NASA Cuts $420 Million From Its Budget Per DOGE’s Guidelines. Surprise: It’s Elon Musk’s Favorite Number
SpaceA peculiar coincidence here relates to Musk’s fondness for the number 420.
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SpaceX Is Set to Launch the First-Ever Polar Spaceflight Soon. The Mission’s Client Is a Bitcoin Millionaire
SpaceBitcoin tycoon Chun Wang has reportedly paid between $150 million and $250 million for the Fram2 mission.
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The Atmosphere Is Shrinking. That’s a Problem for SpaceX and the Other Companies Working to Put 60,000 Satellites Up There
SpaceA new study published in Nature Sustainability warns that low-Earth orbit capacity could shrink by 27% in 2050 and up to 66% by 2100.
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The Stranded Astronauts Soap Opera Comes to an End: They’ve Finally Returned to Earth Nine Months Later
SpaceTheir mission is still surrounded by political controversy, even though NASA assigned them a return flight on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission months ago.
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Elon Musk Shuts Down Design Flaw Rumors in the New Starship, Says It’s Going to Mars Next Year
SpaceSpaceX plans to launch around five unmanned spacecraft to Mars by the end of 2026.
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Debris From SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rockets Isn’t Something to Be Taken Lightly. It Cost Poland’s Space Agency President His Job
SpaceSome fragments of the rocket survived the intense heat of reentry and fell near the city of Poznań in Western Poland.
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SpaceX Loses Another Starship: The Rocket Has Exploded for the Second Time in a Row and Faces Its Biggest Failures in Recent History
SpaceThe spacecraft’s debris has diverted planes again and created a visual spectacle visible from as far as Miami.
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SpaceX Has Launched 8,000 Starlink Satellites in Just Five Years. This Is Why It’s Still Not Enough
SpaceStarlink is an unprecedented success. However, its continued survival relies on SpaceX not slowing down.
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How Elon Musk Built His Empire With the Help of the U.S. Government: $38 Billion to Boost Tesla and SpaceX
Business and EconomicsDespite his libertarian rhetoric, Tesla’s CEO benefits from multimillion-dollar government contracts and access to preferential programs.
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Elon Musk Has a New Piece of Advice for President Trump: Deorbit the ISS Within Two Years
SpaceMusk suggests that the funds saved would be better redirected to the race to reach Mars.
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A Man in Poland Reported a Tank That Had Fallen From the Sky. It Was Actually a SpaceX Rocket That Reentered Uncontrollably Over Europe
SpaceOn Wednesday morning, the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated over Germany and Poland.
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The New Space Race Has Created Junk That Acts Like a Boomerang. It’s Also Raised the Risk of Colliding With Aircraft
SpaceAlthough this is a low probability, it does exist.
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NASA Knows Exactly What It Wants to Do With Starship: Launch a Super Hubble Telescope Dedicated to Searching for Extraterrestrial Life
SpaceThe Hubble Space Telescope will have a much bigger and more powerful successor. Few rockets are capable of launching it.
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Currently, All U.S. Phones Can Connect to Starlink Satellites for Free. This Will Change in July
SpaceT-Mobile and SpaceX made the announcement during the Super Bowl.
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Boeing Warns Its Employees to Prepare for a Potential Crisis: The Cancellation of NASA’s SLS Rocket
SpaceThe company says that if NASA proceeds to cancel the SLS in March, up to 400 layoffs could occur.
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Elon Musk Isn’t Just Influencing NASA. He’s Starting to Dominate It
SpaceFrom the idea of conquering Mars as part of America’s “manifest destiny” to securing key appointments, SpaceX and Musk’s presence at NASA seems to be becoming increasingly prominent.
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The Concept of ‘No Service’ Is Dead: SpaceX Has Activated Direct-to-Cell Connectivity on Its Starlink Satellites
SpaceThe initial constellation for direct-to-cell Starlink satellites is 10 times larger than its competitors.
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Elon Musk’s Starship Explodes Over the Caribbean, Releasing a Dazzling Shower of Burning Debris
SpaceThe debris’ reentry forced planes to alter their flight paths to avoid the area.
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The Pentagon Gives SpaceX a New Order. It Wants the Company to Connect Two Military Satellites Through a Laser Link
SpaceThe Department of Defense is utilizing satellite constellation technology developed by SpaceX for military purposes.
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NASA Wants to Collect Samples From Mars Before China. It’s Considering Using SpaceX’s Starship for the Task
SpaceA final decision on the chosen approach is expected in the second half of 2026.
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