05 Jul 2026
Prediction: $1,000 Invested in SpaceX Today Will Be Worth This Much By 2030
As the late, great Yogi Berra once said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." His quip is especially applicable to a company like Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX +2.83% ) , better known as SpaceX. The stock took off like one of its rockets following its initial public offering (IPO) last month. This surge was particularly impressive, given that SpaceX's IPO was the…
04 Jul 2026
Live coverage: Semiconductor manufacturing test bed to fly alongside Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch
A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch in this file photo. Image: SpaceX. Two semiconductor fabrication test beds will hitch a sub-orbital ride on the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is set to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral shortly after sunrise Sunday.
04 Jul 2026
Ship 40 passes full-duration static fire test as SpaceX readies next Starship mission
SpaceX completed a 60-second static fire test of all six Raptor engines on Ship 40 on July 2, 2026, marking a major step toward the Starship Flight 13 launch targeted for later in July.
04 Jul 2026
In April 2025, four private astronauts on SpaceX’s Fram2 mission became the first humans ever to circle Earth in a true polar orbit, flying directly over both …
Human spaceflight had crossed oceans, docked with stations, circled the Moon and lived in orbit for more than a year before anyone did something deceptively simple: fly people straight over both poles of Earth. That changed with Fram2. Launched by SpaceX at the end of March 2025 and flying through early April, the private mission carried four astronauts into a true polar orbit aboard Crew Dragon…
03 Jul 2026
Could humans someday explore Saturn's moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us?
An illustration of the surface of Titan. (Image credit: Pitris/Getty Images) BOULDER, Colorado - Humans have been exploring outer space since April 1961 with the pioneering flight of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Today, several nations are making new plans to launch human beings back to the moon, then onward to Mars and perhaps beyond. But will that pursuit be short-circuited by the fast-paced…
03 Jul 2026
Starlink satellite captures Starlink 'train' in amazing view from space
SpaceX's Starlink network in action! This amazing video, filmed by one of the satellites in the constellation, provides a rare glimpse of a recently launched batch as they orbit Earth in formation.Credit:...
03 Jul 2026
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX’s millenary milestone
Halfway there NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company’s Electron rocket. A Merlin 1D engine test-fired at SpaceX's development facility in McGregor, Texas. Credit: SpaceX Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most excited about in 2026. The list included things that were, at the time,…
03 Jul 2026
Trump says he expects Musk to donate SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts, despite their 'little dispute'
President Donald Trump said he thinks Elon Musk will donate SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts, the US government's savings program for children.
03 Jul 2026
SpaceX, Explained: 8 Things That Matter the Most After the IPO
SpaceX could end up in your retirement account next. Cheng Xin/Getty Images When SpaceX's initial public offering debuted on June 12, it broke a Wall Street record as the highest-valued IPO in financial history, raising over $75 billion in cold, hard cash.
