At a time when the U.S. government is concerned about its reliance on a mercurial billionaire for access to space, new competitors say Elon Musk’s SpaceX is using tactics intended to squash them.
Category: Private Spaceflight
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NASA Astronauts to Wait Another Week for Boeing Starliner Launch
Officials from NASA and Boeing say they have worked out a solution to a helium leak that has kept the Starliner astronaut capsule grounded.
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Edward Dwight, Once Picked to Be the First Black Astronaut in Space, Aims for Space at Last
Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up.
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NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon
The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.
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Taiwan Is Building a Satellite Network Without Elon Musk
The island democracy urgently needs an internet backup. Mr. Musk’s total control over his Starlink service, which dominates the market, left Taiwan wary.
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Race SpaceX to the Moon
While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a plan to put an uncrewed spacecraft on the moon in 12-16 months.
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What is SpaceX’s Starship?
Bigger than the Statue of Liberty, the SpaceX vehicle is central to NASA’s plans to get to the moon and Elon Musk’s dreams of the red planet.
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Odysseus Moon Lander Sends Photos Home Before Spacecraft Likely Dies
The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited by its sideways landing. On another part of the moon, a Japanese spacecraft woke up.
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Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say
The Odysseus spacecraft was drifting horizontally as it set down, and a landing strut may have hit an obstacle on the surface.
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U.S. Moon Landing: How to Watch and What to Know About the Odysseus Mission
If all goes as planned, Odysseus, a private spacecraft, will touch down on the lunar surface on Thursday. It will be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years.