Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion

CEO Dave Limp said damage to the company’s launchpad in Florida was not as bad as expected. But Blue Origin still hasn’t shared the cause of last week’s explosion.

Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI

Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.

The space stock rally is cracking as investors prepare to swap proxies for SpaceX itself
The space stock rally is cracking as investors prepare to swap proxies for SpaceX itself

A rally that carried space-related stocks to extraordinary gains this year is showing serious cracks. The Procure Space ETF, which trades under the ticker UFO, has dropped almost 11% in just two sessions. Intuitive Machines and Rocket Lab have each fal…

Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX’s IPO

The company says it needs “significant” water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.

SpaceX says it may issue ‘significant’ equity in ‘future transactions’

The company added a warning to prospective investors that a major dilution could be in the cards after it goes public.

Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M

The Seoul-based rocket startup is developing its own launch vehicles and engines.

PLD Space raises its Kourou launch-complex investment to €35m
PLD Space raises its Kourou launch-complex investment to €35m

The Spanish launch firm says it is the first private operator to commit capital at this scale to the historic Guiana spaceport, with a first MIURA 5 flight still slated for 2026. PLD Space is putting €35m into the launch complex it is building at the G…

NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston
NASA confirms exploding meteor caused the sonic boom over Boston

On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The fireball was caught on camera by several people, shook houses, and can even be seen clearly in satellite imagery, lighting up the sky. Some residents initially thought that the shaking and boom may […]

The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you

I haven’t seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time – that is, until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. SpaceX is a threat. And if Musk and his bankers have their way, you are going to be their bagholder. Lots of the top-line […]

SpaceX just won a second Golden Dome contract. This one is $4.16 billion.
SpaceX just won a second Golden Dome contract. This one is $4.16 billion.

The US Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract on Friday to build satellites that track foreign aircraft and missiles. The programme is called Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator, or SB-AMTI. It is part of the Trump administration’…