{"id":813319,"date":"2026-08-14T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/813319\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:40:15","slug":"elon-musks-private-jet-lands-in-lafayette-amid-reports-of-spacex-deal-in-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/813319\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s private jet lands in Lafayette amid reports of SpaceX deal in Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) &#8211; Billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s private jet was spotted at the Lafayette Regional Airport on Monday, sparking speculation about a potential aerospace development in south Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Bluesky, the jet traveled from Austin, Texas, and landed in Lafayette about an hour later.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The surprise Thursday visit comes as plans begin to emerge for a potential SpaceX project in...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OVHJEM5XA5AQPNN7YHNYOOPZHU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>The surprise Thursday visit comes as plans begin to emerge for a potential SpaceX project in the region.(kadn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The surprise visit comes as plans begin to emerge for a potential SpaceX project in the region. Governor Jeff Landry\u2019s administration is reportedly finalizing a deal with the aerospace company to build a spaceport along the coast in Vermilion Parish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Neither SpaceX nor the governor\u2019s office has commented on the visit or the potential deal. An official announcement regarding the project is expected to be released later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KPLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) &#8211; Billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s private jet was spotted at the Lafayette Regional Airport on Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-813319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}