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Israeli official asked about Starlink in Iran as Musk weighed in, sources say

The inquiry surfaced as internet monitors and media reported near-total connectivity loss across Iran, renewing attention on satellite internet as a tool to bypass state shutdowns.

A person walks past a sign at a currency exchange, as the value of the Iranian Rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.
SPACEX STARLINK 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020.

Starlink to reconfigure satellites into lower, safer orbit in 2026

 American astronaut in space.

Trump's space order: 2028 Moon landing, lunar outpost by 2030

Jared Isaacman, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 9, 2025.

NASA nominee Isaacman returns to Senate, stressing urgency on US lunar strategy


Rocket junk predicted to crash into moon may not be SpaceX’s fault

The rocket launched in 2015 remained in orbit after it disengaged from the observatory. Now, that orbit is setting it on a direct collision course with the Moon.

 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying three NASA and one ESA astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, November 10, 2021.

SpaceX rocket set for collision course with Moon after 2015 launch

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will collide with the Moon in the first noticed uncontrolled collision into the lunar surface. It won't cause much damage, but it highlights the need to track space debris.

 A rocket is seen heading towards the Moon in this artisitc illustration.

TAU launches radiation shielding tech into space for further testing

Electronics used in space normally must be custom-modified to protect them from radiation. However, the COTS-Capsule protects standard commercial equipment from radiation.

The launch of the "COTS-Capsule" on top of the Cargo Dragon C209 spacecraft

Elon Musk named Time's 2021 'Person of the Year'

Musk chosen 'for creating solutions to an existential crisis, embodying the possibilities and the perils of the age of tech titans and driving society's most daring and disruptive transformations.'

FILE PHOTO - SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019

Elon Musk mulls quitting his jobs, becoming full-time influencer

It was not immediately clear if Musk, a prolific user of the social media platform and the world's richest man, was being serious about quitting his roles.

FILE PHOTO - SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019

Asteroid deflection: NASA’s DART Mission to test planetary defense

The first-of-its-kind mission will head to the asteroid Dimorphos in the Didymos system and test kinetic impactors to see if an asteroid’s trajectory can be altered.

NASA's DART Mission heads for an asteroid, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine (illustrative).

Asteroid deflection: Understanding NASA's DART Mission

Here's everything you need to know about NASA's mission to deflect asteroids.

Asteroid illustrative

SpaceX capsule docks at International Space Station

The astronaut team arriving on Thursday was officially designated "Crew 3" - the third full-fledged "operational" crew that NASA and SpaceX have flown together to the space station.

View of Earth  from the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth in an image taken by NASA astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy August 19, 2020

NASA-SpaceX crew successfully return to Earth from International Space Station

Operating autonomously, the spacecraft began its departure with a 90-minute fly-around of the space station as the crew snapped a series of survey photographs of the orbiting outpost.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, carrying four astronauts, approaches the International Space Station orbiting the Earth

NASA SpaceX Endeavour broken toilets forces astronauts to use diapers

The astronauts boarding the Endeavour's return flight will have to use diapers on their return flight due to a broken toilet.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, carrying four astronauts, approaches the International Space Station orbiting the Earth