Business News
Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Landed Perfectly. Then Things Went Off Course: ‘The Altitude Is Too Low.’
Blue Origin successfully re-flew and landed a reusable rocket — but it placed a satellite in the wrong orbit.
Satellites
Business News
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches Satellite, Lands Rocket Back on Drone Ship in Ocean
It's the fourth time a SpaceX rocket has landed on the drone ship, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, and the sixth time one of the company's space vehicles has landed back on Earth.
Business News
SpaceX Rocket Launches Satellite, Then Lands on Ship at Sea
The satellite is designed to provide television, data and mobile communications services to customers across Asia, Russia and Oceania and the Pacific Islands.
By Reuters
Business News
Russia Launches First Rocket From New Spaceport at Second Attempt
A rocket carrying three satellites launched near China's border.
By Reuters
Business News
Virgin Galactic Lands in Long Beach, Unveils Plan to Launch Small Satellites Into Space
Richard Branson's commercial spaceflight venture moved into the Southern California city to build a craft that will rocket satellites, not people, into space. We caught up with Virgin Galactic's CEO for the latest details.
Building a Business
A Startup Founded by Former NASA Scientists Just Landed $95 Million
The San Francisco-based private company's list of investors include SpaceX backer Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Here’s Elon Musk’s Plan to Deliver Internet Access to Billions
It involves sending a network of 700 lightweight satellites into space.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Are Richard Branson and Google Teaming For Space Travel?
According to reports, Google is mulling a stake in Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, a deal in which the tech giant would have to pony up $30 million in exchange for access to pioneering space-travel technology.
By Geoff Weiss