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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned with 6,700 pounds of advanced gear, marking a milestone in space exploration. 🛡️ The MISSE-20 project tested material durability, offering insights for future spacecraft design. 🤖 The Astrobee-REACCH robotic system demonstrated its potential in satellite servicing and debris management. 📚 The Story Time from Space project brought STEM-themed books to classrooms, …

AI labs wanted him. Big Tech did too. But in the end, it was quant finance that won over teen prodigy Kairan Quazi. The 16-year-old, who garnered worldwide attention in 2023 for graduating from college and landing a job as a SpaceX engineer at age 14, starts this week as a quant developer at systematic trading giant Citadel Securities in …

SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) on Monday morning. The company is targeting 8:44 a.m. for the launch of its latest Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East. The launch window will be open until 12:44 p.m., according to VSFB officials. SpaceX says the rocket will be delivering 24 Starlink …

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft’s orbit has shown something phenomenal about the Earth, and it’s left social media users making the same point. After the Fram2 mission successfully shared the ‘first views of Earth’s polar regions’ from its Dragon spacecraft in April this year, we’ve been treated to another video of the spacecraft doing its thing. On April 1 at around 9:46pm, …

SpaceX Declares “They Walked Out on Their Own” After Dragon Capsule Brings Home 6,700 Pounds of Next-Gen Robots From Daring Mission  Rude Baguette NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission  NASA (.gov) Crew 10 returns to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown  Spaceflight Now 4 people and 5 months in space, NASA’s Crew-10 mission safely returns to Earth  NPR Astronauts return to Earth in …

PARK CITY, Utah — SpaceX will perform its next Starship/Super Heavy test flight Aug. 24 after completing an investigation into the failure of the previous mission and getting approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. To continue reading this article: Register now and get3 free articles every month. You’ll also receive our weekly SpaceNews This Week newsletter every Friday. Opt-out at …

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images From an economic standpoint, it makes sense for the federal government to grant eye-watering contracts to stimulate the economy because the eventual returns as tax revenue will dwarf the initial investment. However, that argument is moot if the taxes aren’t collected on the other side. SpaceX has paid little …

Since its founding in 2002, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as the leading force in commercial spaceflight and a key launch provider for the U.S. government. A recent investigation suggests its dominance may stem—at least in part—from two decades of federal tax avoidance. Internal company documents reviewed exclusively by The New York Times show that SpaceX can exploit net operating …

SpaceX officials have privately boasted to investors that a tax benefit signed into law by President Donald Trump means it may never have to pay federal income taxes, The New York Times reports. Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, allowing corporations to roll over their heavy losses, known as a carryback, indefinitely to skirt paying some …

The New York Times got its mitts on some confidential documents showing that Elon Musk’s privately held SpaceX had likely paid little or no income tax since being founded in 2002. And the company is even secretly telling investors it may never have to pay any. It’s all part of the joy of how the American tax system props up …