• NASA Astronauts aboard SpaceX Capsule Land Safely in Gulf of Mexico

    NASA Astronauts aboard SpaceX Capsule Land Safely in Gulf of Mexico

    Two NASA astronauts aboard the SpaceX capsule completed a successful journey back from the International Space Station on Sunday, landing safely in the Gulf of Mexico to complete a historic two-month mission. The mission by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft marked the first time astronauts used the Gulf as a …
  • Tom Cruise landed $200M movie in space with script-free Zoom call

    Tom Cruise landed $200M movie in space with script-free Zoom call

    EXCLUSIVE: What did Universal Pictures execs require to commit to liftoff of the first-ever narrative feature film to shoot in outer space? According to sources, all it took was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it) and came …
  • Elon Musk describes ‘bleak’ life in ‘strange Gatsby-like house’

    Elon Musk describes ‘bleak’ life in ‘strange Gatsby-like house’

    Elon Musk over the weekend reminisced fondly on his days couch surfing at the homes of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and bemoaned the “strange Gatsby-like house” he is staying in. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, the eccentric Tesla CEO — who recently sold a 16,000-square-foot mega mansion for …
  • Elon Musk tweets that it’s ‘time to break up Amazon’

    Elon Musk tweets that it’s ‘time to break up Amazon’

    Elon Musk’s hiatus from Twitter didn’t last long. Just three days after announcing that he was “off Twitter for a while,” Musk was back on the platform saying that it’s “time to break up Amazon.” The Tesla CEO’s outburst came in response to a Thursday tweet from former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, who …
  • 10 times that Elon Musk proved Tesla doesn't need advertising

    10 times that Elon Musk proved Tesla doesn't need advertising

    Tesla, famously or infamously, doesn’t really spend an money on advertising. Contrast that with the traditional auto industry, which, for decades, has been among the biggest and most reliable ad spenders on the planet. In the “Mad Men” era, it was possible to devote an entire career to the Buick account and retire happily. Tesla …
  • Elon Musk earns performance-based Tesla payout worth $775M

    Elon Musk earns performance-based Tesla payout worth $775M

    Elon Musk is officially in the money. The Tesla CEO on Thursday became eligible to cash in on a controversial payday which could see him pocket more than $700 million. The electric automaker said in a filing that its board had certified the operational milestone needed to unlock the first award in Musk’s eye-popping $50 …
  • SpaceX isn’t making Elon Musk any richer — yet

    SpaceX isn’t making Elon Musk any richer — yet

    The only thing harder than sending men into space may be making money off it. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch its Crew Dragon capsule into orbit later this week — marking the first time that the US has sent Americans into space in almost a decade. But the billionaire head of SpaceX and electric-auto maker …
  • NASA chief ‘all in’ for Tom Cruise to film on International Space Station

    NASA chief ‘all in’ for Tom Cruise to film on International Space Station

    The International Space Station could become the set of Tom Cruise’s next high-flying flick. Later today, the SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying two NASA astronauts to the ISS. The historic mission will be the first time a commercial spacecraft brings humans into orbit. The “Mission: Impossible” star …
  • SpaceX to launch NASA’s first commercial mission with astronauts today

    SpaceX to launch NASA’s first commercial mission with astronauts today

    SpaceX is set to launch astronauts into space for the first time Wednesday in a historic mission for both NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company. The planned flight from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station will mark the first time that a commercial spacecraft has carried humans into orbit. It will also …
  • SpaceX raises $346M one day ahead of historic rocket launch

    SpaceX raises $346M one day ahead of historic rocket launch

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station. The private rocket company’s launch of its first crewed mission on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will put an end to the …