#privatespaceflight — Public Fediverse posts

How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/technology/elon-musk-spacex-loans.html

Houston Cheers on Artemis II Moon Mission, Reclaiming Its Place as ‘Space City’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/artemis-ii-nasa-moon-houston-texas.html

Houston Cheers on Artemis II Moon Mission, Reclaiming Its Place as ‘Space City’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/artemis-ii-nasa-moon-houston-texas.html

SpaceX Starship Test Launch: How and When to Watch the 10th Test Flight - After two consecutive scrubs, the Starship vehicle is due for its 10th test flight as Elo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/science/spacex-starship-test-launch.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon

SpaceX Starship 10th Test Flight: How and When to Watch the Launch - After setbacks in its last three flight attempts, Elon Musk’s company has a lot riding on... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/science/spacex-starship-launch.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes - Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most lik... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #governmentcontractsandprocurement #taxcreditsdeductionsandexemptions #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #computersandtheinternet #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #corporatetaxes #satellites #incometax

In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceX - China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink int... - https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000010290263/china-starlink-space-race.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #defenseandmilitaryforces #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #satellites #earth #china

SpaceX to Launch Axiom Mission 4: How to Watch - The fourth mission by the company Axiom Space will help the three countries get to the In... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/science/spacex-launch-axiom-mission-4-watch.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #indianspaceresearchorganization #internationalspacestation #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #axiomspaceinc #whitsonpeggy #india

How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts - If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/science/spacex-nasa-trump-elon-musk.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight

SpaceX to Launch Starship Flight 9: When and How to Watch - Much is riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from J... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/science/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk-mars.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon

What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch - Physicists who record rocket launches and landings, most often by SpaceX, are learning im... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/science/rocket-launch-noise.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #earsandhearing #acoustics #research #geekent #physics #noise

Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas - The early vote tally on Saturday night was “well past” the majority needed to approve the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/spacex-starbase-south-texas-vote.html #realestateandhousing(residential) #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #privatespaceflight #x(formerlytwitter) #cameroncounty(tex) #spaceandastronomy #starbase(tex) #elections #muskelon #texas

Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know - The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html #kuipersystems(amazon.cominc) #rocketscienceandpropulsion #computersandtheinternet #unitedlaunchalliance #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #amazon.cominc #satellites

Eric Schmidt Joins Relativity Space as C.E.O. - The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, w... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/eric-schmidt-relativity-space.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #computersandtheinternet #privatespaceflight #relativityspaceinc #spaceandastronomy #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #mars(planet) #hillspirellc #schmidterice #3-dprinters #satellites #start-ups

Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity - Consecutive losses of the Starship rocket suggest that the company’s engineers are not as... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/science/starship-spacex-explosion-elon-musk.html #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #explosions(accidental) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear - After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/science/intuitive-machines-athena-moon-lander.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #research #moon

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon - The company reached the lunar surface in 2024, and now its second lander aims to improve ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/science/intuitive-machines-second-moon-landing-launch-how-to-watch.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #lunaroutpostinc #astroforgeinc #nokiaoyj #moon

What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means - The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/science/trump-mars-flag.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #artemisprogram #mars(planet) #trumpdonaldj #muskelon #moon

Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics - The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/bezos-blue-origin-launch.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition - If New Glenn lifts off overnight as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket company will be ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/science/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-new-glenn-launch.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025 - Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/science/space-astronomy-nasa.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #kuipersystems(amazon.cominc) #largesynopticsurveytelescope #telescopesandobservatories #twothousandtwentyfive #rubinvera(1928-2016) #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #amazon.cominc

Blue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Test - The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Fede... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/science/new-glenn-blue-origin.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX - A new rocket from Mr. Bezos’ company Blue Origin and a satellite system from Amazon could... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-elon-musk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #kuipersystems(amazon.cominc) #unitedlaunchalliance #privatespaceflight #teslamotorsinc #amazon.cominc #bezosjeffreyp #satellites #blueorigin #muskelon

Musk and Bezos Exchange Posts on X - The world’s two richest men are longtime business rivals, but now one of them has the ear... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/technology/musk-bezos-trump-x-posts.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #highnetworthindividuals #computersandtheinternet #privatespaceflight #x(formerlytwitter) #teslamotorsinc #washingtonpost #amazon.cominc #bezosjeffreyp #trumpdonaldj #blueorigin #muskelon

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk: How to Watch the Astronauts - The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, after traveling through heavy radiation and h... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-astronauts-spacewalk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #protectiveclothingandgear #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #gillissarah #poteetscott #menonanna

