Elon Musk's SpaceX has officially acquired another one of his companies xAI. The technologist announced the deal in company-wide emails and SpaceX has confirmed the news.

SpaceX has acquired xAI, an artificial intelligence company also run by Elon Musk, as part of his effort to develop orbital data centers.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has yet again explained why Mars is a crucial mission for humans. His SpaceX ambitions include multiple uncrewed missions to Mars that would lay groundwork for future human landings.

SpaceX is gearing up to debut Starship’s Version 3, testing the upgraded rocket’s ability to reach orbit for the first time as the company races to fly missions to the Moon and Mars. SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk announced on X that Starship’s upcoming launch is in six weeks,

NASA will launch two crewed missions in early February, sending astronauts to the ISS to prepare for Mars missions and another crew to orbit the moon.

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket, has inspired several Chinese companies to develop similar spacecraft designs.

What everyone agrees on is that NASA needs a new spacecraft capable of relaying communications from Mars to Earth. This issue has become especially acute with the recent loss of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. NASA’s best communications relay remains the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has now been there for 20 years.

SpaceX might not actually IPO in 2026. Can I interest you in a Starlink IPO instead?