#SpaceX valuation reportedly soars to B in funding round

#SpaceX valuation reportedly soars to $74B in funding round

“#SpaceX valuation reportedly soars to $74B in funding round” Elon Musk’s rocket-building company SpaceX reportedly snagged a roughly $74 billion valuation in a private fundraising round that wrapped up last week. SpaceX raised $850 million in equity funding at $419.99 per share, according to CNBC — just a penny shy of the $420 price that…

Read More
#SpaceX says 10K people get internet from Starlink satellites

#SpaceX says 10K people get internet from Starlink satellites

“#SpaceX says 10K people get internet from Starlink satellites” More than 10,000 people in the US and abroad are getting their internet from a network of SpaceX satellites, the Elon Musk-led company says. The rocket-building firm touted the number in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission as it looked to expand the Starlink satellite…

Read More
#Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly violated terms of FAA license

#Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly violated terms of FAA license

“#Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly violated terms of FAA license” Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket crashed and burned trying to come down from its first high-altitude flight — and now the billionaire is in hot water with the federal government for violating the terms of his test license, The Verge reported. The Federal Aviation Administration launched an…

Read More
#Elon Musk calls bringing firms under one roof a ‘good idea’

#Elon Musk calls bringing firms under one roof a ‘good idea’

“#Elon Musk calls bringing firms under one roof a ‘good idea’” What do brain implants, space rockets and electric cars have in common? Elon Musk, Tesla’s billionaire chief executive, said he’s open to the possibility of joining his various businesses under one umbrella, similar to Google’s corporate shakeup five years ago. “Good idea,” Musk tweeted…

Read More
#World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

#World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

“#World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth. Space provided moments…

Read More
#Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second

#Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second

“#Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. The…

Read More