Tesla teases new Roadster reveal for October 1: ‘Go for launch’
Tesla teases new Roadster reveal for October 1: ‘Go for launch’

Tesla is teasing an October 1 reveal for the new Tesla Roadster, nine years after it first showed the prototype.

The company posted a “Go for launch” teaser image Friday showing the electric hypercar bathed in rocket-launch lighting, with the date “…

Greece picks its first astronaut for a 2027 Vast mission to the ISS
Greece picks its first astronaut for a 2027 Vast mission to the ISS

Adrianos Golemis is set to become Greece’s first astronaut, subject to approval by the space station partners. The European Space Agency has signed an agreement on behalf of Greece with the US company Vast. Vast plans the mission to the International S…

The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX

The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Series C by a European space company.”

Stoke Space raises another billion to rival SpaceX at re-flying rockets

Stoke has “completed the initial closing” of a $1B Series E round intended to help it reach orbit and prepare a new, larger rocket for operations.

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale

The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic’s white-hot compute-gobbling streak.

SpaceX is spending $100bn on a second Starbase, on an old Exxon site in Louisiana
SpaceX is spending $100bn on a second Starbase, on an old Exxon site in Louisiana

SpaceX will build a second Starbase in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, on a former Exxon property on the Gulf Coast, and it puts the price at $ 100 billion. The company describes it as a self-sustaining spaceport with its own propellant production, power …

Anthropic is expected to pitch investors a $30tn market opportunity
Anthropic is expected to pitch investors a $30tn market opportunity

Anthropic is likely to tell IPO investors that its potential revenue opportunity runs above $30tn. That figure would top the $28.5tn SpaceX put in front of investors before its own record listing. Corrie Driebusch reported the number for The Wall Stree…

SpaceX plans a $100B spaceport built for thousands of launches a year
SpaceX plans a $100B spaceport built for thousands of launches a year

SpaceX has announced plans to spend up to $100bn on a launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, intended to support thousands of launches annually and become the main site for Starship. Arianespace is targeting six to eight Ariane 6 launches this…

SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana

The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.

Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after the IPO, a disclosure shows
Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after the IPO, a disclosure shows

Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 of SpaceX stock on 23 June, roughly a fortnight after the company completed the largest initial public offering in history, according to a financial disclosure reported this week. The purchase places the sitting presid…