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Amazon's Blue Origin wins Nasa contract to deliver rover to Moon — with an eye on SpaceX
Fp Staff •The $190 million deal gives Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin a chance to prove its lunar lander and challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to deliver Nasa’s next-generation rover to the Moon
Elon Musk becomes the first person to hit $500 billion net worth: Forbes
•Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday became the first person ever to achieve a net worth of nearly $500 billion, propelled by a rebound in the EV company's shares and surging valuations of the tech entrepreneur's other startups this year.
History Today: The story behind the first flight around the world
Fp Explainers •The first successful flight around the world took place on September 28, 1924, by the United States Army Air Service. The ambitious mission began on April 6, 1924, when four specially designed Douglas World Cruisers took off from Seattle, Washington. On this day in 2008, SpaceX achieved a historic breakthrough when its Falcon 1 rocket became the first privately developed liquid-fuelled launch vehicle to successfully reach Earth’s orbit
SpaceX calls Starship launch 'a success' as megarocket splashes down in Indian ocean 'as planned' | WATCH
Fp Staff •SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, successfully launched on its 10th test flight Tuesday from Texas, a key step after past failures in Elon Musk’s push to make humanity a multiplanetary species.
SpaceX defers 10th Starship launch in Texas due to cloudy weather, 2nd delay in 24 hrs
Fp Staff •SpaceX on Monday postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket in Texas due to cloudy weather, a day after scrubbing a previous attempt over a technical issue. The test flight has now been rescheduled for Tuesday.
SpaceX scrubs 10th test flight of Starship megarocket after ground systems trouble
Fp Staff •SpaceX called off the 10th test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday night, stopping the countdown just minutes before liftoff because of a ground systems issue.
Who is Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy leaving Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
Fp Explainers •Kairan Quazi, a teenage prodigy of Bangladeshi origin, became an engineer at Elon Musk’s SpaceX at 14. Now 16, he has announced that he will be joining Citadel Securities in New York as a global trading infrastructure engineer. He is considered one of the youngest university graduates in the United States
Lasers, sabotage and more... How China is planning to challenge Musk’s Starlink in space
Fp Explainers •China is increasing efforts to counter Elon Musk’s Starlink, the world’s largest satellite internet network. From attack satellites and lasers to building its own mega-constellation, Beijing sees Starlink’s dominance and US military links as a major security risk. But with 8,000 satellites already in orbit, can China contain Starlink?
Trump explored ways to cut contracts with Elon Musk's SpaceX after fallout but failed: Report
Fp Staff •Following the fallout between Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, the administration explored the possibility of cutting contracts awarded to Elon Musk's SpaceX, but concluded that it was not possible as SpaceX was involved in critical work for the Department of Defense and Nasa and there were few to no alternatives, according to a report.
Vy Capital and Elon Musk: What is the secretive investment firm behind the tech billionaire?
Fp Explainers •With a skeleton crew and zero fanfare, Vy Capital quietly became one of Elon Musk’s biggest financial backers — funding SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, and Twitter (now X). Now, the $15 billion firm is shutting its doors to outside investors. Who are the power players behind Vy, and why have they stayed so silent?