Billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX explained

Elon Musk wants the FAA to let SpaceX conduct more Starship tests in 2025: What that means
Elon Musk wants SpaceX to conduct 25 Starship test flights in 2025 after just five launches this year, but he'll need FAA approval.
WATCH — Elon Musk: The billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX explained
Elon Musk is a name you might be used to hearing. From SpaceX to X, and Tesla to Starlink, Musk is behind a lot of companies. Later this month, he will take on a role in U.S. president-elect Donald Trump ’s political inner circle.
Elon Musk Almost Sold Tesla to Google for $6 Billion
Tesla was close to bankruptcy, leading Elon Musk to consider selling the company to Google for $6 billion. The deal was nearly finalized with Musk set to remain at Tesla for eight years. However, a surge in Model S sales and subsequent profits allowed Tesla to recover,
Elon Musk's Trump windfall
Musk's Tesla stake rose by $111 billion — 65% — last year. All but $2 billion of Musk’s Tesla gain and about 98% of what other Tesla shareholders gained came after Election Day, when Musk began hanging out extensively with Donald Trump and started calling himself Trump’s “first buddy.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has renewed the fight for his $56 billion pay package
CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday officially filed an appeal with Delaware’s Supreme Court after a state judge rejected his $56 billion compensation package for the second time.

SpaceX, Starship

SpaceX to attempt booster catch, Starlink deployment test in 7th Starship flight
SpaceX is preparing for the seventh flight test of the Starship vehicle on Monday afternoon from Starbase in Boca Chica near ...
What to know: SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral set for this morning
The fourth Space Coast rocket launch of 2025 is set for this morning. SpaceX has confirmed they are targeting launch of the ...
Bezos' Blue Origin's New Glenn debut to pose long-awaited challenge to SpaceX
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set for an inaugural launch of its giant New Glenn rocket on Sunday, a long-awaited first leap to ...
A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly
SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly ...
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SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (photos)
Starship is scheduled to launch from Starbase on Monday (Jan. 13) at 5:00 p.m. EST (2200 GMT). It will be the seventh test ...
While Blue Origin waits, SpaceX lines up another launch flying booster for record 25th time
Rough seas caused Blue Origin to hold off a planned early Friday launch attempt with is debut of New Glenn now targeting ...
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SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight
SpaceX’s most ambitious Starship flight yet will see reused hardware, the deployment of 10 fake satellites and another ...
SpaceX’s Next Starship Test Flight Will Be Unlike Any Other
SpaceX is gearing up to launch Starship for its seventh test flight, attempting to deploy Starlink mock-ups from the rocket ...
Musk vs Bezos: Upcoming Blue Origin New Glenn and SpaceX Starship launch dates
Bezos' New Glenn and Musk's Starship both are heading for launch, and both could lift off in close timing to each other. Here ...
SpaceX to launch 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government tonight
SpaceX plans to launch the seventh batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance ...