SpaceX

SpaceX undercut ULA rocket launch pricing by 40 percent

Posted in Hardware on 30th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Air Force awarded SpaceX an $83 million contract, breaking the monopoly that Lockheed Martin and Boeing had held on military space launches for more than a decade.

SpaceVR raises $1.25M to send VR camera satellite into orbit

Posted in Science on 29th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

At the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo in San Jose, California, Holmes said that he has raised more money to make the worlds first virtual reality camera satellite.

NASA says it will help SpaceX with Mars 2018 mission

Posted in Science on 28th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX just announced it's hoping to land an uncrewed Dragon capsule on Mars in 2018, which would make it the first private company to land on another planet. But it's not going alone.

Former SpaceX founding member is starting a new small rockets company

Posted in Science on 27th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

While SpaceX is looking forward to launching its biggest, baddest rocket yet later this year, other companies are scaling down.

Watch out SpaceX: China's space start up industry takes flight

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new generation of Chinese start ups are entering the space race, backed by universities and hedge funds.