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Vladimir Putin Eyes Lunar Return With Russia's First Space Launch Since 1970s
Monday, August 7, 2023 - 11:14am | 523Russia, after nearly half a century, is marking its return to the Moon. The nation’s space agency, Roscosmos, is making final preparations for the Aug. 11 Luna-25 mission, its first lunar lander since the heyday of the Apollo era. But this time, it’s not just about reaching our...
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Scientists Push For Treaty To Safeguard Earth's Orbit From Harm Caused By Space Industry's Growth
Friday, March 10, 2023 - 7:52am | 356Scientists from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Plymouth, among others, have called for a legally-binding treaty to ensure protection of the Earth’s orbit from the negative impacts of space industry’s rapid growth. What Happened: In a recent article published in the...
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Elon Musk Explains Why Dogecoin Won't Be The 'Official Currency Of Mars'
Monday, January 3, 2022 - 11:05am | 381Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and popular Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) advocate, doesn’t see a place for meme-based cryptocurrency on Mars. What Happened: In a recent interview with Lex Friedman, Musk confirmed that SpaceX is still considering putting Dogecoin on the moon – but...
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Space Race Heating Up: Analyst Recaps Latest Developments From SpaceX, Rocket Lab & Others
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 7:06pm | 674The international space race is heating up, and some investors see major profit opportunities in the future space economy. On Wednesday, Bank of America analyst Ronald Epstein highlighted the latest developments among companies competing for the lead in the nascent commercial spaceflight industry....
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World's Richest Person Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Workers, Customers For Paying For His Space Trip
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 2:53pm | 634Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos became the latest billionaire to travel to space, but a comment he made after the flight has generated some criticism. What Happened: A post-flight press conference featured Bezos and the three other members of the flight, including...
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Blue Origin Successfully Completes Journey To Space, Virgin Galactic Shares Tumble
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 11:01am | 531Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos successfully reached space on Tuesday morning, becoming the second high-profile billionaire to make the journey aboard a private commercial flight this month. What Happened? Bezos and his brother Mark Bezos rode to space aboard the New...
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Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Preparing For Rocket Launch Into Space
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 2:13pm | 255The billionaire space race continues this week as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos will be onboard the New Shepard Rocket scheduled to launch on Tuesday. Bezos has invested billions of dollars into his Blue Origins LLC project which he founded in the year 2000. The space market is expected...
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Books A Flight With Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic
Monday, July 12, 2021 - 5:08pm | 360Another billionaire could heat up the space race. What Happened: Elon Musk watched the Unity 22 fly to space from the Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) Spaceport America headquarters in New Mexico Sunday. Branson confirmed to The Sunday Times that Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX founder...
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Richard Branson Hangs Out With Elon Musk Before Historic Spaceflight
Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 10:17am | 435Virgin Galactic's (NYSE: SPCE) Unity 22 is set to fly to space on Sunday. Sir Richard Branson, who founded the space exploration company, will be one of the few passengers on board. Branson has been in a space travel battle of the billionaires with the Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO and Amazon....
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Richard Branson To Fly July 11 On Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 Spaceflight
Thursday, July 1, 2021 - 7:00pm | 552Virgin Galactic Inc (NYSE: SPCE) recently received FAA certification to take passengers to space and now Sir Richard Branson is on board for a summer excursion. What Happened: After the success of the VSS Unity flight in May, Virgin Galactic met key objectives on the test flight that set...
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Here's Another ETF For The Pentagon's UFO Report
Monday, June 28, 2021 - 8:32am | 219Late Friday, the Pentagon released its highly anticipated report on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). According to our understanding of physics, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Considering that the closest star, Proxima Centauri, is more than four light-years away, it...
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An ETF For The Coming UFO Craze
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 5:55pm | 145Many people are waiting for the Pentagon to release its report on UFOs, or Unidentified Ariel Phenomena (UAP), later this month. It remains to be seen whether or not aliens have been visiting us, but there's no doubt that interest in space and space exploration has been growing. Investors who...
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Cathie Wood's Ark Space Exploration ETF Has 'No Reason' To Exist, Says Cramer
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 1:53am | 837CNBC host Jim Cramer has criticized the new space ETF launched by Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, saying “there aren’t enough genuine space-related stocks to make a decent ETF.” What Happened: The highly anticipated ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (BATS: ARKX), which...
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Cathie Wood's Ark Space Exploration ETF To Begin Trading On Tuesday
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 3:11am | 493Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management’s newest fund, the ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (BATS: ARKX) will begin trading on Tuesday, according to a notification from CBOE Global Markets. What Happened: This will be Cathie Wood and ARK's first ETF launch...
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SpaceX To Launch First 4 Civilians Into Space This Year
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 12:59am | 352On Monday, SpaceX announced it will send four space tourists to orbit Earth on “the world's first all-civilian mission.” What Happened: SpaceX will take four civilians aboard its Crew Dragon Capsule, launched by one of its Falcon 9 rockets, to outer space to orbit Earth during...