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Elon Musk is a trillionaire again: Wealth jumped $65b. in a single day

After losing more than $600 billion from his peak within weeks, Elon Musk again crossed the trillion-dollar mark, driven by a rebound in the two companies that account for nearly all of his wealth.

Elon Musk.
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026.

SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei, addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026.

'Virtuous' AI company: Anthropic leaders control AI lab via new 'Founder LLC' to serve public good

A satellite

The final frontier: US reveals Space Force has 'on-orbit space control weapons' for first time


Putin hails Elon Musk as an 'outstanding person' and businessman

The Russian leader said Moscow planned to persevere with its own space program despite the failure of a mission to the Moon last month.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Elon Musk (right)

Elon Musk borrowed $1 billion from SpaceX in same month of Twitter deal - WSJ

Musk is SpaceX's largest shareholder with a 42% stake and almost 79% of its voting power as of March.

 Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, looks on as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.

After the moon, India sets sights on studying the sun with rocket mission

Pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has privatized space launches and is looking to open the sector to foreign investment as it targets a five-fold increase in its share of the global launc

 A coronal mass ejection from the Sun imaged on August 31, 2012

NASA sends 4 to International Space Station in SpaceX Crew-7 mission

A crew of four astronauts are headed for the International Space Station as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission for a number of scientific experiments.

 NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov launch to the International Space Station as Crew-7 on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 26, 2023.

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, heads for splashdown

The SpaceX Crew Dragon vessel carrying the foursome, undocked from the ISS late on Tuesday morning to begin its 12-hour return flight.

SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, May 5, 2021.

Environmental groups sue US over SpaceX launch license for Texas

The lawsuit comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on a new FAA license to send its next-generation Starship rocket on its first test flight, ending with the vehicle exploding.

 NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission, that includes NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates Sultan Al-Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, launches to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, March 2, 2023

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched on first test flight, then explodes

Less than four minutes into the flight, the upper-stage Starship failed to separate as designed from the lower-stage Super Heavy, and the combined vehicle was seen flipping end over end

SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, May 5, 2021.

Elon Musk's SpaceX postpones debut flight of Starship rocket system

SpaceX announced during the final minutes of the countdown that it was scrubbing the flight attempt for at least 48 hours, citing a pressurization issue in the lower-stage rocket booster.

SpaceX's Starship is seen ahead of its lift off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an orbital test mission near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 17, 2023.

SpaceX, Netflix, Boeing to join 'biggest-ever' US business mission to Vietnam

The delegation is a sign of rising interest in the global manufacturing hub, which is benefiting from a shift away from China amid Sino-US trade friction.

 Men transport people on three-wheel cyclo past the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam February 20, 2019.