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Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles

Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station.NASA turned to U.S. companies for astronaut rides after the space shuttles were retired.

THE CAPSULE White with black and blue trim, Boeing's Starliner capsule is about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 15 feet (4.5 meters) in diameter. It can fit up to seven people, though NASA crews typically will number four. The company settled on the name Starliner nearly a decade ago, a twist on the name of Boeing’s early Stratoliner and the current Dreamliner.

SpaceX, the parent company of Starlink, had sent emails last month to customers in various African nations indicating that roaming service would be restricted in regions where it was illegal to operate. Despite this, Adam Mohamed, a resident of El-Fasher in conflict-stricken Sudan, was able to conduct an interview with the wire via a Starlink connection on Wednesday.

In this edition of InvestmentNewsTV, we sat down with Tom Ruggie, CEO and portfolio manager of Destiny Wealth Partners. Ruggie shared insight into how Destiny Wealth Partners became one of the fastest-growing fee-only Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) of 2023, and how the firm reached the milestone of managing $1 billion in assets. 

In this edition of InvestmentNewsTV, we sat down with Tom Ruggie, CEO and portfolio manager of Destiny Wealth Partners. Ruggie shared insight into how Destiny Wealth Partners became one of the fastest-growing fee-only Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) of 2023, and how the firm reached the milestone of managing $1 billion in assets. 

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Moon soon could be possible as NASA and Nokia have undertaken an ambitious joint venture of creating 4G network on Lunar surface. Cellular connectivity is also crucial for NASA's Artemis program aiming at sending astronauts to the moon, as per a report on CNN. Scheduled for launch sometime this year, a SpaceX rocket is poised to embark on a groundbreaking mission to the Moon, although the precise date remains to be confirmed. Equipped with a straightforward 4G network, the lander will touch down at the Moon's south pole, where it will deploy the system for installation.

Gaganyaan mission today, April 24, embarking on achieving yet another significant milestone in the space, said ISRO Chairman S Somanath on the sidelines of an event organized by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in Ahmedabad. “The airdrop test will happen on April 24. Then two more uncrewed missions will happen next year and then the manned mission, if everything goes well, by the end of next year," Somanath had said on April 17.

Tesla Inc.’s largest-ever round of layoffs and hours before its quarterly earnings, Elon Musk will fly to India to squeeze in a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It’s not an idle period for Modi either, who’s criss-crossing states for election rallies days after voting kicked off in the world’s biggest ballot where he’s seeking a third term.

Agnikul Cosmos, Bellatrix Aerospace, Skyroot Aerospace, Dhruva Space, Pixxel, SatSure and Digantara to meet Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk in New Delhi on Monday. A group of startup executives and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials visited SpaceX’s facilities in Hawthorne, California, last month as a part of the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Programme.

Indian Space Association, Lt Gen Anil Kumar Bhatt (Retd), extended a warm welcome to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's forthcoming visit to India. Lt Gen Bhatt emphasized the potential for enhanced collaboration between Indian space entities and Musk's ventures, foreseeing a transformative impact on India's space ecosystem. In an exclusive conversation with ANI on Wednesday, Lt Gen AK Bhatt (Retd) highlighted Elon Musk's pioneering contributions to the domain of space technology, particularly through his companies such as SpaceX.

Starlink for a satcom licence, despite pending issues such as its ties with US security agencies. The Elon Musk-owned company may be given “conditional approval”, based on an undertaking furnished by it, said people with knowledge of the matter. “As per the undertaking, Starlink may be asked to not share with any US agency the machines or equipment used in India, while data should not be routed outside the country,” one of the persons told ET, asking not to be named. Further, the satcom company may be asked to partner with an Indian company in atime-bound manner. This comes as Musk is set to travel to India later this month and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with plans for a Tesla factory expected to be announced. An internal committee of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is working on the Starlink application. Since some of the issues, including those related to Starlink’s collaboration with American intelligence agencies, remain open, the company can only be granted conditional approval, the people said.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk comes to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be the car maker's entry into India. There is another matter that has been pending for some time for lack of adequate disclosures. Musk's India ambition spans from road to space. He has thrown his hat in the ring for the satellite communication, or satcom, a futuristic technology that promises to revolutionise India's telecom sector. Musk, with his satcom company Starlink, will compete with Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal whose respective companies, Reliance Jio JV with Luxembourg-based SES; and Bharti AIrtel jointly with OneWeb-Eutelsat, are also in the race for satcom spectrum. Another giant, Amazon, is also in the reckoning. The satcom sector is witnessing intense rivalry even before the start of services. Airtel and Jio stand sharply divided on various issues related to satcom and have battled each other over complexities that surround satcom. The rivalry between the two biggies, with other satcom players also divided sharply, continues. A few days ago, they locked horns over the usage and price of satcom. The main issue, whether satcom spectrum should be allocated administratively or auctioned, has been settled with the new Telecommunication Act, 2023, giving legislative backing to allocation of satellite spectrum via the administrative or the ‘non-auction route’. At present, the DoT is finalising the modalities.

Fake Elon Musk YouTube streams supposedly promoting crypto schemes aren’t new. On Monday, total solar eclipse, that dazzled millions in the US, was allegedly livestreamed by a fake SpaceX YouTube channel.

Tata Advanced Systems Limited on Monday announced the «successful deployment» into space of its sub-metre optical satellite that was assembled and tested in India. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched TSAT-1A satellite from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the US on Sunday (April 7), Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) said in a statement. «TSAT-1A will deliver high-resolution optical satellite images with increased collection capacity, dynamic range, and low-latency delivery through its multispectral and hyperspectral capabilities,» the company said. A wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, TASL is a significant player for aerospace and defence solutions in India.

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia said on Wednesday that it knew about U.S. intelligence efforts to use commercial satellite operators such as SpaceX and cautioned that such moves made their satellites legitimate targets.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX has started selling satellite lasers, which are used for speedy in-space communications, to other satellite firms, company President Gwynne Shotwell said at a conference on Tuesday.

Elon Musk has in an interview posted on March 18 admitted to using the prescription ketamine and said that this is "beneficial for investors", Reuters reported. Talking to former CNN anchor Don Lemon, the Tesla CEO said ketamine helps him manage a "negative chemical state" similar to depression. Ketamine is used to treat pain and depression and in heavy doses is used as a sedative.

'Woke AI like Google Gemini can even kill people,' warns Elon Musk! Here's why The spy satellite network will be built by SpaceX's Starshield business, and the Reuters report also signals a deeper engagement with the Pentagon. The $1.8 billion contract also indicates the intelligence community's growing confidence in SpaceX, despite Musk's clashes with the Biden administration over many issues, including the use of Starlink satellites in Ukraine. The Starshield spy satellites are low-Earth orbiting satellites designed to support US ground forces.

The first two flights last year lasted mere minutes before blowing up.