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ArianeGroup Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal for Themis Reusable Booster
Read more →: ArianeGroup Completes Wet Dress Rehearsal for Themis Reusable BoosterArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of its Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre…
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K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D, Valuation Approaches $7 Billion
Read more →: K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D, Valuation Approaches $7 BillionK2 has positioned itself around a strategy of building bigger satellites for both commercial and defense customers. Its…
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Space Force Opens $981M Contract Pool to Fix Simulator Shortfall
Read more →: Space Force Opens $981M Contract Pool to Fix Simulator ShortfallThe Space Force was stood up in December 2019. Despite that span of time, the people responsible for…
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SpaceX Rebuilds Starbase Pad 1 While Block 3 Starships Fly From Pad 2
Read more →: SpaceX Rebuilds Starbase Pad 1 While Block 3 Starships Fly From Pad 2The Pad 1 retrofit began shortly after the end of Flight 11 and Block 2 of Starship. The…
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Poland to Create Space Operations Command in Sweeping Armed Forces Reform
Read more →: Poland to Create Space Operations Command in Sweeping Armed Forces ReformThe command is one element of a wider reform intended to create flexible structures that do not require…
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NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel in More Than 40 Years at Langley
Read more →: NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel in More Than 40 Years at LangleyThe new facility combines and improves upon the capabilities of two historic NASA Langley wind tunnels, the 20-Foot…
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SpaceX Reaches 90th Orbital Launch of 2026 With Latest Starlink Mission
Read more →: SpaceX Reaches 90th Orbital Launch of 2026 With Latest Starlink MissionThe Starlink 17-52 mission lifted off four days later than originally planned. As is usual, SpaceX did not…
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Tesla Weighs China Business Sale as Possible Prelude to SpaceX Merger
Read more →: Tesla Weighs China Business Sale as Possible Prelude to SpaceX MergerThe reported rationale centers on geopolitical concerns rather than financial ones. The story is framed not as a…
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Japanese Probe Sets Record With 400-Meter Asteroid Flyby
Read more →: Japanese Probe Sets Record With 400-Meter Asteroid FlybyThe maneuver marks the second time Japan has set the record in this category. The agency previously executed…
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Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights Start
Read more →: Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights StartWhile SpaceX has now flown two flights out of the newly designed Pad 2, crews continue to press…
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K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D Funding Round at $6.8 Billion Valuation
Read more →: K2 Space Raises $500 Million in Series D Funding Round at $6.8 Billion ValuationK2 Space, the manufacturer of big, high-power satellites, has announced a $500 million Series D funding round at…
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Sophia Space and Caltech Receive U.S Patent for Space-Based Data Center Architecture
Read more →: Sophia Space and Caltech Receive U.S Patent for Space-Based Data Center ArchitectureSophia Space, a portfolio company of Mandala Space Ventures, has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,679,564,…