Space Exploration

Russia, 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...

Scientists 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...

Elon 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...

The 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....

Amazon.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...

Amazon.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...

The 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...

Another 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...

Virgin 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....

Virgin 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...

Late 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...

Many 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...

CNBC 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...

Cathie 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...

On 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...