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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Topic: SpaceX

An actor, a rapper & a DJ walk into a rocketship — meet Japanese billionaire’s moon mission crew

Crew members, including Dev Joshi, were reportedly picked from over 1 million applicants after a call was put out on Twitter in 2021. SpaceX flight is tentatively scheduled for 2023.

Baalveer will go to moon, this time for real—Dev Joshi makes SpaceX crew

Dev Joshi is the youngest crew member and was selected along with the seven others from one million applicants from 249 countries.

8 SpaceX employees say they were fired for criticising Elon Musk in a letter

The ex-employees were part of group that sent a letter which called Musk a 'distraction & embarrassment' to SpaceX. The 8 have filed unfair labour practice charges with a US labour board.

‘Unreasonable’: Musk’s signal to Pentagon on providing indefinite Starlink access to Ukraine

The letter comes amid recent reports of Starlink outages across Ukraine and rising concern over Musk's allegiance to Ukraine following controversial tweets.

Musk’s SpaceX to seek govt permit for Starlink internet services in India, report says

SpaceX will also seek statutory nods for landing rights & market access. However, earlier this year, Modi govt asked Starlink to refund all pre-orders until it received licences to operate.

Elon Musk rubbishes claims of sexual misconduct as ‘utterly untrue’

A report said Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX allegedly paid off a flight attendant $250,000 in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment charge.

Twitter trolls have an idea for Elon Musk & seating dispute nixes Prashant Kishor-Congress saga

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets up unit to provide internet services in India, focus on rural areas

SpaceX subsidiary, Starlink Satellite Communications, plans to have 200,000 connections in India by December next year, of which 80% will be in rural areas.

SpaceX sends four civilians into space on first private flight

The flight marks SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s first entry in the competition for space tourism dollars.

Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?

Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?