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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, marking the launch vehicle's record 135th flight of year. (Image credit: SpaceX) The records keep rolling in for SpaceX. One of the company's Falcon 9 rockets lifted off…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has moved over 133 million dollars worth of Bitcoin. The firm transferred a total of 1,215 BTC to two separate, new wallets. The move follows other recent on-chain activity after a three-year lull. Elon Musk’s space exploration company, SpaceX, moved more than $ 133 million  in Bitcoin…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies away from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 11-12 mission on Oct. 25, 2025. Image: SpaceX Update Oct. 25, 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites. SpaceX kicked off the…

TAMPA, Fla. — Iridium’s shares closed down more than 7% Oct. 23 after the satellite operator lowered its full-year service revenue outlook again, while withdrawing its $1 billion target for 2030 amid mounting competition from SpaceX. The company now expects 3% service revenue growth for 2025, down from 3-5% previously…

On October 23, 2025, 4:06 PM Key European aerospace firms have agreed to pool their space operations into a single business in a bid to compete in the rapidly developing space industry against rivals including SpaceX. Pitched as a ‘European Space Champion’, the new company will be headquartered in Toulouse,…

Despite the Trump administration’s insistence that the U.S. must win a race back to the moon with China, NASA looks increasingly unlikely to succeed, experts say. Meanwhile China insists it isn’t in a race at all yet looks poised to win the 21st century’s lunar scramble. The first Trump administration…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky on the SpainSat NG-2 mission for Hisdesat as seen from St. Cloud, Florida. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 23, 10:25 p.m. EDT (0225 UTC): SpaceX deployed the SpainSat NG-2 satellite. A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage flew Thursday for…

In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut and mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Hart reflects on the triumphs of early shuttle missions, the lessons of the Challenger tragedy, and how those experiences shape today’s commercial space era led by…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has disabled more than 2,500 Starlink devices in and around scam centers in Myanmar, following warnings from activists that mainly Chinese syndicates were using the technology to defraud people worldwide. The company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected ‘scam centers,’”…

WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk hurled insults at NASA’s acting administrator a day after complaints that the company was behind schedule on its Artemis lunar lander. In a series of social media posts Oct. 21, Musk questioned the qualifications and intelligence of Sean Duffy, who also serves as…