The rivalry between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is officially over the moon. NASA announced on Tuesday that it has selected Bezos’ Blue Origin to fly the first of three planned unmanned lunar missions aimed at preparing a future lunar base, giving the company a contract worth about $230 million. The mission, expected no earlier … Read more
STARBASE: SpaceX completed a largely successful test flight of its next-generation Starship rocket on Friday, deploying a fleet of mock satellites and conducting a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, a high-stakes debut for the newly upgraded rocket as Elon Musk’s company prepares to go public.The latest uncrewed Starship launch, designed to enable more frequent … Read more
SpaceX successfully completed the 12th test flight of its massive Starship rocket system on Friday, with the spacecraft making a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean after a high-risk mission that included several technical glitches during the flight.The launch took place shortly after 5.30pm local time (2230 GMT) as SpaceX tested the latest third-generation version … Read more