SpaceX

Musk claims Starship heat shield problem is solved

Elon Musk declared Starship's persistent heat shield problem "solved" during SpaceX's first-ever earnings call on Tuesday, marking what the CEO called a turning point for the rocket program that has spent years battling tile failures during reentry.

Satellite images show tugboats towing SpaceX Starship through Indian Ocean

Satellite images captured over the weekend reveal a fleet of recovery vessels working to tow SpaceX's Starship prototype through the Indian Ocean, more than a week after the 52-meter spacecraft splashed down following the company's 13th integrated test flight on…

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SpaceX posts $7.8B in Q2 revenue in first report since IPO

SpaceX reported second-quarter revenue of $7.8 billion on Tuesday evening, a 92% year-over-year increase that exceeded Wall Street's consensus estimate by nearly $1 billion in the company's first earnings release as a publicly traded company.

Musk loses over $600B as Tesla, SpaceX shares plunge

Elon Musk's net worth has been cut nearly in half since mid-June, falling from a peak of roughly $1.33 trillion to approximately $684 billion as of August 1, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. The decline of more than $646 billion…

Musk calls report of Tesla China sell-off ‘fake news’

Elon Musk moved swiftly to deny a Wall Street Journal News Corp report that Tesla is considering a separation of its China business to clear the path for a potential merger with SpaceX, calling the story "absurdly fake news" on…

Tesla weighs selling China business to clear path for SpaceX merger

Tesla is considering separating or selling its China business as geopolitical tensions between the United States and China intensify, a move that could also clear the path for a potential merger with SpaceX, according to a Wall Street Journal News…

SpaceX sends vessel to recover Starship floating in Indian Ocean

More than 100 hours after achieving its softest splashdown ever, SpaceX's Starship upper stage remains afloat in the Indian Ocean, and the company is now sending a vessel to retrieve it.

Musk says Russia got Starlink via smuggling, not sales

Elon Musk has detailed how Russian military forces acquired Starlink satellite internet terminals, saying they were smuggled from Ukraine rather than sold directly by his company. In the same interview, the SpaceX CEO called for a "pragmatic" peace deal, describing…

SpaceX launches Starship on 13th test flight after delays

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its 13th test flight from the company's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Friday, July 24, after a series of delays that included an engine abort and weather scrubs over the past week.…

Morgan Stanley says SpaceX at $100 would imply zero AI value

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas warned on Thursday that many investors expect SpaceX shares to fall to $100 as lockup restrictions from the company's June IPO begin expiring next month, a level he argues would imply zero or even negative…

SpaceX targets Starship Flight 13 launch today after July abort

SpaceX is preparing to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket today, Thursday, July 23, with a 90-minute window opening at 6:45 p.m. EDT from Starbase, Texas. The attempt comes after a July 16 abort when engines on…

SpaceX sets Aug. 4 earnings date, triggering $123B share unlock two days later

SpaceX is preparing for one of the largest share unlocks in capital markets history, with approximately $123 billion worth of insider stock becoming eligible for sale on August 6, two trading days after the company reports its first-ever quarterly earnings…

Foxconn lands first SpaceX AI server order worth $52B

SpaceX is negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense to provide data center capacity worth billions of dollars for running artificial intelligence models, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal published on July 17. The discussions, which…

Binance to launch SpaceX futures settled in Trump-linked USD1

Binance Futures will launch a new perpetual contract tied to SpaceX shares on July 20, 2026, offering traders leveraged exposure to the aerospace company's stock settled in USD1, the stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial with ties to President Donald…

AI debt boom strains credit markets as spreads widen

The corporate bond market is flashing caution as the largest technology companies accelerate borrowing to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, with spreads among hyperscaler issuers widening 10 to 30 basis points in recent days and SpaceX's debut 30-year bond pushing toward…

Space startups raise $7.5B in Q2 as SpaceX IPO draws new investors

Global investment in space startups remained near record levels in the second quarter of 2026, as enthusiasm surrounding SpaceX's historic initial public offering attracted a wave of new capital into the sector, according to a report released Wednesday by Seraphim…

