VAN HORN, Texas — When I last visited this West Texas town in 2006, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture was planning to provide suborbital space trips for paying passengers… Read More
SpaceX is planning to break ground on a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility” in Austin, Texas, to support a satellite operation that got its start in Redmond, Wash. The company’s billionaire CEO,… Read More
Starship SN4, the latest in a series of prototypes for SpaceX’s super-rocket, exploded in a huge fireball today just after a static-fire test at the company’s South Texas facility. Four… Read More
A prototype for SpaceX’s Starship super-rocket was destroyed tonight during a pressure test on its pad at the company’s South Texas facility. Streaming video from Boca Chica showed the silo-shaped… Read More
After weeks of preparation, the prototype test vehicle for SpaceX’s monster spaceship, known as Starhopper, fired up its methane-powered Raptor rocket engine for the first time today and lifted ever… Read More
SpaceX says it’ll build and test the prototypes for its next-generation Starship space cruiser and Super Heavy booster in South Texas, despite a deal it struck to build a rocket factory at… Read More
Texas is open for business, according to a new report from CNBC evaluating the economic climate of each state in the nation. Researchers scored each of the 50 states on… Read More
No cactus. No plans to rename a city. No crazy stunts or corporate tax breaks or promises they wouldn’t be able to keep. And no Amazon. Officials from San Antonio… Read More
One of Amazon’s leadership principles is to think big, and that’s exactly what a former Amazon employee is encouraging cities to do if they want to land the retail giant’s… Read More
SHANGHAI, China — An energetic buzz grew as fans poured inside the arena. Lines from concession stands crowded the concourse. Couples smooched on the Kiss Cam. Dancers performed during timeout… Read More