The Latest Breaking News from SpaceX

SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit with a rocket that, in a rarity for the company, made its maiden voyage on the flight.

Two dozen lawsuits show the retaliatory attitude of a CEO who isn’t dissuaded by defeats, experts say.

Reasons for the filings mainly center around accusations of degradations to regular cell service, but SpaceX and T-Mobile, partnered up, are disputing this and labeling the move anti-consumer.

The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic positions beyond the Earth. Public and private entities are clamoring to mine the Moon, and a growing halo of space junk is polluting low Earth orbit.

Elon Musk recently announced that he was relocating the companies SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) from their current headquarters in California to Texas. The news has placed a spotlight on the rise in big tech shifting its operations to the Lone Star state, with Austin emerging as a main hub.

"If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation."

On Episode 124 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Czarina Salido about the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields.

The satellite, Tyche, will support military operations, environmental disaster monitoring, mapping development and track the impact of climate change.

SA owned and made satellite Kanyini has been launched onboard a SpaceX rocket, with the $6.5 million mission helping create jobs in the state's space sector.