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    SpaceX to offer insider shares at record-setting $800 billion valuation

    By Edward Ludlow, Loren Grush, and others
  • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 09: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff on September 9, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Polaris Dawn mission is a private spaceflight backed by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payments platform company Shift4. During the mission, the astronauts will attempt the first spacewalk by a private company. The launch has been re-scheduled from Tuesday, August 27, to Tuesday, September 10th, at 3:38 am and has a four-hour window. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Finance

    SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin win $13 billion in Pentagon launch contracts

    By Eric Johnson and Bloomberg
  • Amazon Founder Jeff BezosTech

    Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin to cut 10% of its workforce

    By Eric Johnson, Loren Grush, and others
  • January 19, 2020 – Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States – SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart a press conference following the successful In-Flight Abort Test of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on January 19, 2020 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Finance

    SpaceX share sale values company around $255 billion

    By Eric Johnson, Katie Roof, and others
  • PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 16: Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. Elon Musk is visiting Paris for the VivaTech show where he gives a conference in front of 4,000 technology enthusiasts. He also took the opportunity to meet Bernard Arnaud, CEO of LVMH and the French President. Emmanuel Macron, who has already met Elon Musk twice in recent months, hopes to convince him to set up a Tesla battery factory in France, his pioneer company in electric cars. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)Finance

    Justice Department sues SpaceX, claiming it discouraged refugees and asylum-seekers from applying

    By Eric Johnson, Loren Grush, and others