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Space industry

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    Blue Origin LLC
    Bezos shakes up Blue Origin staff incentives ahead of SpaceX IPO

    Rocket maker hopes to quell employee uproar after old options expired without a payout

    3 hours ago
    A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launches from its pad, leaving a bright trail, as people watch from across the water.
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Space exploration
    The Big Read. The hunt for a new Earth

    From the Artemis II Moon mission to investigations of far-flung planets, a new ‘golden age’ of space exploration has arrived

    A digital rendering of exoplanet K2-18b, showing a blue, cloud-covered surface with a bright red star above the horizon in space.
  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
    Visual investigation
    Inside China’s plans to fight in space

    From seizing satellites to striking Earth from orbit — Beijing is developing dual-use capabilities in an intensifying arms race with the US

    A view of Earth centered on the Atlantic Ocean, showing North and South America on the left and Africa on the right. Overlaid are colored orbital tracks labeled “USA-324” in blue near Central America and “TJS-17” and “TJS-16” in yellow off the west coast of Africa, with curved paths indicating their movement in space against a black background
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Technology sector
    Lex. SpaceX and Tesla are on an inevitable collision course

    To the extent shareholders just want exposure to Elon Musk, a single security seems like the sensible end state

    Premium content
    Close-up of the Tesla logo on the wheelcap of a Tesla Model Y L variant.
  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    World
    Europe is ceding sovereignty to SpaceX

    The continent’s alternative is a jobs programme cosplaying as a space strategy

    Laurence Pevsner
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ascends with a fiery exhaust trail, leaving a vapor ring in the sky as it breaks the sound barrier.
  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    SpaceX
    SpaceX obtains right to buy AI start-up Cursor for $60bn

    Elon Musk’s rocket and AI conglomerate is seeking to catch up to rivals OpenAI and Anthropic

    Elon Musk speaks into a microphone in front of a SpaceX logo at an outdoor event.
  • Monday, 20 April, 2026
    Amazon.com
    Amazon’s ambition to rival Starlink set back after Blue Origin rocket grounded

    Federal Aviation Administration forces Jeff Bezos’s space venture to halt operations of flagship New Glenn

    Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launches from a pad, leaving a bright exhaust trail and clouds of smoke rising near a stop sign.
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Satellites
    Lex. Amazon satellite deal takes battle of the billionaires into orbit

    Bezos and Musk compete for extraterrestrial dominance

    Premium content
    A communication satellite with large solar panels orbits above Earth's surface, showing land and cloud formations below.
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    FT Investigations. Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases

    Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

    The CERES-1 carrier rocket launches, surrounded by clouds of smoke and flame at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2026
    Satellites
    Amazon agrees $11.6bn takeover of satellite group Globalstar

    Deal will bolster tech group’s efforts to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink with its own low Earth orbit satellite business

    A rocket launches, with bright flames and smoke billowing at the base of the launch pad.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    Watches and Jewellery: April
    IWC takes its aviation watchmaking into space

    Tailor-made for astronauts, the timepiece differs from previous efforts by forgoing adaptations of existing models

    The exterior of a space station looking towards earth, with the VAST logo on the spacecraft’s body.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    US companies
    The FT View. Elon Musk’s grip on the future of US space exploration

    As SpaceX gears up for an IPO, America should avoid becoming over-reliant

    The editorial board
    SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off, surrounded by flames and smoke, with two birds flying in the foreground.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Space exploration
    China and Europe launch rare joint space mission

    Solar-focused project seeks to understand geomagnetic storms that can disrupt terrestrial communications

    A computer-generated scene shows the Vega-C rocket’s third and fourth stages with the Smile spacecraft attached, orbiting above Earth.
  • Thursday, 2 April, 2026
    SpaceX
    SpaceX IPO is Musk’s biggest financial moonshot

    Tech showman seeks to tap the Fomo factor with a market sales pitch for the ages

    Richard Waters
    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ascends into a clear sky, leaving a trail of exhaust and flame behind it.
  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
    Amazon.com
    Amazon in talks to buy $9bn satellite group Globalstar in bid to rival Musk’s Starlink

    Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX’s low Earth orbit internet service

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches, producing bright flames and thick clouds of smoke at lift-off
  • Monday, 30 March, 2026
    Companies
    AI satellite start-ups gain traction with investors ahead of SpaceX IPO

    Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’s commitment to putting data centres in space boosts fortunes of smaller players

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Nasdaq 100
    Lex. Nasdaq finds SpaceX’s gravitational pull hard to resist

    Proposed change to index-inclusion policy would benefit Elon Musk ahead of IPO

    Premium content
    A display at Nasdaq MarketSite shows the Nasdaq Composite down 1.14%, with reflections of people and an American flag in the background.
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    World
    China and Russia are capturing the global space sector

    Beijing and Moscow are exploiting the extraplanetary ambitions of less developed countries

    Jana Robinson
    A Long March 3II rocket launches Venezuela 1 Telecom Satellite at night, with bright flames and smoke billowing from the launch pad.
  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    Professional services
    Alphaville. You probably can’t afford to visit the Moon, sorry

    Pioneer$ only

  • Monday, 2 March, 2026
    SpaceX
    SpaceX lines up Starship launch next year as Elon Musk targets $1.5tn IPO

    Executives signal mid-2027 debut for rocket that is central to billionaire’s Mars and Moon ambitions

    Gwynne Shotwell speaks on stage during her keynote at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, gesturing with both hands.
  • Wednesday, 25 February, 2026
    Technology sector
    Putting data centres in space is even harder than it sounds

    Treating orbit as a workaround for AI’s energy needs would accelerate satellite congestion and degrade the night sky

    Rebekah Reed
    A graphic depicting Earth surrounded by dense clouds of coloured dots representing space debris in various orbits
  • Wednesday, 11 February, 2026
    European companies
    UK space start-up Orbex collapses as takeover talks break down

    Government-backed rocket maker in administration with £49mn in debt after sale discussions with Europe’s TEC fail

    The Orbex rocket viewed from below, with the Orbex logo and several European flags displayed near the top, held by a launch support structure against a dark sky.
  • Tuesday, 10 February, 2026
    World
    Britain is falling behind in the European space race

    The potential sale of the Scottish rocket start-up Orbex shows the gap between rhetoric and reality

    John Gapper
    The Orbex Prime rocket stands upright on a launch pad, illuminated by blue lights and surrounded by beams of light projected into the night sky
  • Tuesday, 10 February, 2026
    Companies
    ‘The race is on’: will Musk be the first to put a data centre in space?

    Tech billionaire’s desire to put computer infrastructure into orbit is central to $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with xAI

    A montage of Elon Musk and logos of xAI and SpaceX with planet Earth in the background
  • Wednesday, 4 February, 2026
    Satellites
    Russian spy spacecraft have intercepted Europe’s key satellites, officials believe

    Unencrypted European communications are being targeted by Moscow

    An Intelsat satellite with large blue solar panels and multiple dish antennas floats in space
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