Why SpaceX Will Be at the Center of the NASA Hearings This Week
SpaceX and its rivals in the commercial space flight industry will be watching closely as President Obama's proposed $19 billion 2017 NASA budget comes under Congressional scrutiny on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleWhy Jeff Bezos Will Go Further in Space Than Richard Branson
Jeff Bezos wants Blue Origin to do for space tourism what Amazon did for e-commerce and he plans to start launching people into orbit as soon as 2018, according to a New York Times report. Bezos is...
View ArticleHere's When SpaceX Is Planning Its Next Cargo Launch
SpaceX is planning to get back on schedule for its launches after a long delay for its most recent cargo flight. NASA announced Friday that SpaceX will be sending a resupply mission to the...
View Article3 Things to Watch for From SpaceX in April
SpaceX probably isn't looking forward to April showers. Elon Musk and his team have way too much planned and will need some clear skies to make it all come about. Here's what to keep an eye on from...
View ArticleSpaceX Just Had a Huge Success
Update: SpaceX successfully landed the first-stage rocket on the drone barge, a huge success for the company, see below for more. The 1st stage of the Falcon 9 just landed on our Of Course I Still...
View Article3 Ways the SpaceX Landing Could Change Everything
SpaceX scored an enormous success on Friday when the first stage of a rocket launched to the International Space Station landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, gently enough to be...
View Article3 Things to Watch for From SpaceX This Summer
Elon Musk and the SpaceX team won't be spending their summer laying out and tanning. Instead, it looks like SpaceX will be on the beaches of Florida just to watch more of their rockets rising into...
View ArticleFrom a Building in Rural Va., Internet for Far Corners of the Globe
People living in East Timor and Micronesia want to be online just like the rest of us. In a building in Manassas, Va. O3b Networks is making sure they can get access no matter how remote they are....
View ArticleWhy a Dulles Company Wants to Buy Some Cold War Missiles
The Cold War era missiles that once threatened global annihilation could be converted to a much more productive use if Orbital ATK gets its way. The Dulles, Va.-based aerospace firm is attempting to...
View ArticleSpaceX Scores Huge Military Satellite Contract
SpaceX has won a major $83 million contract to launch a US Air Force military satellite into orbit. It's the first time SpaceX has been awarded a military satellite contract, and the first time in...
View ArticleOffice Envy: NanoRacks Decorates With Mementos of an Exploding Spaceship
When the Orbital ATK rocket exploded on the launchpad in Virginia two years ago, the cargo scattered into the ocean. Some of it washed back up on shore, damaged or completely wrecked, but there was an...
View ArticleWhere in DC to Watch the 1st Virginia Rocket Launch in 2 Years [Map]
Orbital ATK is set to launch its first rocket from Wallops Island in Virginia since one exploded on the launchpad two years ago. The launch, slated for 7:40 p.m. Eastern, will be visible from up and...
View ArticleOne Massive Deal Boosted DC Venture Capital in Q4
While the numbers might indicate that Washington, D.C. area startups saw a lot of venture capital flowing their way in the fourth quarter of 2016, that's almost entirely thanks to the $1.2 billion...
View ArticleMeet D.C.'s New All-Women Co-working Space
The Wing, an all-women coworking space based in New York City, is expanding into D.C. While the timeline for the D.C. space remains unclear, the chain closed a $8 million Series A round earlier this...
View ArticleHow Elon Musk's SpaceX Is Helping Get This McLean Company's Satellites Into...
You might've missed it this weekend while soaking up the sunny weather over at Georgetown Waterfront or Meridian Hill Park. With the help of Elon Musk's SpaceX, 10 satellites from a McLean, Va....
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