Polaris Dawn Astronauts in SpaceX Dragon Reach Record Orbit Above Earth - After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/science/polaris-dawn-spacex-orbit-astronauts.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #recordsandachievements #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Why a Billionaire Is Risking a Spacewalk - Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-mission-spacewalk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #research

SpaceX Rocket Fails, Breaking Apart in Orbit - The failure, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/science/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-fail-starlink-launch.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #satellites #muskelon

Live Video: Watch Launch of Starship on 4th Test Flight - Elon Musk’s moon and Mars rocket reached space in March, but on Thursday SpaceX aims to s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/science/spacex-starship-fourth-test-flight.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #bocachicavillage(tex) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon #starship

NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon - The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capa... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/science/moon-nasa-lunar-terrain-vehicle.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #governmentcontractsandprocurement #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #lunaroutpostinc. #artemisprogram #automobiles #astrolabinc #moon

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Race SpaceX to the Moon - While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a plan to put an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/science/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spacex-moon.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin #muskelon #moon

What is SpaceX’s Starship? - Bigger than the Statue of Liberty, the SpaceX vehicle is central to NASA’s plans to get t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/science/what-is-starship-spacex-rocket.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy

SpaceX to Launch Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander: How to Watch - A day after SpaceX called off the flight of a spacecraft from Intuitive Machines of Houst... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #moon

SpaceX to Launch Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander: How to Watch - Intuitive Machines of Houston, the latest private company to attempt to carry NASA payloa... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #moon

It Started as Winter Break. It Ended With a Doomed Moon Mission. - Carnegie Mellon University students built Iris, a tiny lunar rover. When the spacecraft c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/science/iris-carnegie-mellon-moon-rover.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #rocketscienceandpropulsion #carnegiemellonuniversity #astrobotictechnologyinc #privatespaceflight #travelandvacations #robotsandrobotics #spaceandastronomy #florida #moon

Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere - The Astrobotic Peregrine spacecraft launched last week for a lunar landing, but a propuls... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/science/moon-lander-peregrine-nasa.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #rocketscienceandpropulsion #astrobotictechnologyinc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #moon

SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, NLRB Says - The National Labor Relations Board said the rocket company had wrongly dismissed eight pe... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/business/spacex-elon-musk-nlrb-workers.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #workplacehazardsandviolations #nationallaborrelationsboard #privatespaceflight #sexualharassment #teslamotorsinc #shotwellgwynne #laborandjobs #socialmedia #muskelon #letters #twitter

The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last - AstroForge, a private company, wants to mine a space rock, but it doesn’t want the compet... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/science/secret-asteroid-mission-astroforge.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #minesandmining #solarsystem #astroforge #asteroids #start-ups

The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him - Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technol... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/elon-musk-white-house-pentagon.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #privatespaceflight #defensecontracts #muskelon

A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky - Astronomers warn that BlueWalker3, a test spacecraft with a large array of antennas, coul... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/bluewalker3-ast-spacemobile-astronomy.html #telescopesandobservatories #wirelesscommunications #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #starsandgalaxies #nature(journal) #astspacemobile #satellites #research

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

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#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
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#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
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#SatelliteImprovement
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#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
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#SpaceCraft
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Who will be first to #land #people on the #Moon🌙 : #NASA 🇺🇸 , #China 🇨🇳 , #India 🇮🇳 or private #tourists 💰 💵 ?
"Initial flights are expected in the mid-2020s, carrying commercial astronauts and wealthy #space tourists such as Jared #Isaacman, Yusaku #Maezawa, and Dennis #Tito, the latter two on circumlunar flybys" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship#Variants
The #Moon surface #gravity is about one-sixth of #Earth's (making it way easier to #land) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon

#SpaceAgency #SpaceCompany #PrivateSpaceflight

Private Mars Landing Mission Aims to Beat SpaceX - Relativity Space, which could launch its first rocket soon, and Impulse Space, founded by... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/science/mars-landing-relativity-space-spacex.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #jetpropulsionlaboratory #marsinsight(spacecraft) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #relativityspace #mars(planet) #impulsespace

SpaceX executive defends Elon Musk against misconduct accusations. - Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, addressed sexual harassm... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/technology/spacex-elon-musk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #workplacehazardsandviolations #privatespaceflight #sexualharassment #muskelon

Branson Beats Jeff Bezos to Space, Aiming to Open Space Tourism - The successful trip was the first in a series to the edge of space and beyond by billiona... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/science/richard-branson-virgin-galactic-space.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #travelandvacations #spaceandastronomy #spaceportamerica #bransonrichard #virgingalactic #bezosjeffreyp #virgingroup #blueorigin #newmexico