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SpaceX Rolls Final Block 2 Starships Out of Mega Bay 2 for Testing

SpaceX has rolled the final two Block 2 Starship prototypes out of its Mega Bay 2 assembly facility for initial static-fire tests and integrated systems checks. The move follows the loss of Ship 36 during static-fire operations at the company’s Starbase test site this spring.

2025-07-29T11:35:49.690174-07:00

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MDA-Led Team Among Three Awarded Study Contracts for Canadian Lunar Utility Rover

2025-07-29T06:01:43.541038-07:00

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NASA, SpaceX Sign Off on Crew-11 Flight Readiness at Kennedy Space Center

2025-07-25T11:19:21.655193-07:00

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Industry Officials Warn NASA ISS Budget Cuts Threaten Station and Commercial Transition

2025-07-25T04:24:38.623026-07:00

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SpaceX Rolls Final Block 2 Starships Out of Mega Bay 2 for Testing SpaceX has rolled the final two Block 2 Starship prototypes out of its Mega Bay 2 assembly facility for initial static-fire tests and integrated systems checks. The move follows the loss of Ship 36 during static-fire operations at the company’s Starbase test site this spring.

2025-07-29T11:35:49.690174-07:00

SpaceX Rolls Final Block 2 Starships Out of Mega Bay 2 for Testing

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MDA-Led Team Among Three Awarded Study Contracts for Canadian Lunar Utility Rover The Canadian Space Agency has awarded initial study contracts to three teams, including one led by MDA Space Ltd, under its Lunar Utility Vehicle program. These studies mark Canada’s first formal steps toward developing a modular rover to support sustainable human operations on the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis initiative.

2025-07-29T06:01:43.541038-07:00

MDA-Led Team Among Three Awarded Study Contracts for Canadian Lunar Utility Rover

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Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet As the aerospace sector eyes increasing operations in the 60,000-foot flight level—from high-altitude drones and stratospheric platforms to prospective hypersonic and suborbital vehicles—air traffic control and safety regulators face a growing challenge in monitoring and deconflicting traffic in an airspace long considered largely dormant.

2025-07-28T06:09:54.142505-07:00

Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet

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Firefly Aerospace sets $35–$39 IPO range to value company at $5.5 billion Firefly Aerospace plans to offer 16.2 million shares at $35–$39 each in its Nasdaq IPO, a transaction that could raise about $600 million and value the space company at $5.5 billion. Backed by Northrop Grumman, the roadshow follows its July S-1 filing and underscores resurging investor appetite for high-growth launch ventures.

2025-07-28T05:11:14.457644-07:00

Firefly Aerospace sets $35–$39 IPO range to value company at $5.5 billion

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NASA, SpaceX Sign Off on Crew-11 Flight Readiness at Kennedy Space Center NASA and SpaceX managers, with international partners, have completed the Flight Readiness Review for the Crew-11 mission at Kennedy Space Center, polling “Go” to advance launch preparations. The decision greenlights the July 31 liftoff of Crew Dragon to the International Space Station, with NASA inviting virtual guests.

2025-07-25T11:19:21.655193-07:00

NASA, SpaceX Sign Off on Crew-11 Flight Readiness at Kennedy Space Center

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Industry Officials Warn NASA ISS Budget Cuts Threaten Station and Commercial Transition Industry officials warned that sweeping NASA budget cuts to the International Space Station risk both the station’s future viability and the broader commercial LEO transition plan, potentially disrupting long-term partnerships and delaying development of private orbital outposts slated to succeed the ISS after its planned 2030 retirement.

2025-07-25T04:24:38.623026-07:00

Industry Officials Warn NASA ISS Budget Cuts Threaten Station and Commercial Transition

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Lodestar Launches In-Orbit Demo of Mithril Bodyguard Platform Lodestar has dispatched the initial iteration of its Mithril bodyguard platform to orbit, featuring machine-vision sensors and an edge-compute unit designed to autonomously monitor and protect satellites from potential threats. The in-space demonstration will validate real-time processing and threat detection capabilities.

2025-07-24T17:44:12.814072-07:00

Lodestar Launches In-Orbit Demo of Mithril Bodyguard Platform

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Spaceflux raises £35.4m to build space situational awareness catalog UK-based Spaceflux has secured £35.4m in a round led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund to develop a comprehensive catalog of space objects and monitoring solutions, addressing critical data gaps in situational awareness for the MoD and commercial operators.

2025-07-24T12:42:48.862500-07:00

Spaceflux raises £35.4m to build space situational awareness catalog

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