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Bloomberg • Jordan Fitzgerald

Ticker X is available as Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla share a corporate identity motif

Elon Musk has repeatedly used the letter X across his businesses: SpaceX, Tesla’s Model X and the social platform renamed X. With the X ticker available, the possibility of using it in a SpaceX-Tesla deal is raised, though the provided report offers no details of a proposed transaction.

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2026-10-29T08:05:28.662204-07:00

Commercial Space Industry Leader Profiles & Interviews

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SpaceNews.com • SpaceNews Editor

Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree

By SpaceNews.com: In this episode, Mike Gruss speaks with Laura Crabtree, the CEO of Epsilon3, who is also a former SpaceX astronaut trainer.

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2026-10-29T08:30:45.603261-07:00

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launch (video)

By Space.com: SpaceX just fired up all six engines on the Starship upper stage that will conduct the vehicle's 15th test flight, potentially keeping everything on track for a launch next month.

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2026-10-29T06:10:38.639862-07:00

Commercial Space NASA

Ars Technica • Eric Berger

SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency

By Ars Technica: NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.".

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2026-10-29T04:05:03.432157-07:00

North America Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation

Axios • Thomas Novelly

Cape Canaveral braces for its new "boom cycle"

By Axios: Rocket launches from Cape Canaveral are well outpacing those of the Cold War-era space race.

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2026-10-29T03:15:33.828601-07:00

Commercial Space

SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Seraphim seeking space startups for more intensive accelerator program

By SpaceNews.com: Space technology investor Seraphim announced a more intensive accelerator program for startups Oct. 29, outlining plans to invest $150,000 in 15 of them annually alongside up to 12 months of mentoring and networking support.

Also: Payload and tech.eu

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2026-10-29T02:05:42.134046-07:00

Leadership Moon NASA

New York Times • Kenneth Chang

After Flying Past the Moon, an Artemis II Astronaut Lands at a New Job in California

By New York Times: Reid Wiseman, now a retired emeritus astronaut, will become deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s premier center for deep-space robotic missions.

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2026-10-28T23:28:07.263988-07:00

defense AI Europe Space Defense & Militarization

SpaceWatch Global • Is Us Torsten Kriening

#SpaceWatchGL Recap: Fifteen Minutes from Orbit, and the Bottleneck Is Us

By SpaceWatch Global: Defence Lab Erding: Germany’s space ISR chain targets 15 minutes from orbit to decision. CIR’s Maj. Gen. Pötzsch names the bottleneck: humans.

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2026-10-29T02:35:02.471038-07:00

Ticker X is available as Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla share a corporate identity motif

Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree

SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launch (video)

SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency

Cape Canaveral braces for its new "boom cycle"

Seraphim seeking space startups for more intensive accelerator program

After Flying Past the Moon, an Artemis II Astronaut Lands at a New Job in California

#SpaceWatchGL Recap: Fifteen Minutes from Orbit, and the Bottleneck Is Us

Musk’s Favorite Ticker Is Free for Taking in a SpaceX-Tesla Deal

Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree

SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launch (video)

SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency

Cape Canaveral braces for its new "boom cycle"

#SpaceWatchGL Recap: Fifteen Minutes from Orbit, and the Bottleneck Is Us

Virgin Galactic rolls out new suborbital spaceplane

China and the US Are Competing for Space Dominance

Moon Habitats May Use Layered Mylar to Block Extreme Heat

NASA's New UV Space Telescope Will Launch in 2031

FCC approves Amazon Leo’s $11.5 billion acquisition of Globalstar

NASA and two commercial lander providers revise plans to accelerate 2028 lunar landing

SpaceX and Tesla boards form committees to consider a potential merger

Rubin Observatory identifies possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto before its survey begins

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