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The chartered passenger flight marks a big step in space tourism.

SpaceX is set to make history once again, as Elon Musk’s space company prepares to launch a four-member nonprofessional crew to orbit.

Michael Brown, best known as the Caltech scientist who “demoted” or “killed” Pluto, believes there is a ninth planet in the far reaches of the solar system that has not been discovered yet. The man whose team previously discovered dwarf planets Eris and Sedna explains his hunch about the next planet out there.

Rocket Lab signed a five-launch contract with European satellite data company Kinéis. The deal adds to the space company’s backlog.

Khosla Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, made multiple early bets on Rocket Lab that are paying off enormously.

The FAA is investigating Virgin Galactic’s July 11 flight that carried owner Richard Branson into space.

About 2½ minutes after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Firefly’s rocket began flipping end over end and exploded in the air.

Space infrastructure conglomerate Redwire began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, joining a flurry of space companies closing SPAC mergers.

Space company Firefly is aiming to launch its Alpha rocket for the first time on Thursday evening, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The FAA grounded Virgin Galactic on Thursday, as the federal regulator investigates the company’s previous spaceflight that carried founder Richard Branson.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon are again sparring in front of federal regulators over the companies’ satellite internet projects.

With analysts setting their sights on space travel stock Virgin Galactic, two traders lay out their opinions on the name.

Rocket builder Astra’s stock fell sharply in trading on Monday after the company’s launch attempt over the weekend failed after an engine issue at liftoff.

Astra cut short its first launch attempt since the company went public, with the rocket’s engines firing for a moment and then shutting down.

The Bezos, Branson and Musk space race is leading scientists to try to better understand how rocket exhaust and other elements impact the environment.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket for the fourth time this year but Thursday’s mission did not carry people inside the capsule.

Rocket Lab began trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, becoming the latest space company to close a SPAC merger and go public.

Japanese lunar exploration start-up ispace on Monday unveiled the next generation of its cargo lander, under development by its U.S. subsidiary in Colorado.

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is preparing to go public, announcing on Monday that it will merge with a SPAC to list on the Nasdaq.

Blue Origin has lost a number of key leaders and engineers this summer, CNBC has learned, with most leaving in the weeks after founder Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight.