SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic brought rocket-powered space tourism – these start-ups are promising a more serene ride.

The US Space Force is still dealing with the near-term implications of the second grounding of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket in less than two years. The experience is likely to influence how the Pentagon buys launch services in the future, a three-star general said Tuesday.

NASA nailed down some specifics for next year’s Artemis III mission, which will send four astronauts on low-Earth orbit to rendezvous with a pair of lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is going to make history this year as it looks to touch down with a blistering-hot IPO that might match the heat of its rocket fuel. Of course, the price of admission into what could be a $2 trillion titan could have the potential to be off the charts.

For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. The newest-generation Starship, known as Starship Version 3, is taller and more powerful than the ones that came before it.

Rocket Lab stock jumps for second day as SpaceX IPO looms