Jeff Bezos Sending Humans to Space Next Year: Too Good to be True?
Jeff Bezos was named the richest person in history back in January. And, based on this week’s announcement, that label wasn’t enough for him. Now, Bezos will be adding ‘sending people to space’ to his …
NASA Launches Historic Probe To The Sun
In the early hours of Yesterday morning, another NASA launch was underway; this time, a historic mission to the sun. Well not quite to it but near it — the probe will be venturing to …
Boeing Shares Could Hit $400 Despite Trade War Conflict
Boeing shares plunged significantly in the last two weeks amid escalating trade war tensions between the two largest economies. Traders believe that Boeing stands at the front line of the China-US trade war conflict as …
Maxar Technologies Report Q1 Earnings Amid New Space Economy – Stocks Surge 15%
Space technology firm Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) has lauded higher-than-expected results in their first quarter 2018 financial report, leading to a stock price surge.
Some highlights for the quarter include net earnings of $31 …
Boeing And Airbus Face Contract Losses Worth Billions as US Pulls out of Iran Nuclear Deal
US Exits Iran Nuclear Deal: Aerospace and defense manufacturing giants Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Airbus (OTC:EADSY) are set to lose a combined $39 billion in contracts after president Donald Trump announced that the US will pull …
Airbus States Fears of Investment Decline Over ‘Hard Brexit’
European aeronautical manufacturing firm Airbus has voiced concerns over the negative effects that Britain leaving the EU could have on the aviation industry.
Although headquartered in France, Airbus relies on the UK to …
Qatar Airways to Purchase Five Boeing Aircraft
Qatar Airways Purchase five Planes from Boeing: Qatar Airways (private) announced today that it has come to an agreement with Boeing (NYSE:BA) to purchase five of the aviation company’s 777 Freighters.
A letter …
SpaceX Broadband: Company Recieves Go-Ahead From U.S. For Global Broadband
SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its ambitious plan to offer a global broadband service from space, using a network of 4,425 satellites which will orbit the Earth.
The …
Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1, Falling Back To Earth
Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere sometime between March 30 and April 2.
According to Chinese officials in a May 2017 report, the station, which had been put …
Money is Running Out for NASA’s International Space Station, and Boeing are Seeking Private Funding
It’s no secret that NASA has been struggling financially over the years. Government funding has been repeatedly cut, and now President Trump has requested that their already meager budget focuses more on the development of …