The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Mr. Trump had claimed the A.I. announcement as an early trophy, taking credit for the companies’ decision to spend up to $500 billion building data centers.

Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring the moon.

Cape Canaveral, United States - January 5, 2025 SpaceX set a new record on January 5, 2025, with the successful launch and landing of its Falcon 9 rocket for a Starlink mission, marking the 25th time the company has recovered an orbital-class rocket booster.

(CNN) — Shortly after President Donald Trump announced a new massive AI infrastructure investment from the White House, “First Buddy” Elon Musk tried to tear it down. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority.”

For years, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has expected failure. The company expects rockets to explode, Musk once told podcaster Joe Rogan, because “this is a test program.” “It’s weird if it doesn ...

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On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States in an indoor ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. People attend the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington on January 20. — Reuters

Elon Musk — the world’s richest man alive — has been handed his own task force designed to reign in government spending. Here’s what you need to know about DOGE, which President Donald Trump officially created on Monday.

SpaceX plans to build a new vertical integration facility in Florida by Aug. 2026 for Starship assembly and integration.