How civilian astronaut Jared Isaacman built his billion-dollar business
Billionaire Jared Isaacman has made history in space – again. On Thursday, Isaacman floated outside a SpaceX capsule in the vacuum of space for 10 minutes. Isaacman, the billionaire CEO and founder of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, is part…
Brazilian judge deducts $3.3 million from Musk’s Starlink and X to pay social media fines
SAO PAULO (AP) – A judge in Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday seized about $3 million from bank accounts belonging to social media platform X and satellite-based internet service provider Starlink, both companies that Tech billionaire Elon Musk. The move…
T-Mobile alerts via Starlink satellites work even without cell towers
More than 500,000 square miles of land not currently reached by cell towers could soon have access to vital emergency alerts via Starlink satellites. T-Mobile has partnered with SpaceX to send the first successful wireless emergency alert in the U.S….
Wild conspiracy theory about what REALLY happened to the Space X crew during the historic private Polaris Dawn spacewalk
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history this morning after conducting the world’s first commercial spacewalk – the most ambitious goal of the Polaris Dawn mission. But an outrageous theory is circulating on the Internet that the space company faked the whole…
Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic private spacewalk in SpaceX-made suits
A crew of four private astronauts made history in the early hours of Thursday morning when they opened the hatch of their SpaceX Dragon capsule and conducted the first commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk, the riskiest part of the five-day Polaris…
SpaceX releases air from spacecraft while astronauts are inside
A small step SpaceX’s purely civilian mission Polaris Dawn has achieved an incredible feat: the first commercial spacewalk. After billionaire mission commander Jared Isaacman and his crewmate Sarah Gillis completely depressurized their spacecraft, they carefully climbed out of their Crew…
Tech billionaire undertakes first private spacewalk high above Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A tech billionaire conducted the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk venture until now reserved for professional astronauts. Technology entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the…
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman performs first private spacewalk
Technology billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first civilian to undertake a spacewalk early Thursday – despite having already traveled the farthest distance from Earth that a human has traveled since the Apollo moon missions. Footage of the daring stunt shows…
Rewatch SpaceX’s rocket launch today, see photos
If you missed the pre-dawn launch of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission from Florida, you can rewatch it and see photos from the launch here. SpaceX sends Polaris Dawn crew on potentially dangerous mission Four private astronauts have launched on the…
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn rocket seen in the skies over the Washington DC region during launch on Tuesday
WASHINGTON – Early Tuesday morning, people across the Washington DC area were treated to a spectacular view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn rocket seen in the skies over the Washington DC region during launch on Tuesday Early…
