SpaceX hit its 50th orbital launch of 2026 on Sunday morning, sending another batch of Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit and keeping the company on a trajectory that would rival its own record-setting 2025. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, deployed its payload, and recovered its first stage […]

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Space-focused investor Seraphim Space’s London-listed trust aims to raise up to 350 million British pounds ($474 million), seeking to capitalize on growing investor interest and demand across the industry.

On April 10, the Orion capsule carrying Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen splashed down in the Pacific, completing the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years.

Three antenna complexes in California, Spain and Australia carry every signal from every spacecraft humanity has sent beyond Earth. With one of the largest dishes offline since September, the strain on a network already running at 140 percent of capacity is starting to show.

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An additional 25 ‘high-energy’ missions are being forecast for 2027-2029

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