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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.

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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

This comes after Starlink said in December that one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space, creating a "small" amount of debris and cutting off communications with the spacecraft.

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American astronaut in space.

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

Titled "ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY," the order calls on the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies to create a space security strategy, and urges efficiency among private contractors.

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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

"Last time I sat before you, I introduced myself, my qualifications, and the challenges and opportunities ahead," Jared Isaacman said. "This time, I bring a message of urgency."

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Israeli innovation will allow oxygen to be produced from Moon's surface

"The technology we've developed is part of a value chain that will allow permanent bases to be established outside the limits of planet earth."

APRIL 22, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A simulation of HELIOS' induction furnace shows sand from the moon burning at 1,600 degree's Celsius.

'NASA rules,' Musk says as SpaceX wins $2.9 billion moon lander contract

"If they hit their milestones, we have a shot at 2024," Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said during the announcement.

APRIL 17, 2021ByREUTERS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

SpaceX wins NASA contract to build spacecraft to fly to moon

The mission will be the first by the US space agency since its Apollo mission, the report said.

APRIL 16, 2021ByREUTERS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

SpaceX Starship SN11 fails to land safely after test launch in Texas

The webcast view was obscured by fog, making it difficult to see the vehicle's landing. Debris from the spacecraft was found scattered five miles (eight km) away from its landing site.

MARCH 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas

SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing... then blows up

For Musk, the billionaire SpaceX founder who also heads the electric carmaker Tesla Inc, the outcome was mixed news.

MARCH 4, 2021ByREUTERS
SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas

As a child, she beat bone cancer. Now she's headed into space

Arceneaux relates how she spent a difficult yet meaningful year in hospital undergoing chemotherapy, and then surgery that replaced part of her femur with a prosthesis.

FEBRUARY 26, 2021ByREUTERS
Physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux poses

SpaceX's Starship prototype explodes on landing after test launch

The Starship rocket destroyed in the accident was a 16-story-tall prototype for the heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS
SpaceX's first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket explodes during a return-landing attempt after it launched from their facility on a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas US. December 9, 2020.

From fighter pilot to astronaut, meet Eitan Stibbe

Stibbe was a close friend of the late Ilan Ramon, and was one of the founders of the Ramon Foundation in his honor.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Eitan Stibbe

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience by its crew of three Americans and one Japanese astronaut, docked 27 hours after launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

NOVEMBER 17, 2020ByREUTERS
NASA and SpaceX launch the first operational commercial crew mission

SpaceX, NASA begin first operational astronaut mission to space

NASA is calling the flight its first "operational" mission for a rocket and crew-vehicle system that was 10 years in the making.

NOVEMBER 16, 2020ByREUTERS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.