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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft sits atop its Falcon 8 launcher at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 31. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA has ruled out a weekend launch for a SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station, delaying the…

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled against Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in the company’s lawsuit versus NASA over a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX earlier this year. Federal judge Richard Hertling sided with the defense in his ruling, completing a months-long battle after Blue Origin sued NASA in August.…

If you’re traveling on, say, a train and you’re desperate to use the bathroom and you find it’s out of action, that’s frustrating enough. But the same problem on a spacecraft hurtling toward Earth? No thank you. SpaceX’s Crew-2 astronauts will have to either cross their legs or pee in…

This long-exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay on Feb. 7, 2021.Photo: Mariana Suarez / AFP (Getty Images) SpaceX’s Starlink will eventually have more competition in the satellite broadband business—and rural Americans will have more providers to choose from. The FCC on…

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized Boeing’s request to build and launch its own satellite-based Internet service, paving the way for another competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink project. According to the announcement letter from the FCC, Boeing intends to use its future satellite constellation to provide “broadband and communications…

Enlarge / Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images | Olivier Douliery The Federal Communications Commission today gave Boeing permission to launch 147 broadband satellites. While that's a fraction of the number of satellites approved for other low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, the decision allows Boeing to compete in…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will soon start talks with Indian telecom service providers like Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, BharatNet and Raitel for possible collaborations to offer satellite communication, or broadband from space, services in the hardest-to-reach regions. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sanjay Bhargava, the India head of SpaceX’s Starlink operation,…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA pilot Tom Marshburn, commander Raja Chari, and mission specialist Kayla Barron inside the crew access arm at launch pad 39A during a dry dress rehearsal Oct. 28. Credit: SpaceX The planned launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule…

Home News Spaceflight The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station for NASA pose for a photo on the gantry to their Crew Dragon Endurance during a launch rehearsal. They are (from left): ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron.…

The world’s richest man’s poor sense of humor is exposing how much of a boys’ club tech still is. In an Oct. 29 tweet, Musk proposed opening a school called the Texas Institute of Technology and Science. In a thread, he added, “it will have epic merch, universally admired.” When…