Private Spaceflight

Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launch

By Josh Dinner Published 8 September 26

Stoke is positioning Nova to fill the shoes of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which is on the road to retirement.

Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site

By Josh Dinner Published 25 August 26

A new spaceport will bring 10 launch pads to Louisiana's Gulf Coast and support thousands of Starship launches per year.

Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027

By Mike Wall Published 13 August 26

Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027. The company hasn't been to space since June 2024.

Annie Easley, a hero of NASA | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti Published 19 June 26

Easley was a human computer for the agency who helped with building the Centaur upper-stage rocket.

SpaceX IPO brings Starship to NYC | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti Published 16 June 26

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire shortly after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq.

SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

By Leonard David Last updated 12 June 26

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.

This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?

By Tariq Malik Published 22 May 26

SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.

Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published 5 May 26

Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to the moon.

Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds

By Josh Dinner Published 19 March 26

The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.

Japan's private Space One Kairos rocket explodes after launch failure during 3rd test flight

By Mike Wall Last updated 5 March 26

The Japanese company Space One launched its Kairos rocket for the third time ever today (March 4). The rocket failed, as it did on its first two attempts.