Micah Maidenberg is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He covers a diverse range of topics including aviation and aerospace, space travel, and energy sustainability, with a focus on NASA, rocketeering, and satellites. Micah's work has been featured in prominent publications such as MarketWatch, LiveMint, and Yahoo News.
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Micah's coverage focuses heavily on space exploration, rocket companies, and related figures such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. He also covers government announcements and press releases.
Given the emphasis on science and travel in his articles, Micah may be interested in pitches that provide new insights or exclusive information about developments within the space industry. This could include updates on SpaceX, Blue Origin, or other key players in the sector.
Since he frequently reports on government announcements, experts with knowledge of regulatory changes impacting space exploration or travel-related policies might also be of interest to him. Additionally, given his focus on specific companies like SpaceX and Amazon's involvement in space activities, pitches featuring insider perspectives or expert analysis regarding these firms' strategies could resonate well with Micah.
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Randy Bresnik to lead Artemis III mission, planned to test spacecraft ahead of an eventual moon landing.
By: Caitlin Mccabe, Vicky Ge Huang, Corrie Driebusch, Micah Maidenberg, Alexander Osipovich
Live updates on markets and finance with SpaceX set to list in the largest IPO on record.
Longtime SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said she sees overlap between the space-and-AI company and Tesla, the EV company that Elon Musk also runs. “There's no question that there's synergies between Tesla and SpaceX and our futures,” Shotwell said [in an interview](https://www.cnbc/2026/06/12
SpaceX is hoping to get back to launching Starship soon and ramping up new flight operations with the powerful vehicle, Gwynne Shotwell, the rocket maker’s president, said Friday. But how soon the rocket returns to the skies depends on air-safety regulators, Shotwell said in an interview with CNBC.
By: Micah Maidenberg
Many employees at SpaceX stand to make small—and in some cases quite large—fortunes in the company’s public offering. Staffers have been piling up SpaceX stock when the shares were worth far less than the $135 each they priced at for the IPO. But Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president, downplayed the
By: Micah Maidenberg
“I think it's a coin flip, whether this ends up up or down.” So said Ben Narasin, founder of Tenacity Venture Capital, about SpaceX shares during their trading debut Friday in an interview with CNBC.Narasin said he is a long-term buyer of SpaceX stock, but pointed to challenges shares could face.
A gaggle of senior SpaceX leaders were on hand in New York for the company’s trading debut, though Elon Musk stayed in Texas. Longtime SpaceX president and operations chief Gwynne Shotwell and finance chief Bret Johnsen were front and center.Other executives on site included:Bill Gerstenmaier
By: Corrie Driebusch, Micah Maidenberg, Becky Peterson
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire as investors bought into the moonshot AI vision in a remarkably smooth IPO.
By: Micah Maidenberg
A big part of SpaceX’s focus over the years has been trying to move closer to pulling off tough, science fiction-type goals—including Musk’s longstanding dream of sending crews to Mars. Gwynne Shotwell, president of the space-and-AI company, indicated SpaceX very much wants to keep that outlook, ev
By: Micah Maidenberg
Two-ton satellites, laser communications, in-space mobility ships and more draw attention and new funding.
