The firm wants to create a network of "orbital data centres" to power artificial intelligence.

The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission began their routine two-week quarantine on Wednesday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station.

Unseasonably cold weather in Florida has forced NASA to scrub a key rehearsal for the Artemis II mission, delaying preparations for the agency’s most anticipated rocket launch in years.