Europe's aviation regulator's head would stop approving Boeing's jet production indirectly if needed but feels reassured by its response to the safety crisis.
Space offers a unique environment for research and development because its higher levels of radiation, microgravity and near vacuumless state allow companies to come up with new manufacturing methods or materials that are not possible on Earth. CNBC spoke with two companies, California-based Varda Space Industries and UK-based Space Forge, to see how the startups hope to make manufacturing in space a profitable business.
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have not disclosed the exact pricing of their new vaccines, which will target the circulating omicron subvariant XBB.1.5.