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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 224 — The Science of Artemis

On Episode 224 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the …

SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites from California early this morning (Aug. 22), on the 100th mission of the year for the company's Falcon rocket …

On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record

On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. On Aug. …

Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O.

The offering could value the five-year-old A.I. start-up at $2 trillion, its bankers have told potential investors, which would exceed Elon Musk’s Spa…

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability." A new national space transportation policy signed by Presid…

Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year

The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the nation's capabilities to support mor…

Musk fumbles the timetable for first Starship catch

Billionaire walks back earnings call optimism as orbital test approaches CEO Elon Musk says SpaceX probably won't attempt to catch a returning Starshi…

SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)

SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight, which will be the first to reach o…

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast. SpaceX …

Aster Launches Five USD1 RWA Perpetual Markets

Key Takeaways: Aster introduced five new USD1 marked RWA perpetuals on equities and commodities. The new markets are supported by a growth fund consis…

The Download: threats from space mirrors and credit for AI drugs

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This company…

SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX will likely try to make the first-ever catch of its Starship upper stage a few months from now, according to Elon Musk. He had earlier flagged …

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse. Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellat…

Grok chat duped into swallowing injected instructions

A spoonful of encryption helps the malware go down xAI's Grok web chat agent is currently vulnerable to a novel form of prompt injection, according to…

The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Support netw…

NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope

Armed with funding boost, SpaceSail accelerates China’s push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink

In a record funding round for China’s satellite internet sector, domestic start-up SpaceSail has raised around 7 billion yuan (US$1 billion) to accele…

Chinese Start-Up Lands Reusable Rocket for the First Time

The milestone by the private company, LandSpace, could put China closer to challenging SpaceX’s rule in lower-cost spaceflight.

A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (18 met…

Mysterious Russian 'space activity' causes US Air Force flight to Antarctica to turn around: report

A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a possible space debris hazard. A myst…

'Incredible': SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast

A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July, and crashed into the Indian Ocean, made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island.

Out-of-control SpaceX rocket carved a 60-foot crater into the moon, NASA images reveal

NASA has finally revealed the enormous crater left on the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage smashed into its surface on Aug. 5. NASA has finall…

Hyperliquid targets $60 breakout as policy center urges SEC to allow pre-IPO markets

Key takeaways HYPE trades below $59 after recording a second consecutive day of gains. The Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] have submitted rec…

The moment SpaceX Starship spotted off Christmas Island landed in Indian Ocean – video

Footage streamed by SpaceX shows the moment Elon Musk’s 52-metre Starship Flight 13 landed in the Indian Ocean west of Australia. The rocket landed in…

Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight (video)

The Beijing-based company LandSpace landed its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), notching a huge milestone for commercial Chinese spaceflight. C…