SpaceX Satellites Falling Out of Orbit After Being Hit by Solar Storm February 11, 2022 By Marcia Dunn SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40...
NASA Concerned About SpaceX Satellite Deployment Plan February 10, 2022 By David Shepardson and Steve Gorman The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) raised concerns about SpaceX’s plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink,...
Insurers Pull Back as Risks of Satellite and Space Debris Collisions Surge September 1, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to...
Space Explorers Should Beware of Viruses From Outer Space: Opinion May 26, 2020 By Adam Minter, Bloomberg Opinion This summer, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will launch a rover designed to collect samples of the Martian surface...
NASA Says Software Errors May Have Doomed Boeing Starliner Flight Test February 10, 2020 By Marcia Dunn Defective software could have doomed Boeing’s crew capsule during its first test flight, a botched trip that was cut short...
Space-Faring Nations Need Regulations to Prevent Satellite Collisions: Opinion September 9, 2019 By Adam Minter, Bloomberg Opinion Last week, the European Space Agency reached out to to warn Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. that one of...
NASA Warns SpaceX, Boeing on Space Program Safety Concerns February 21, 2019 By Eric M. Johnson NASA has warned SpaceX and Boeing Co. of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to...
SpaceX Lost Satellite on U.S. Mission Was Uninsured January 23, 2018 By Sonali Basak and Dana Hull U.S. taxpayers may end up paying for the missing satellite launched by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. that crashed...
SpaceX Explosion Linked to Helium System Breach September 26, 2016 By Marcia Dunn SpaceX said Friday that evidence points to a large breach in the rocket’s helium system during a routine prelaunch test...
SpaceX Keeps Insurance Terms Secret September 6, 2016 By Irene Klotz Israel’s Space Communication Ltd. said on Sunday it could seek $50 million or a free flight from Elon Musk’s SpaceX...