private space industry

Francisco Cadaba, ten year veteran at SpaceX, was horribly injured in January during a routine check up, and SpaceX has remained eerily quiet.

Deafening Silence

He may never recover.

SpaceX Reportedly Kept Quiet After an Employee Was Horrifically Injured This Year

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is launching a private space company called Privateer — but that's about as much as we know about the venture.

Space Privateering

The announcement couldn't have been more cryptic.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Is Launching His Own Space Company

During a press conference, cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin told reporters that the leak on board the space station was a "scratch" about two to three cm long.

Money Talks

“The ISS is an amazing system but, unfortunately, it won’t last forever.”

NASA Offers $400 Million for Companies to Build New Space Stations

To some, collecting resources from other planets or asteroids instead of using up the Earth could be the key to ensuring that we — and our planet — survive.

Asteroid Wars

"The solar system can support a billion times greater industry than we have on Earth."

Billionaires Are Dead Serious About Moving Factories to Space

3D Printed Rockets

It's designed to use a renewable fuel for maximum efficiency.

UK Startup Shows Off World's Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine

We don't need 10 spaceports for 29 launches per year.

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

The final frontier has never been closer.

A Glimpse of Our Future in Space