December 2024
Inside the program putting people back on the moon
One-armed robots are being trained in lunar construction as earthlings prepare to return to our satellite for the first time in 50 years – and not for days this time, but months.
- Jessica Camille Aguirre
November 2024
What’s it like to be stuck in space? Horrible says this astronaut
Astronauts know missions can go awry but still, an extended stay is tough on your body and your relationships. It’s also kind of boring.
- Aaron Gregg
Australia’s rocket industry reaches a crucial inflection point
Local space entrepreneurs are attempting to take a slice of SpaceX’s business, as demand for launch services far outweighs supply.
- Tess Bennett
October 2024
Space: The final fashion frontier
Prada and Axiom Space unveiled their NASA spacesuits, in the most far-out collaboration yet.
- Vanessa Friedman
- Updated
- Space
Why SpaceX catching this booster means we’re closer to people on Mars
The achievement had Elon Musk’s engineers in tears of “disbelief” as they prepare for commercial operations, which include sending humans to the red planet.
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- Kenneth Chang
September 2024
The Sydney-born astronaut who learnt Russian in eight weeks
Katherine Bennell-Pegg is the first person to train and qualify as an international astronaut under the Australian flag. She’s doing it all for her late mum.
- Simon Evans
August 2024
- Opinion
- Economics explained
The two words you should always treat with caution in business
Sentences which begin “Studies show...” are often followed by a description of a correlation interpreted as if it were a causal relationship - when it’s not.
- Richard Holden
- Opinion
- Australian economy
The late Mike Lynch had big lessons for Australian business
If Australia wants to get the most out of AUKUS, then it must adopt the kind of SME-based procurement rules the controversial entrepreneur pushed for.
- Rohan Silva
Photos go stratospheric with prices 100 times expectations
Photographs of space travel and heavy industry burst free of their lacklustre expectations in an extraordinary auction this week.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Democrat split intensifies as Harris chooses running mate
The final stage of the campaign to be Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential contender has reached an ugly phase as moderate and progressive donors, interest groups and rivals lobby for their preferred candidates.
- Reid J. Epstein, Theodore Schleifer and Nick Corasaniti
June 2024
Boeing’s new crisis: astronauts left ‘stranded’ by its spacecraft
The Starliner ship has suffered helium leaks and thruster problems. Its delayed return from the International Space Station comes at the worst time for the US company.
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- Peggy Hollinger
May 2024
- Exclusive
- AI
Rich Lister entrepreneur’s final start-up will build underwater robots
Bevan Slattery is arguably Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs of the last 20 years. He thinks he has one more start-up in him, and has big plans for reviving coral reefs.
- Tess Bennett
‘Business spends bugger all’: what landmark R&D review aims to fix
Technology industry experts warn a new government review into the R&D system must not cut tax incentives, and must kick-start anaemic business investment.
- Paul Smith, Tess Bennett and Nick Bonyhady
America’s new moon race is billionaire v billionaire
Today’s space race looks in some ways like that of the 1960s; instead of the US v the Soviet Union, it’s Bezos’ Blue Origin v Musk’s SpaceX.
- Loren Grush
April 2024
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side
China has made leaps forward in its lunar exploration, narrowing the technological chasm with the United States and Russia.
- Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo
Millions watch total solar eclipse across Americas
Experts called the eclipse “the most viewed astronomical event in history” as the moon blocked out the sun across North America.
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- Marcia Dunn
March 2024
‘The ship has been lost’: SpaceX rocket breaks up on re-entry
Starship soared higher and farther than ever before in a near hour-long test flight that bolstered the spirits of both Elon Musk and NASA.
- Marcia Dunn
February 2024
First private spacecraft lands on the moon
A successful touchdown by Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander heralds a more commercial era for space exploration.
- Updated
- Peggy Hollinger and Clive Cookson
November 2023
- Exclusive
- AI
Australian AI star plans US shift as battle for humanity heats up
Start-up Akin has been struggling to close its $US50 million funding round, while staying true to its goal of building an ethical AI.
- John Davidson
Amputations, death: What it’s really like to work for Musk’s SpaceX
Through interviews and government records, Reuters has found at least 600 injuries of staff at Elon Musk’s firm, including skull fractures and brain injuries.
- Marisa Taylor