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Circling the moon, a Black astronaut inspires millions
By David Hood-Nuo WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut. Each time she walked into St. Mark AME Church in Orlando, Florida, and saw ...
Apr 11, 2026
The unconventional logic behind SpaceX's $1.75 trillion price tag
By Echo Wang NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street is reaching for some unusual yardsticks to price Elon Musk's SpaceX. At least one of SpaceX's large institutional investors is privately benchma...
Apr 10, 2026
SpaceX begins installing equipment at Texas facility, eyes year-end production, sources say
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) - SpaceX has begun installing equipment at its advanced chip packaging facility in Bastrop, Texas, as the satellite and rocket company aims to begin productio...
Apr 10, 2026
Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after historic trip around moon
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman HOUSTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Fri...
Apr 10, 2026
SpaceX posted nearly $5 billion loss in 2025, The Information reports
April 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX posted a loss of nearly $5 billion in 2025 on revenue of more than $18.5 billion, The Information reported on Thursday, citing sources. Reuters could n...
Apr 09, 2026
Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree
By Will Dunham April 9 (Reuters) - For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, tra...
Apr 09, 2026
Artemis II moon mission unifies politically divided Americans in wonder
By Helen Coster, Andrew Hay and Steve Gorman April 9 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis II mission, the world's first astronaut voyage to the moon in over half a century, has captivated Americans young and ol...
Apr 09, 2026
Carney speaks with Artemis II crew as Canada’s first lunar astronaut makes history
TORONTO, April 8 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to astronauts on the Artemis II mission on Wednesday, celebrating the first Canadian to fly around the moon and marking a lighter...
Apr 08, 2026
Analysis-NASA's lunar success sharpens focus on China's 2030 crewed landing goal
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) - As NASA's record-breaking Artemis mission bolsters the U.S. path back to the moon, China's bid to land astronauts there by 2030 is taking on greater ge...
Apr 08, 2026
NASA Artemis II astronauts prepare to end moon mission in 'fireball' re-entry
By Joey Roulette HOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Four astronauts traveling back to Earth from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of their emotions as they wrapped up the unpreced...
Apr 08, 2026
