Space business

Three companies scored contracts from NASA on Wednesday as the space agency continues to seek a vehicle to transport its astronauts around the Moon during Artemis missions.

SpaceX crews celebrated success after launching Starship for the third time from south Texas on Thursday. The spacecraft followed a new flight path.

Texas-based Intuitive Machines saw its stocks nearly double on Friday after landing a spacecraft on the moon, but the shares dropped after the CEO said Odysseus was on its side.

Those interested in watching the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in more than half a century may be able to do so on Thursday.

A lunar lander designed by Intuitive Machines is heading to the moon following a launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday.

Astrobotic Technology says its Peregrine lunar lander, which was unable to land on the moon, has went down in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.

The Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One lunar lander has fewer than 40 hours before its thrusters run out of fuel and it tumbles through space, Astrobotic said.

Astrobotic Technology says its Peregrine Lunar Lander, which is aiming to land on the moon next month, is encountering difficulties during solo flight.

United Launch Alliance launched its Vulcan rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday in a mission that includes the first U.S. moon landing attempt in over 50 years.

United Launch Alliance launched its next generation Vulcan rocket early Monday morning in what the company described as "the beginning of a new era of space capabilities."

Elon Musk's SpaceX carried six direct-to-cell satellites that will be used by T-Mobile and other carriers into Earth’s orbit earlier this week. It will offer text messaging to start.

SpaceX successfully launched the Pentagon's secretive X-37B spacecraft after the mission was delayed for more than two weeks due to weather and other issues.

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, on Tuesday successfully carried out its first New Shepard flight since September 2022. The mission spanned just over 10 minutes.

Blue Origin said it would set a 'new launch target' for its New Shepard reusable rocket launch after deciding to push it back because of a 'ground system issue' on Monday.

Blue Origin is looking to soon use its New Shepard reusable rocket in what would be the spacecraft’s first flight since September of last year, according to a Tuesday post on X from the company.

SpaceX on Sunday announced the delay of its launch of a mission involving its Falcon Heavy rocket and the Pentagon's secretive X-37B spacecraft by at least one day due to poor weather.

Collins wore the NASA flight suit in the days and months following his return to Earth

Virgin Galactic announced it is laying off an undisclosed number of employees in order to cut costs, saying high interest rates impacted the decision.

NASA recently kicked off its search for design proposals for $1 billion space-tug. The planned spacecraft will help take the aging International Space Station out of orbit years from now.

SpaceX received a slew of corrective actions from the Federal Aviation Administration that it must carry out in order to conduct future launches of its Starship.