Kenneth Lee from Kencoa Aerospace is looking at M&A opportunities to grow his company's space engineering capabilities, ahead of the launch of South Korea's first home-grown rocket launch.
Boston Dynamics has sparked the imaginations of the general public with its viral videos, but the company is now hoping to get the attention of paying customers. CNBC got a rare look at Boston Dynamics' office in Massachusetts, where the team showed off two of the robots they are working to commercialize: Spot and Stretch.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses investing in space, space debris and outlook for the sector with Lisa Rich, an investor in SpaceX through Hemisphere Ventures.
The International Space Station will likely be retired within the decade. NASA hopes to save money by having commercial companies build the next space outpost. Some companies, including Sierra Space and Axiom Space, are already working on a commercial space station. But the question is, will these stations be ready in time?
Jeff Bezos is the world's most wealthy person, and now the first to hold that title while not on the Earth. Blue Origin launched him into spaceflight history on Tuesday, with Bezos riding his company's first crewed New Shepard rocket, alongside his brother and the oldest and youngest people to ever have flown in space. The launch marked Blue Origin's entrance into the market of private spaceflight, joining Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Elon Musk's SpaceX.
CNBC's Morgan Brennan reports from Van Horn, Texas ahead of the Blue Origin launch.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team is joined by Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas to discuss what investors should know about the space race.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses what Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch means in the context of history with Walter Isaacson, professor at Tulane University.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses what Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has to do to prep for his Blue Origin launch to space with former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino.
CNBC's "Squawk Box" team discusses the billionaire space race and the future of space tourism with former NASA astronaut Michael Massimino.
China has had some notable feats in space including a successful Mars mission and sending astronauts to its self-developed space station. CNBC's Arjun Kharpal reports.
Former NASA administrator Charles Bolden says the U.S. and China may not reach a partnership in space anytime soon due to the current political environment; and China will be following the U.S. in broader space exploration.
Greg Autry from the Thunderbird School of Global Management says the development of U.S. space settlement may be ahead of China's, but Chinese willingness to move aggressively could shorten that lead time.
Brian Ortiz and Amy Anderson and their son Henry live in Dallas, Texas, and earn a combined $168,000 a year. In a typical week, the couple spends about $350. During the week of May 24-30, 2021, Amy and Brian tracked their spending to see how where their money went, vacation included. It was also a pay week and a mortgage payment week.