19 May 2026
SpaceX picks Goldman Sachs to lead record-breaking IPO, sources say
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images
Leslie Picker
2026
19 May 2026
Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk: OpenAI CEO Claims Legal Victory Over Tesla Billionaire—but Whose Property Portfolio Is the Real Winner?
ChatGPT creator Sam Altman has claimed a courtroom victory against his OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk after a federal jury in California threw out a lawsuit in which the Tesla founder claimed that the artificial intelligence company had violated an agreement to operate solely as a nonprofit.
Charlie Lankston
2026
19 May 2026
SpaceX punts Starship V3 launch to May 21 as investigation opens into Starbase worker death
SpaceX is now targeting the evening of May 21 to launch the latest and largest version of its Starship megarocket for the first time By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner
Claire Cameron
2026
19 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 will now launch on May 21
SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch on a critical test flight no earlier than Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas, two days later than initially announced.
@SPACEdotcom
2026
19 May 2026
SpaceX IPO sucks Musk fans and market value from Tesla
For years, there was only one way for mom-and-pop investors to buy into Elon Musk’s vision: shares of Tesla Inc. That’s about to change — and it’s a serious risk for Tesla investors. With the imminent initial public offering of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, the market will have an additional entry point for the “Muskonomy.”
Jordan Fitzgerald
2026
19 May 2026
Musk and Altman take their battle from court to Wall Street ahead of landmark IPOs
Elon Musk arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday, ending one round in the fight between the former friends and co-founders, and setting the stage for an even bigger battle as the billionaires gear up to lead potentially record-setting…
Ashley Capoot, Lora Kolodny
2026
19 May 2026
The SpaceX IPO Could Make Elon Musk a Trillionaire — and Essentially ‘Unfireable’
Elon Musk ’s rocketship-AI company SpaceX is expected to go public on June 12, and when it does, the richest man in the world hopes investors will help him raise $75 billion, valuing the business at somewhere between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion.
Bess Levin
2026
18 May 2026
When is next rocket launch from Vandenberg? Where to see SpaceX liftoff
Before SpaceX launches its Starship rocket in Texas, the company has another Falcon 9 mission planned in California. Here's where you can see liftoff.
Ventura County Star
2026
18 May 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st-ever Starship V3 test gets new launch date
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 will now launch on May 21 The test flight will send Starship's upper stage on a suborbital trajectory partway around the world, with splashdown coming in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia about 65 minutes after liftoff. Starship's Super Heavy first stage will make a controlled splashdown of its own in the Gulf of Mexico about seven minutes after launch. Flight 12…
@SPACEdotcom
2026
