Movies

How did Disney buy Star Wars?

Disney paid more than $4 billion in 2012 to acquire LucasFilm, the production company responsible for the “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” film franchises.

SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets

Amateur astronauts, private space stations, flying factories, out-of-this-world movie sets — this is the future the space agency is striving to shape as it eases out of low-Earth orbit and aims for the moon and Mars.