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Elon Musk at the manufacturing plant for SpaceX in El Segundo, California, on Jan. 9, 2005.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 15, 2026
SpaceX’s unlikely journey from far-out idea to $2 trillion juggernaut
SpaceX’s success has never been a sure thing, and the company has alternated between eye-catching failures and resounding successes.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell at a keynote conference at the 2026 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 9, 2026
How SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has achieved Musk’s lofty ambitions
The company’s president has spent 24 years focused on building and selling SpaceX through her engineering expertise and dealmaking ​instincts.
Prada's Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment spacesuit is displayed during a media event in New York on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2026
NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry
The Italian fashion house’s Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment was created in collaboration with Houston-based space ​infrastructure developer Axiom Space.
Axiom Space's latest funding round includes support from new backer MUFG Bank, Japan’s largest bank, along with existing investors, the startup has said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2026
Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor
The startup is among several firms competing to build a commercial replacement to the International Space Station, which is set to be decommissioned by 2030.
Japan’s push into space-based solar power could reshape the future of global energy and position the country ahead of the U.S. and China in the next phase of the space race.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2026
A space race the Land of the Rising Sun is winning
Japan takes the lead in space-based solar power exploration.
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 12th test flight at Starbase, Texas, on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 23, 2026
SpaceX’s Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO test
The outcome could boost investor confidence ahead of SpaceX’s initial public offering next month, expected to be the largest in history.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, at the Viva Technology conference in Paris in June 2023
BUSINESS / Tech
May 7, 2026
SpaceX IPO gives Musk sweeping power and curbs shareholder rights
The rocket maker has adopted ⁠corporate governance policies that will erode typical shareholder protections in unprecedented ways.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launches from the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2026
It’s up to SpaceX and Blue Origin to stick the moon landing
NASA is betting on SpaceX and Blue Origin to build lunar landers for the Artemis III mission next year, paving the way for the first mission back to the moon since 1972.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2026
Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time
The novel recycling approach comes amid fierce competition between Bezos’s firm and fellow tech titan Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has also recovered a booster.
A young boy wearing an astronaut costume cheers next to a woman waving a flag as they watch a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum during a watch party for the crew's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, in San Diego on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2026
Artemis II lunar mission draws flood of conspiracy theories
Hashtags such as “fake space” and “fake NASA” have gained traction online since NASA’s lunar fly-by sent astronauts farther from Earth than any human before.
Crowds watch the Artemis II Orion capsule splash down off the coast of San Diego at the Air and Space Museum on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2026
‘Howl at the moon’: NASA’s bid to boost space enthusiasm
From social media posts clipped from livestreamed events with the astronauts to an extraordinary portfolio of photos, viewers caught an eyeful of Artemis II.
The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday in this screenshot from a livestreamed video.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2026
Splashdown of Artemis II astronauts concludes 10-day moon mission
The splashdown capped the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of the moon in over half a century.
The Artemis II crew take a selfie midway through their lunar observation period on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2026
Artemis II’s awe reminds us of science’s fragility and importance
Artemis II is a desperately needed reminder of the magic that can happen when humans come together to realize a lofty goal.
This handout picture released on Wednesday by NASA shows a view of the moon, including the Orientale basin and the dark lava plains visible, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2026
NASA’s lunar success sharpens focus on China’s 2030 crewed landing goal
Four U.S. astronauts on the Artemis II mission this week flew past the moon’s shadowed far side, traveling deeper into space than any humans before.
A view of the moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, as photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft's solar arrays during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the moon on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 8, 2026
‘Screams of delight’: Artemis crew flying home to thrilled NASA scientists
Of note was their stunning shot of an Earthset, the moment when Earth drops below the rugged lunar horizon.
The moon is seen as the Artemis II mission's Orion spacecraft approaches its furthest distance from Earth, in this screen shot taken from livestreamed video.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2026
Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before
The six-hour flyby, which swooped to ​within 6,550 km of the lunar surface, came six days into the world’s first voyage of astronauts to the vicinity of the moon.
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 1.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 6, 2026
On NASA’s moon mission, the biggest headache has been the toilet
Getting the complicated piece of equipment, known as the Universal Waste Management System, to work properly during the flight has become a recurring issue.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels toward the moon on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2026
Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby
The next major milestone of the approximately 10-day journey is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the “lunar sphere of influence.”
This screen shot from a live broadcast shows NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch (left), NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover (second left), Canadian Space Agency astronaut Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen (second right) and NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman during a press call as they travel toward the moon in the Orion spacecraft on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2026
Artemis astronauts more than halfway to moon, putting Earth in rearview
NASA’s online dashboard showed Saturday that the Orion spacecraft was more than 229,000 kilometers from Earth.
The Orion spacecraft on its second day into the Artemis II mission on Friday
WORLD
Apr 4, 2026
58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion
They’re sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets — astronauts, they’re just like us.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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