NASA panel warns moon plan may be too ambitious

The Moon’s surface seen from the Orion spacecraft on flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission. NASA CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most … Read more

Three space companies at risk of running out of cash

A view from onboard the upper stage of rocket LV0009 during the company’s livestream on March 15, 2022. Astra / NASASpaceflight The space sector’s on the tail end of a boom-and-bust cycle. While many companies battened down the hatches to survive, a few publicly-traded names are running on fumes. A flurry of about a dozen … Read more

Virgin Galactic shares plunge in premarket after Branson rules out further investment

In this photo illustration, British billionaire Richard Branson is seen on a fragment of a Virgin Galactic Unity 22 Spaceflight Livestream Youtube video displayed on a smartphone with the Virgin Galactic logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Virgin Galactic shares plunged more than 14% in premarket trade on Monday, after … Read more

Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Q3 earnings report

Carrier aircraft VMS Eve releases spacecraft VSS Unity before firing its rocket engine during the Unity 25 spaceflight on May 25, 2023. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic plans to pause spaceflight operations next year to focus resources on developing its next-generation Delta-class spacecraft, the company announced Wednesday. Shares of Virgin Galactic surged as much as 30% … Read more

Tech IPO drought reaches 18 months regardless of Nasdaq first half rally

Karl-Josef Hildenbrand | AFP | Getty Photos Automobile-sharing service Turo filed its IPO prospectus in January 2022. A month earlier, Reddit stated it submitted a draft registration for a public providing. Instacart’s confidential paperwork was filed in Could of final 12 months. None of them have hit the market but. Regardless of a bloated pipeline … Read more