to beam internet to Iran amid uprising

Er, did Joe forget who runs Starlink?

Networks21 Oct 2022 | 46

SpaceX's in-flight Wi-Fi, Starlink Aviation, takes to the skies

Oh c'mon! Was it too much to expect Skynet?

Networks19 Oct 2022 | 10

CEO told to die in a car crash after firing engineers who had two full-time jobs

Poll Boss says it was 'stealing' – but what do you think?

Offbeat19 Oct 2022 | 228

Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on

Opinion Jam today, jam tomorrow?

Networks17 Oct 2022 | 44

Musky scent? Billionaire launches fragrance: Burnt Hair

'The Essence of Repugnant Desire', selling via Boring Company website for $100, will accept Dogecoin

Offbeat12 Oct 2022 | 34

SpaceX gives another four astronauts a lift to International Space Station

Two Americans, a Japanese bloke and a Russian float into a lab. The bartender says...

Science07 Oct 2022 | 3

Block this: Using satellites to plaster ads over our skies could work, say boffins

They can't hurt us if we stay indoors

Offbeat06 Oct 2022 | 85

NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher

Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going?

Science30 Sep 2022 | 51

Starlink broadband speeds slow as subscriber numbers grow

But a median of 60Mbps is not to be sniffed at when you're out in the sticks

Networks23 Sep 2022 | 24

Musk says Starlink will ask for exemption to US sanctions on Iran

Violence flares amid internet blackouts after woman dies in police custody

Networks20 Sep 2022 | 31

Testing of Starlink internet under way in Antarctica

Bandwidth-starved researchers rejoice

Networks15 Sep 2022 | 12

Remember when Microsoft was going to put Azure in space? It's still trying

'Cloud connectivity' hits different this time

Networks14 Sep 2022 | 4

NASA reshuffles dates for Artemis I launch attempt

Could it be third time lucky? The odds are not in space agency's favor

Science14 Sep 2022 | 12

FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies

Withdrawal of SpaceX's $885.5m award a 'drastic action' – but Musk wouldn't want subsidy anyway, right?

Networks13 Sep 2022 | 32

Elon Musk claims SpaceX was in talks with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite services

Apple went with Globalstar for Emergency SOS feature, but such comments suggest a direction of travel

Networks09 Sep 2022 | 49

FCC floats 'five-year rule' for hoovering up space junk

Gets some pushback from those wanting permission to keep it hanging around for decades

Science09 Sep 2022 | 20

OneWeb takes $229m hit from satellites not returned by Russia

Launch postponements also a part of the writeoff as company pins hopes on SpaceX

Networks05 Sep 2022 | 31

NASA sees our space future as both government and privately run

Interview Top official spells out simply why America is going back to the Moon

Science04 Sep 2022 | 23

US court backs FCC decision to let SpaceX fly Starlink sats at lower altitudes

Judges just didn't buy Viasat's in-orbit prang fears

Networks30 Aug 2022 | 15

T-Mobile US and SpaceX hope to deliver phone service from space

Companies claim 'no modifications .. required' on ordinary cellphones, but analyst says Starlink has 'no authorization to deploy v2 satellites'

Networks26 Aug 2022 | 47

After suffering $1b subsidy snub, Starlink lands $2m US Air Force deal

Always look on the bright (oh God, they are so bright) side of life

Networks16 Aug 2022 | 7

When will the UK take another giant leap into space?

Feature Tim Peake set to return to ESA as the race to first vertical launch from British soil continues

Science15 Aug 2022 | 41

FCC decides against giving Starlink $1b in rural broadband subsidies

Even those within the agency puzzled by the SpaceX decision when 'we have the technology to improve lives now'

Networks11 Aug 2022 | 23

Russian anti-satellite test added to a 'pressing threat to security' in space

Too much junk in the orbital trunk

Science10 Aug 2022 | 36