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Redwire Space Opens New Microgravity Research and Payload Development Facility in Indiana
Redwire Corporation, a provider of space and defense technology solutions, has opened its new 30,000-square-foot research and microgravity payload development facility in Georgetown, Indiana. The facility will serve as a facility for company operations as the company continues to expand its activities in space-enabled research, development and manufacturing with a focus on pharmaceutical/biotech innovation.
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The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
It seems as though $5.6 billion wasn’t enough. That was the news from the US Space Force on Friday, when military officials announced they were tripling the maximum value of one of the service’s National Security Space Launch contracts to $17 billion. The expansion of the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3…
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Liang Wenfeng’s Four-Hour Investor Meeting: 52 Key Remarks on AGI, Open Source, and DeepSeek
Last month, Elsewhere reported on DeepSeek’s fundraising story. Among all the discussions it sparked, none attracted more attention than the now-legendary four-hour investor meeting with DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng. Over the past month, fragments of Liang’s comments have circulated widely. We have collected and cross-checked a number of them from various sources. Throughout the conversation,…
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Making Progress: Relativity’s Terran R, Rocket Lab’s Neutron, and PLD Space’s Miura 5
While the focus of late has been on Starship’s test program, three companies developing new orbital rockets — Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, and PLD Space — announced key testing milestones for vehicles targeted for debut flights later in 2026. These updates highlight ongoing qualification efforts across structural, propulsion, and ground infrastructure domains as the programs…
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TerraByte AI expands its ‘Earth Search Engine’ with satellite imagery partnership and interactive features
An interactive map displays the sites of wildfires, earthquakes and severe weather events, with links to satellite imagery. (Credit: TerraByte) Two months after emerging from stealth mode, TerraByte AI is using artificial intelligence and a new partnership to upgrade its “Earth Search Engine.” The startup, which maintains operations in Seattle as well as San Francisco,…
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Boeing Directs All Space Investment to Defense as Starliner Recovery Continues
The comments come as Starliner has drawn nearly all public attention within Boeing’s space portfolio. A crew flight test with NASA left two astronauts on the International Space Station far longer than originally expected after thruster failures, and the capsule ultimately returned to Earth uncrewed. Parker said Boeing is directing all of its space investment…
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Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Starship, and Chinese rockets scheduled to launch
After last week’s aborted Starship Flight 13 launch, SpaceX is scheduling a new attempt as early as Thursday, July 23, from Starbase in Texas. Besides Flight 13, the company has two Starlink launches from California scheduled, along with a rare expendable Falcon 9 launch from Florida. China is planning for four launches this week, including…
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Interlune Demonstrates 99% Pure Helium-3 Production With New Cold Capture Technology
The Seattle-based startup announced that its proprietary Cold Capture™ technology successfully extracted and purified helium-3 from Grade A helium. Rather than waiting until the 2030s for material from the Moon, the company says the system can immediately expand Earth’s supply of one of the world’s rarest industrial gases while validating the same core technology it…
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Slingshot Aerospace Develops AI Space Solutions for Space Ops and Domain Awareness
Slingshot Aerospace is developing a portfolio of AI-powered space solutions designed to help government agencies, commercial satellite operators, manufacturers, research organizations and defence users manage increasingly complex orbital operations. Through the Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy (SOIA) architecture, the company combines sensing, data fusion, simulation, analytics and AI-driven decision support within a unified operational environment,…
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SpaceX launches Starlink mission from California a day after last-second abort
The Starlink 17-39 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 21, 2026. Image: SapceX.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two dozen Starlink V2 Mini broadband internet satellites to its massive low Earth orbit constellation on Tuesday, a day after liftoff was scrubbed by a rare…