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Bloomberg • Bailey Lipschultz

SpaceX shares slump: valuation down $1.2T+, stock hits new lows ahead of Aug. 6 lock-up expiry

SpaceX’s listed shares slid to new all-time lows and erased roughly $1.2 trillion in market value since its record IPO, falling about 20% below the IPO price. The selloff intensified as investors priced in risk ahead of an Aug. 6 lock-up expiration releasing up to 911.5 million shares.

news.ssbcrack.com • News Desk

SpaceX Market Cap Drops Over $1.2 Trillion Amid Falling Stock Prices

Yahoo Finance • Pras Subramanian

SpaceX stock poised for another all-time low as stock sinks on Tuesday

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2026-07-28T06:57:04.971216-07:00

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Space.com • Leonard David

China to carry Africa’s first lunar science probes on Chang’e 8 in 2029

By Space.com: "If this is successful, it will ignite the reality of space on the African continent.".

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2026-07-28T06:41:48.916561-07:00

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Payload • Victoria Woodburn

Amazon Joins the Direct-to-Device Race

By Payload: Amazon is entering the D2D game after filing a request with the FCC to launch over 5,000 LEO satellites.

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2026-07-28T06:47:04.117930-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE lunar mission

By SpaceNews.com: NASA has selected Advanced Space to fly a successor to a cislunar smallsat mission that will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the moon.

Also: NASA

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2026-07-28T05:22:11.627763-07:00

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CNBC • Justin Papp, Luke Fountain

SpaceX stock-purchasing by Congress members fuels conflict concerns

By CNBC: Five of the Congress members serve on committees whose work touches SpaceX's federal contracts, defense programs, AI, telecommunications or securities markets.

Also: Seeking Alpha and Yahoo Finance

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2026-07-28T03:39:42.324689-07:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

Chang'e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon's Far Side.

By Universe Today: The samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the two hemispheres have had rather different experiences when it comes to space weather.

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2026-07-27T18:35:35.922190-07:00

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Space.com • Mike Wall

Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

By Space.com: The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.

2 Sources

2026-07-27T15:06:24.692742-07:00

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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse

By Ars Technica: NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.

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2026-07-27T11:38:07.089625-07:00

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SpaceX shares slump: valuation down $1.2T+, stock hits new lows ahead of Aug. 6 lock-up expiry

SpaceX Market Cap Drops Over $1.2 Trillion Amid Falling Stock Prices

SpaceX stock poised for another all-time low as stock sinks on Tuesday

China to carry Africa’s first lunar science probes on Chang’e 8 in 2029

Amazon Joins the Direct-to-Device Race

NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE lunar mission

SpaceX stock-purchasing by Congress members fuels conflict concerns

Chang'e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon's Far Side.

Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket's epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse

SpaceX Falls 20% Below IPO Price, Erasing $1.2 Trillion Value

Amazon Joins the Direct-to-Device Race

China to carry Africa’s first lunar science probes on Chang’e 8 in 2029

NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE lunar mission

SpaceX stock-purchasing by Congress members fuels conflict concerns

Chang'e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon's Far Side.

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