Space Race

Rocket Launch Frenzy, Solar Surprises & Space Race Showdowns: 48 Hours of Space News (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Rapid-Fire Rocket Launches and Satellite Deployments SpaceX’s Starlink blitz: SpaceX continued its high-frequency launch campaign, highlighting how routine orbital deployment has become. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into a polar low-Earth orbit from

17 September 2025

Race to Drive on the Moon: Inside the Battle for NASA’s Artemis Lunar Rover Contract

The New Moon Buggy Race for Artemis Three competing lunar rover prototypes on display at NASA’s Johnson Space Center: (L–R) Venturi Astrolab’s FLEX rover, Intuitive Machines’ Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost’s Eagle LTV. NASA is once again in the market for

5 September 2025

Artemis · Lunar Rover · Moon Exploration · NASA · NYSE:BA · NYSE:GM · NYSE:GT · NYSE:LDOS · NYSE:LMT · NYSE:NOC · Space Race

Starlink Blitz, Spy Satellite Surprise & Moon Race Showdown – Space News Roundup (Sept. 3–4, 2025)

Key Facts Space Agency & Policy Developments NASA Leadership and Artemis Momentum On Sept. 3, NASA’s acting Administrator Sean Duffy announced a significant leadership move, naming longtime engineer Amit Kshatriya as the agency’s new Associate Administrator nasa.gov. This top civil-service post

4 September 2025

Moon Exploration · NASDAQ:RKLB · Satellites · Space · Space News · Space Race · Starlink

Battle for the Final Frontier: Space Tourism Face-Off — Blue Origin vs SpaceX vs Virgin Galactic

Blue Origin’s NS-21 crewed flight took place on May 19, 2024, carrying 90-year-old Ed Dwight to about 106 km, making him the oldest space traveler at 90 years 8 months. SpaceX launched Inspiration4 in September 2021 as the first all-civilian

15 August 2025

Blue Origin · NYSE:SPCE · Space · Space Race · Space Tourism · SpaceX · Virgin Galactic

Space Race Heats Up: Epic Launches, Lunar Showdowns & Breakthrough Tech (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

Rocket Launch Triumphs: New Heavy-Lifters and Constellation Boosts Lunar Missions & Spaceflight Milestones: Moon Race Intensifies Next-Gen Satellite Tech & Services: Innovation in Orbit Space Policy & International Developments: Safety, Funding, and Collaboration Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com

13 August 2025

NYSE:BA · NYSE:LMT · Rocket Launches · Science Highlights · Space · Space Exploration · Space Race · Technology News

Space Race Heats Up: Satellite Launch Blitz, Bold Missions, and a Shuttle’s Surprise Move (Aug 6–7, 2025)

On Aug 7, SpaceX launched 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral at 10:01 a.m. EDT, increasing the operational Kuiper fleet from 78 to 102 and with the first-stage booster landing on the drone ship A

7 August 2025

Missions · Satellite Launches · Space · Space News · Space Race

Beyond Starlink: Inside the New Space Race for Satellite Internet Dominance in 2025

By 2025 Starlink had surpassed 8,000 satellites launched and served over 5 million users in 125+ countries, operating at about 550 km altitude with speeds of 50–200 Mbps and latencies of 20–40 ms. Ama zon’s Project Kuiper began launching its

1 August 2025

2025 Trends · Broadband · Satellite Internet · Space · Space Race · Technology

Starlink Doubleheader, NASA Upheaval & Space Race Showdowns – Global Space News Roundup (July 26–27, 2025)

SpaceX launched back-to-back Falcon 9 missions for Starlink within 24 hours: on July 26 at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites and on July 27 at 12:31 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg with 24 Starlinks, with first-stage

27 July 2025

Global Events · NASA · NASDAQ:AMZN · Space · Space News · Space Race · Starlink

Space in July 2025: Budget Battles, Scientific Breakthroughs, and the New Space Race / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 00:00 CET

The FY2026 NASA budget proposal would cut overall funding by 24.3%, with science funding slashed by nearly 47%. Congress moved to restore nearly $10 billion for NASA’s human spaceflight programs including Artemis, SLS, Orion, and the Gateway lunar station, while

9 July 2025

Budget · Innovation · Science · Space · Space Race

Space Race 2.0: A Shoebox‑Sized Quantum Satellite Blasts Off—Can It Make Hackers Obsolete?

QUICK³ is a 3U CubeSat weighing 4 kg, led by Germany’s Technical University of Munich, and it launched on 23 June 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter‑14 from Vandenberg SFB. It carries the first true single-photon source flown, a laser-pumped hexagonal boron

24 June 2025

Cybersecurity · Innovation · Quantum Technology · Satellites · Space · Space Race

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

In 2023, the global space economy reached $570 billion, with private/commercial ventures accounting for about 78%. In 2023 there were 221 orbital launches (the most on record), more than 2,500 satellites launched, and experts project up to 100,000 satellites in

16 June 2025

Global Trends · NYSE:SPCE · Payload Companies · Private Spaceflight · Space Industry · Space Race

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