SpaceX Appeals FCC Denial of Rural Digital Opportunity Money
Technology
SpaceX Appeals FCC Denial of Rural Digital Opportunity Money
2022-09-14 20:27:13
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s SpaceX is appealing the $885 million denial from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund in early August. The company had won the grant in 2020, which would have subsidized the deployment of its satellites to bring internet... Read More

SpaceX Launches Three Visitors to Space Station for $55M Each
Space
SpaceX Launches Three Visitors to Space Station for $55M Each

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist... Read More

Space Force to Lead Rocket Cargo Vanguard Program
Military
Space Force to Lead Rocket Cargo Vanguard Program
2021-06-09 17:24:09
by Reece Nations

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force announced it has designated the United States Space Force as the lead service for its “Rocket Cargo Vanguard Program,” a science and technology effort intended to determine the viability of large commercial... Read More

NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost
Space
NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost
2021-02-10 16:54:03
by TWN Staff

NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif., to provide launch services for the agency’s Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost, the foundational elements of the "Gateway" -- the first long-term orbiting outpost around the Moon. The Gateway... Read More

SpaceX Accused of Discrimination Against Foreign Job Applicants
Litigation
SpaceX Accused of Discrimination Against Foreign Job Applicants
2021-02-02 15:54:58
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is accusing SpaceX of stonewalling for information after a job applicant filed a complaint saying the rocket company discriminates against foreign citizens. U.S. attorneys said in a court filing last week that they subpoenaed documents... Read More

SpaceX Capsule and NASA Crew Make 1st Splashdown in 45 years
Space
SpaceX Capsule and NASA Crew Make 1st Splashdown in 45 years

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. It was... Read More

NASA Selects Three Companies to Design New Lunar Landing Craft
Science
NASA Selects Three Companies to Design New Lunar Landing Craft
2020-04-30 19:58:18
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - NASA awarded contracts to three companies on Thursday to design and develop human landing systems, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024 as part of the... Read More

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