SpaceX stock falls below $135 IPO price for first time

SpaceX shares fell below their $135 initial public offering price on Wednesday for the first time since the company went public just over a month ago, extending a punishing sell-off that has erased hundreds of billions of dollars in market…

SpaceX’s Starship to carry satellites for first time on Thursday’s Flight 13

SpaceX is set to launch its 13th Starship test flight on Thursday, July 16, carrying operational payloads for the first time, while a newly announced deal with Japanese lunar company ispace signals growing commercial demand for the rocket's Moon-landing capabilities.

Musk says Starlink now delivers 10 Gbps speeds worldwide

Elon Musk declared on Thursday that SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service can now provide reliable 10-gigabit-per-second symmetric upload and download connectivity anywhere on Earth, a claim that marks a dramatic leap for satellite-based broadband but arrives alongside growing scientific alarm…

Japan’s reusable rocket completes first test flight

Japan's experimental reusable rocket lifted off and safely landed on Saturday in its first test flight, marking a step forward for the country as it seeks to develop cost-cutting launch technology and compete in a global space market dominated by…

Musk calls Anthropic the ‘clear AI leader,’ reversing earlier criticism

Elon Musk on Thursday publicly acknowledged Anthropic as the leading company in artificial intelligence, admitting he was "clearly wrong" about the startup he had previously disparaged as unlikely to succeed. The remarks represent a striking reversal for the SpaceX and…

Musk says xAI’s Grok 4.5, trained on Cursor data, launches Thursday

Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that SpaceXAI will release Grok 4.5, the company's latest large language model, to the public on Thursday, July 9, following an 11-day private beta with SpaceX and Tesla teams. The model marks the first major…

SpaceX seeks FCC approval for 100,000 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization to deploy a third-generation Starlink constellation of 100,000 satellites, a proposal that would represent a tenfold increase over its current fleet and the company's most ambitious regulatory bid…

Global equity fundraising hits highest level since 2021

Worldwide equity fundraising reached $729.4 billion in the first half of 2026, marking the second-highest start to a year ever recorded, according to Mergermarket data reported by The Wall Street Journal. The surge reflects a wave of deal-making buoyed by…

Musk denies report that SpaceX showed AI device to investors

Elon Musk on Wednesday denied a report from The Wall Street Journal News Corp that SpaceX had privately showcased a prototype of an AI-powered consumer device to investors, calling the claim "utterly false" in a post on X. SpaceX shares…

SpaceX bond losses mount, stoking bubble warnings

SpaceX has endured a bruising start to life as a publicly traded company. Shares of the Elon Musk-led aerospace and AI conglomerate closed at $153 on Thursday, June 25 — more than 24% below their record close of $201.80 and…

Allianz CIO warns SpaceX bond sale signals ‘bubble territory’

SpaceX completed a record $25 billion inaugural bond sale on Tuesday, less than two weeks after its historic initial public offering, as investor demand swelled to nearly $90 billion in orders — prompting one of Europe's top financial executives to…

Musk loses trillionaire status after SpaceX, Tesla sell-off

Elon Musk is no longer a trillionaire. Just days after becoming the first person to cross the $1 trillion net worth threshold, the world's richest person has seen his fortune fall back to $957 billion following a sharp decline in…

A16z investor says SpaceX has clear path to AI in space

Andreessen Horowitz general partner David George said on Tuesday that SpaceX has a clear path to deploying artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in orbit, describing the company's planned satellites as "airplane-sized GPU racks in space" during an interview on Bloomberg Television's…

Bitcoin opens at two-week low as SpaceX-led tech rout deepens

Bitcoin opened Wednesday at its lowest level in roughly two weeks, hovering near $62,660 after shedding value throughout the prior session as a global technology sell-off — led by SpaceX's post-IPO rout — deepened risk-off sentiment across crypto markets.