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SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket from West Coast in two weeks
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 17-4 mission on Aug. 13, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Aug. 14, 1:27 p.m. EDT: SpaceX pushed back the T-0 liftoff time. After a two-week launch hiatus from California, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket…
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Mitsubishi Electric Invests in Pale Blue
Photo: Pale Blue Mitsubishi Electric has invested in one of the most talked about Japanese space-based start-ups, Pale Blue, a company formed five years ago. Pale Blue is a start-up engaged in the development, manufacturing, and sales of propulsion systems for small satellites that uniquely use water as a propellant. Mitsubishi Electric has invested in Pale…
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Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars
Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! After years of disappointing results from SPACs and space companies, it is a good sign to see Firefly’s more traditional initial public offering doing so well. The company has had such a long and challenging road over more than a decade; the prospect of their success should…
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JPL vs. APL: Two powerhouses propelling us through the Solar System
When a spacecraft lands on Mars or slams into an asteroid millions of miles away, chances are it came from one of two labs: the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory or the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. NASA may be the face of American space exploration, but behind that iconic logo are world-class research centers shaping…
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Space Scotland Hires New CEO
Natasha Nicholson is the new CEO of Space Scotland, an industry-led body that represents Scotland’s fast-growing space sector. Her appointment comes at a pivotal moment for Scotland’s space ambitions, with Europe’s first ever commercial launch into orbit expected to take place from Shetland in the months ahead. Space Scotland announced the appointment, Aug. 6. Scotland…
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut, dies at 97
Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of the safe recovery of the problem plagued mission. Lovell is on board the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for Apollo 13, which was on a course headed for Pago Pago. From Pago Pago the astronauts flew to Hickam Air Force…
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Intuitive Machines to Acquire KinetX Expanding Deep Space Navigation and Moon-to-Mars Data Relay
Intuitive Machines, a leading space technology, infrastructure, and services company, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire KinetX, a privately held Arizona-based aerospace company with more than 30 years of experience delivering flight-proven deep space navigation, systems engineering, ground software, and constellation mission design to the U.S. government and international customers. The acquisition…
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Kratos and hiSky Partner to Deliver IoT-Driven Satellite Services via OpenSpace Platform
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in Defense, National Security and Global Markets, and hiSky, a leading provider of industrial satellite communications solutions, announced a partnership that will enable the delivery of hiSky satellite network services, including Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) as a fully orchestrated capability using Kratos’ OpenSpace dynamic, software-defined ground…
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Space42 Hopes Thuraya-4 Will Boost Service Revenues
Space42, the space and AI company, had a profit of $53 million for the six months to the end of June. The company however saw a quite significant fall in overall revenues. For the six months to the end of June, the company generated revenues of $226 million, a fall of 17 percent compared…
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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle
Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA’s endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John…