News about space

SpaceX’s stock price has fallen by half since its post-IPO peak.

A joint U.S.-Russian crew returned to Earth on Sunday after an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Elon Musk raised the possibility of a merger between Tesla and SpaceX, stating that the ties between the two companies are growing ever closer. The Tesla CEO noted that the number of joint projects with the space company continues to grow, but emphasized that any decisions of this magnitude must go through official corporate procedures.

Elon Musk has once again drawn attention to one of the most ambitious technological concepts—harvesting solar energy in space. In his view, if humanity learns to harness this resource on an industrial scale, the economic value of such technology will exceed the size of Earth’s entire modern economy.

Major investment banks have begun publishing their first full-scale valuations of SpaceX shares following the end of the IPO lock-up period.

The Russian government and the state corporation Roscosmos have established procedures for the procurement and planning of Earth remote sensing data. This marks the first time that rules governing the ordering and sale of satellite imagery have been introduced.

Starlink is expanding the use of satellite internet as a tool for reliable connectivity: the service will be used to provide backup connectivity for emergency services in Puerto Rico, while simultaneously entering the passenger aviation market through a partnership with Iberia.

Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX, xAI, Tesla, and the social media platform X, has surpassed $1 trillion in net worth. He has thus become the world’s first trillionaire.

Indian authorities have postponed the final approval of the commercial launch of the Starlink satellite internet service. The reason for this was additional checks by security agencies amid reports of the company’s terminals being used in areas of armed conflict, which raised concerns in New Delhi about control over satellite communications.

Billionaire Ilon Musk has ingeniously raised the degree of discussion around his company SpaceX and its role not only in the American (and global) economy, but also in the lives of ordinary Americans.

Banks overseeing the deal have given notice to exclude clients from Hong Kong and China from the offering due to regulatory risks and compliance difficulties. Sources close to the situation said the underwriters involved in SpaceX’s $75 billion initial public offering have been advised not to accept orders from Hong Kong and Chinese investors. The decision was made because of U.S. restrictions on the export of critical technologies.

SpaceX continues to ramp up the deployment of its Starlink satellite network. On May 31, it performed the 50th launch of a Starlink mission since the beginning of 2026, and 1,375 satellites have already been launched into space since January.

The U.S. Space Force said Friday it has struck a $4.16 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a program to build satellites designed to track and defeat aerial threats.

During testing on May 28, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad – days before a planned launch of Internet satellites for Amazon. The incident was another major blow to Jeff Bezos’ space program.

The New Glenn rocket of Blue Origin, owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, exploded during a firing test of the engines on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida.

American Airlines announced May 26 that it will install Starlink-based Wi-Fi on more than 500 narrowbody aircraft beginning in the first quarter of 2027.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos published on April 20 in the network X video of the successful landing of the reusable booster rocket New Glenn. This is the company’s key project in the segment of heavy launches.

Today, April 12, marks the 65th anniversary of the first human space flight. On this day in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the Vostok-1 spacecraft made a historic 108-minute flight, opening the era of space exploration. Today, anyone can conquer space for a certain amount of money, and it is much lower.

Ilon Musk has been perceived for many years as a guru of markets, technologies and trends. His posts in social networks serve as a signal to many people – what to buy, what to pay attention to, where to invest.

Ilon Musk’s planned initial public offering of SpaceX shares has long been stirring the markets. On Monday, at a meeting with bankers, the billionaire shocked the business world again. He said he intends to reserve a significant portion of shares for private investors and hold a major event for 1,500 of them in June after the launch of the IPO roadshow.