After setting a record for the longest spaceflight by an American, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan. The 355-day flight, which began April 9, 2021, beat the previous record of 340 days set by Scott Kelly back in 2016. “Beautiful out here,” Vande Hei remarked about what appeared to…

Tesla finally cut the ribbon on its Germany-based gigafactory Tuesday, presenting 30 customers with the first European-made Teslas in the world. With Giga Berlin officially a go, Tesla hopes to better flood the European market, which has so far been supplied by factories in the U.S. and China (where COVID-19 continues to disrupt its Shanghai…

The moon is about to get hit by a giant piece of space junk. The impact, expected on March 4, will carve out a crater that could fit several tractor trailers. A rocket booster was initially identified by an independent researcher as a used Falcon rocket stage from Elon Musk‘s SpaceX, but last month the U.S.…

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is considered one of the most influential people globally, but those titles do not come without criticism. At age 50, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO continues to shake up the auto industry and expand the possibilities of space travel.  In 2021, Tesla reported record growth in each quarter as…

An asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower is zipping through space and will make a “near-Earth” approach this weekend. Experts say the giant space rock, which is about 1,082 feet wide, will not pose a threat to our planet because it will remain about 2.4 million miles away during its closest approach on Dec.…

Just two days after NASA and SpaceX welcomed four astronauts back to Earth, four more astronauts were launched into space via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night. According to a news release from NASA, the rocket lifted off at 9:03 p.m. EST. The astronauts were expected to dock at the International Space Station at…

NASA and SpaceX welcomed four astronauts back to Earth Monday. Their arrival comes just two days before NASA and SpaceX are expected to launch four more astronauts into space. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was supposed to leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, with its capsule splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday…

Rental car company Hertz announced Monday it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla by the end of 2022. The company also said it will make “a significant investment” in “new EV charging infrastructure across the company’s global operations”. Hertz’ interim CEO said that Teslas are already arriving at the company’s sites and should be available…

According to a Morgan Stanley analyst, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on his way to becoming the world’s first trillionaire. But if that happens, it won’t be because of Tesla. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said Musk’s passion project SpaceX would be what gets him there. Jonas said SpaceX is “challenging any preconceived notion of what…

The second passenger flight for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company Blue Origin includes a special guest: “Star Trek” star William Shatner. His invitation to make the trip was due in no small part to Bezos being a huge fan of the show. “We’re just at the beginning, but how miraculous that beginning is,” Shatner said…