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Reuters • Steve Gorman

Axiom Mission 4 Crew Undocks Dragon After Extended 18-Day ISS Stay

After an 18-day mission covering 288 orbits and 7.6 million miles, the four private astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 closed hatches and undocked their SpaceX Dragon from the ISS early Monday, beginning their return trajectory following unexpected schedule extensions.

2025-07-14T13:47:00.014284-07:00

Bloomberg

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

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

Payload

Firefly Aerospace Files for Nasdaq IPO after 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

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Universe Today

Megaconstellations Breach Brightness Limits, Endangering Astronomy and Dark Skies Thousands of satellites from megaconstellations like Starlink and OneWeb now exceed brightness limits set by the International Astronomical Union, reflecting enough sunlight to turn dark skies into corridors of artificial light. New research warns this glare jeopardizes ground-based astronomy and the stargazing heritage for future generations.

2025-07-14T20:05:36.927389-07:00

Megaconstellations Breach Brightness Limits, Endangering Astronomy and Dark Skies

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Axiom Mission 4 Crew Undocks Dragon After Extended 18-Day ISS Stay After an 18-day mission covering 288 orbits and 7.6 million miles, the four private astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 closed hatches and undocked their SpaceX Dragon from the ISS early Monday, beginning their return trajectory following unexpected schedule extensions.

2025-07-14T13:47:00.014284-07:00

Axiom Mission 4 Crew Undocks Dragon After Extended 18-Day ISS Stay

CNBC

Rocket Lab Stock Soars Over 40% in H1 on Neutron Milestones and NASA Contracts Rocket Lab’s shares climbed nearly 11% today, extending a rally that has lifted its stock more than 40% in the first half of 2025 and 550% over the past year. Investors are betting on progress in the medium-lift Neutron launcher’s dual-stage tests and fresh NASA contracts, driving its market value above $19 billion.

2025-07-14T10:47:11.076913-07:00

Rocket Lab Stock Soars Over 40% in H1 on Neutron Milestones and NASA Contracts

Bloomberg

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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 after Historic Lunar Landing On July 11, space startup Firefly Aerospace filed an S-1 registration with the SEC for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker FLY, leveraging its status as the first private company to land on the Moon to fund expansion of its Alpha launch vehicles and lunar missions.

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

Firefly Aerospace Files for Nasdaq IPO after Historic Lunar Landing

SpaceNews.com

China Stakes Claim in LEO Broadband Race China’s state-backed and private satellite operators have unveiled plans to deploy low Earth orbit constellations, setting out to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink lead in global broadband coverage. Beijing’s push brings new commercial, strategic and defense dimensions to the evolving space-based internet landscape.

2025-07-14T04:01:29.084882-07:00

China Stakes Claim in LEO Broadband Race

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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

satnews

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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