Space
Rockets, habitats, and new orbits.
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Europe's Space Ambitions Hinge on Post-Launch Infrastructure Gaps
Getting a satellite into orbit is the easy part. Europe's real problem is everything that happens after the rocket clears the pad — and right now, the continent doesn't have enough of it.
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ESA Should Buy In-Orbit Services Like It Buys Earth Observation Data
A Chinese open-source satellite analysis firm spotted F-35s massing 24 hours before a major military operation — and the argument it's making isn't about intelligence, it's about procurement reform.
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OQ Technology and Telefónica to Trial Satellite Direct-to-Smartphone in Germany
A Luxembourg startup is borrowing a European telco's licensed cellular spectrum to beam satellite connectivity straight to unmodified smartphones — a direct shot at Starlink and AST SpaceMobile's turf.
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Space Unicorns Are Multiplying Across New Orbital Markets
Billion-dollar space startups — once a SpaceX-shaped anomaly — are now a recurring phenomenon, with new unicorns emerging across orbital segments that barely existed five years ago.
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NASA Ordered ISS Crew to Shelter Over Russian Repair Risk
NASA didn't just worry about Russian repairs on the ISS — it moved astronauts into a Crew Dragon lifeboat because of them. That's not a drill; that's a fracture in the partnership holding the station together.
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Axiom Space Raises $175M+ with Japan's Largest Bank Joining
Axiom Space just pulled Japan's biggest bank into its cap table — a signal that commercial space station financing is moving from Silicon Valley novelty to institutional asset class.
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China Formalizes Industrial Policy Framework for Space-Based Computing
China isn't just launching satellites — it's building the bureaucratic scaffolding to industrialize computing in orbit. Coordinating bodies are now emerging to align policy, capital, and hardware behind a single strategic push.
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NASA Drops Contested Core-Module Plan for Commercial Station Transition
NASA has quietly killed its own proposal to reshape how commercial space stations get built — after the companies actually building them pushed back hard. The "core module" concept is dead before it ever launched.
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Accidental Detection of Magnetic Fields Around Seven Exoplanets
Seven distant planets just revealed magnetic fields nobody was looking for — and that changes how we screen exoplanets for habitability. The discovery was accidental, which makes it more credible, not less.
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SpaceX Plans $75 Billion IPO at $1.75 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX is going public at a $1.75 trillion valuation — making it, at listing, one of the most valuable companies ever to hit a stock exchange. The raise of at least $75 billion would dwarf most IPOs in history.
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FAA Grounds Starship Again Pending Mishap Investigation Into Flight 12
Starship Flight 12 has triggered an FAA-mandated mishap investigation — meaning SpaceX cannot launch again until regulators sign off on the findings. This is the same gate that delayed prior flights by months.
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China Launches Four Direct-to-Device Satellite Internet Test Satellites
China closed out a packed launch month by putting four direct-to-device (D2D) satellite internet test birds into orbit — a quiet but pointed signal that multiple Chinese programs are now racing toward smartphone connectivity from space.
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European Nations Blend Sovereign and Commercial Space for Military Readiness
Europe's defense space strategy is no longer a binary choice between national programs and NATO pooling — it's a deliberate four-layer stack, and commercial vendors are now load-bearing.
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Solar Sails for Human Interstellar Travel: Hype vs. Physics
Solar sails can push probes to interstellar velocities — but scaling that to human passengers is where the physics gets quietly brutal.
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SpaceX Starfall Reentry Vehicles Revealed in FAA Documents
SpaceX is quietly developing a dedicated reentry vehicle — called Starfall — and FAA licensing documents just pulled back the curtain on what it's actually for: bringing manufactured goods back from orbit.
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Blue Origin Wins National Security Launch Order Hours Before New Glenn Explodes
New Glenn blew up — and Blue Origin still has a government launch contract. The timing is either ironic or instructive, depending on how much you trust institutional momentum.
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Blue Origin's New Glenn Destroyed in Cape Canaveral Pad Explosion
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is gone — not in flight, but on the ground. A May 28 hotfire test ended in an explosion that destroyed the vehicle and caused extensive damage to its Cape Canaveral launch pad.
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NASA's Artemis EVA Lead Is Quietly Defining Lunar Exploration
The person deciding how astronauts will actually move, work, and survive on the Moon's South Pole isn't a household name — but Jaclyn Kagey's decisions will shape every minute of humanity's first return to the lunar surface in over 50 years.
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China's Shenzhou 23 Launches to Relieve Overdue Tiangong Crew
China's Tiangong station has a crew that has already overstayed its planned rotation — Shenzhou 23 is the relief mission, and it may also mark the start of China's first year-long human spaceflight.
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NASA Expands SpaceX Crew Contract as Boeing Starliner Future Dims
NASA is quietly writing Boeing out of its ISS crew-transport future. By adding missions to SpaceX's existing commercial crew contract, the agency is hedging against the possibility that Starliner never gets certified — which is no longer a fringe scenario.
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