Space business

Eccentric Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight civilian volunteers to blast off to the Moon with him on the first-ever private commercial space trip.

Orbital Assembly Corp., a California-based startup that wants to pioneer construction and infrastructure in outer space, has hit its $1 million fundraising goal and aims to open an operational luxury hotel in orbit in 2027.

The space tourism venture, founded by Richard Branson, told investors in an earnings call that its third and second test flight will be pushed until at least May.

NASA has finally shared video and audio of Mars after its historic descent onto the planet’s surface with the Perseverance rover on Thursday, Feb, 18.

The tech billionaire joined with researchers to track infections. The effort explored coronavirus immunity

Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted Friday in support of the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. 

Virgin Galactic is working to reschedule its next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity spacecraft.

SpaceX’s prototype Starship SN9 rocket crash landed during a fiery test flight Tuesday afternoon, exploding near the launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas, tumbling out of the sky and bursting into flames before disintegrating on the surface.

An investigation was opened focusing on the explosive landing and on SpaceX’s refusal to stick to the terms of what the FAA authorized.

The company's biggest space initiatives have been dogged by faulty designs, software errors and chronic cost overruns.

Blue Origin, the space exploration company co-founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is getting ready to start passenger flights as soon as this spring, according to one media report.

Virgin Galactic Holdings shares surged Thursday following news a space-themed actively managed exchange-traded fund will launch later this year.

SpaceX's cargo Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday with 4,400 pounds of scientific research and other cargo. 

The U.S. Air Force picked Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. for the new 1,400-person U.S. Space Command's headquarters Wednesday. 

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday dedicated his aerospace company Blue Origin's landing platform ship to his mother.

Blue Origin expects to launch the New Glenn system in 2021.

Virgin Galactic continues to be a favorite amongst Wall Street analysts, despite the failure of the space tourism company's SpaceShipTwo Unity rocket this past weekend.

A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.

The flight was initially planned for November. But it was pushed back because of COVID-19 restrictions stemming from the state's public health orders.

Self-hep guru Tony Robbins is reportedly putting some of his money behind a Cape Canaveral start-up that wants to send people to space on board balloons.