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Bloomberg • Melos Ambaye

NASA Faces Operational Risk as Trump-Musk Feud Endangers SpaceX Government Contracts

As tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk escalate, threats to cancel SpaceX’s government deals now pose a critical challenge to NASA’s ability to sustain key missions, from crew and cargo resupply to lunar exploration, without Musk’s services.

2025-07-14T06:53:49.810773-07:00

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Firefly Aerospace files for Nasdaq IPO under symbol FLY following historic lunar landing

2025-07-14T05:06:08.193165-07:00

m.economictimes.com

Axiom-4 Crew Dragon Undocks, Returns Shubhanshu Shukla After Completing Seven Microgravity Experiments

2025-07-13T21:01:44.457201-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX Launches Israel’s Dror-1 on Falcon 9 GTO-1 Flight, Preps Crew-11

2025-07-12T22:28:27.602165-07:00

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NASA Faces Operational Risk as Trump-Musk Feud Endangers SpaceX Government Contracts As tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk escalate, threats to cancel SpaceX’s government deals now pose a critical challenge to NASA’s ability to sustain key missions, from crew and cargo resupply to lunar exploration, without Musk’s services.

2025-07-14T06:53:49.810773-07:00

NASA Faces Operational Risk as Trump-Musk Feud Endangers SpaceX Government Contracts

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Firefly Aerospace files for Nasdaq IPO under symbol FLY following historic lunar landing Firefly Aerospace, the first private company to land on the Moon, has filed an IPO prospectus to list on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker FLY. The move marks the space launch firm’s push to leverage its lunar success and fund future growth.

2025-07-14T05:06:08.193165-07:00

Firefly Aerospace files for Nasdaq IPO under symbol FLY following historic lunar landing

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Axiom-4 Crew Dragon Undocks, Returns Shubhanshu Shukla After Completing Seven Microgravity Experiments India's Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla and three crewmates undocked aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon from the ISS on Monday, concluding the 18-day Axiom-4 mission. Shukla successfully completed seven microgravity experiments before Dragon's engine burns set the spacecraft on a safe return trajectory to Earth.

2025-07-13T21:01:44.457201-07:00

Axiom-4 Crew Dragon Undocks, Returns Shubhanshu Shukla After Completing Seven Microgravity Experiments

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Rocket Lab to Test 'Jake 4' Hypersonic Re-entry Vehicle on Electron HASTE at Wallops Rocket Lab will launch its modified Electron rocket, the Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE), code-named “Jake 4”, on July 13 from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission, Rocket Lab’s 69th overall and 11th of 2025, is designed to validate hypersonic re-entry capabilities with air-breathing propulsion for defense clients.

2025-07-13T20:41:07.461049-07:00

Rocket Lab to Test 'Jake 4' Hypersonic Re-entry Vehicle on Electron HASTE at Wallops

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PhilSA seeks public-private partnership to build Philippines' first spaceport The Philippine Space Agency has kicked off efforts to establish the country’s first spaceport through a public-private partnership. The proposed facility aims to position the Philippines as a strategic equatorial launch hub and catalyze its emerging commercial space industry.

2025-07-13T11:03:56.877194-07:00

PhilSA seeks public-private partnership to build Philippines' first spaceport

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SpaceX Launches Israel’s Dror-1 on Falcon 9 GTO-1 Flight, Preps Crew-11 SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:04 a.m. local time, deploying Israel’s Dror-1 communications satellite on the Commercial GTO-1 mission. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries, Dror-1 will enhance the nation’s space-based network as SpaceX juggles mystery payload launches and readies its Crew-11 flight.

2025-07-12T22:28:27.602165-07:00

SpaceX Launches Israel’s Dror-1 on Falcon 9 GTO-1 Flight, Preps Crew-11

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University of Colorado Boulder Launches Colorado Space Policy Center to Address Rapid Space Industry Policy Needs The University of Colorado Boulder has unveiled the Colorado Space Policy Center, a new hub for research and dialogue on legal and regulatory frameworks shaping the fast-growing commercial and defense space sectors. Announced in late June, the center will convene local, national and international stakeholders to inform policy development.

2025-07-12T15:27:04.326465-07:00

University of Colorado Boulder Launches Colorado Space Policy Center to Address Rapid Space Industry Policy Needs

Taiwan News

Taiwan’s First Foreign-Made Rocket from Hokkaido Crashes in Engine Test A Taiwanese sounding rocket, the first foreign-made vehicle to lift off from Japan’s Hokkaido, crashed seconds after liftoff on July 12 during an engine power demonstration by a commercial space startup. The mission aimed to certify its new liquid-fuel engine but underscored technical hurdles facing APAC’s small launchers.

2025-07-12T15:24:50.292361-07:00

Taiwan’s First Foreign-Made Rocket from Hokkaido Crashes in Engine Test

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