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SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen Hits Billionaire Status After $75B IPO

SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen Hits Billionaire Status After $75B IPO

SpaceX's huge IPO is putting focus on CFO Bret Johnsen instead of Elon Musk after the company hit public markets. SpaceX priced 555,555,555 Class A shares at $135 apiece and started trading on Nasdaq Friday with the symbol SPCX. Underwriters got a 30-day window to buy up to 83,333,333 more shares at the IPO price. SPCX finished Friday at $160.95, up 19% from its IPO price. Shares opened at $150 and topped $176 during the session. The pop took SpaceX's value over $2 trillion, putting the listing among the year's biggest market debuts.
13 June 2026
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137 Ventures’ Stake Nears $20 Billion as SpaceX IPO Arrives

137 Ventures’ Stake Nears $20 Billion as SpaceX IPO Arrives

SpaceX made its public debut Friday, turning from one of Silicon Valley's most-watched private names into a $2 trillion-plus public company and handing early investors a big windfall. The stock priced at $135, raising $75 billion, according to the Associated Press. That tops the record set by Saudi Aramco in 2019 for largest IPO. Shares started at $150, climbed to about $168, and closed just above $161. SpaceX's market cap finished at roughly $2.1 trillion. SpaceX’s long-awaited listing delivered for Justin Fishner-Wolfson and 137 Ventures. The low-profile VC firm spent 15 years building a stake, now just over 1% of SpaceX, according to Newser and The New York Times. That piece is worth about $20 billion at the company’s projected $1.77 trillion value before SpaceX shares climbed Friday.
12 June 2026
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Virgin Galactic Shares Jump 36% With Traders Eyeing Test Flight

Virgin Galactic Shares Jump 36% With Traders Eyeing Test Flight

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. jumped 36.42%, ending the session at $6.18 after a huge spike in volume to 175.9 million shares—way over the 50-day average of 11.3 million. The stock posted its sixth straight advance and set a 52-week high, beating out bigger aerospace players like Boeing, RTX, and Lockheed Martin. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.20% and the Dow gained 0.72% Friday. Virgin Galactic made the move after saying its VSS Unity prototype got back in the air for glide flights over Spaceport America in New Mexico. Those unpowered flights are used to test handling and landing. According to the company, the flights are for pilot and ground crew training ahead of trials for Virgin's next spaceship.
30 May 2026
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SpaceX Starship V3 Launch Set for Biggest Test at Starbase

SpaceX Starship V3 Launch Set for Biggest Test at Starbase

STARBASE, Texas, May 21, 2026, 15:15 CDT SpaceX said it is on track to launch the first Version 3 Starship from its Starbase facility in South Texas on Thursday, a test that will try to prove the updated rocket is ready for more regular satellite launches, future lunar landings and possible reuse.
21 May 2026
SpaceX restarts Starlink launches after satellite mishap — and another Falcon 9 is already queued

Goldman Said to Get Lead Spot as SpaceX IPO Nears $1.75 Trillion Listing

Goldman Sachs is set to be named lead-left on SpaceX’s planned IPO, positioning the bank as the most senior underwriter for a listing that could break records for size. The lead-left role gives Goldman the top spot in arranging the company’s first sale of shares to the public. SpaceX could file its prospectus as soon as Wednesday, pushing ahead with its IPO plans, Reuters reported. The company is looking at a June 4 roadshow for investors, pricing as early as June 11, and targeting a Nasdaq listing under SPCX on June 12.
20 May 2026
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AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Rally Against Dead Zones With Uncommon Satellite Move, Eye Starlink Push

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Rally Against Dead Zones With Uncommon Satellite Move, Eye Starlink Push

AT&T Inc. is teaming up with Verizon and T-Mobile—an unusual alliance among the top three U.S. mobile carriers—to launch a satellite-based venture targeting the country’s wireless dead zones. All three giants are throwing their weight behind what’s shaping up to be a race for direct phone-to-satellite service. The companies say their plan relies on direct-to-device tech, so regular phones connect straight to satellites, no special hardware required. It’s a conspicuous bit of timing. Just two days after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission cleared EchoStar’s $40 billion wireless spectrum sale — those are the frequencies mobile signals ride on — to SpaceX and AT&T, the announcement landed. The deal sets up Elon Musk’s Starlink for a more direct shot at cell service, while AT&T picks up crucial low- and mid-band 5G spectrum.
15 May 2026
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Amazon to Buy Globalstar in $11.6 Billion Deal to Challenge Starlink, Keep Apple Satellite Features Running

Amazon to Buy Globalstar in $11.6 Billion Deal to Challenge Starlink, Keep Apple Satellite Features Running

Amazon.com moved to acquire Globalstar on Tuesday, striking an agreement valued at around $11.6 billion. The move aims to boost Amazon’s Leo satellite network, accelerating its entry into phone-to-satellite connectivity and ratcheting up the competition with SpaceX’s Starlink. Globalstar’s stock jumped close to 9% during the morning session in the U.S., while Amazon shares picked up about 2.7%. Timing is key here. Starlink’s got over 10,000 satellites in orbit already. Amazon? Just above 200 for now, but the company is pushing to assemble a 3,200-satellite network by 2029—about half of those must be up by a July regulatory cutoff.
14 April 2026
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Oil Prices Tumble, Dow Futures Jump After Trump Delays Iran Energy Strikes

Oil Prices Tumble, Dow Futures Jump After Trump Delays Iran Energy Strikes

Oil prices tumbled, with Brent sliding to $96 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate dropping to $85.28. U.S. stock futures shifted higher Monday after President Donald Trump announced a five-day hold on planned strikes targeting Iranian power plants and energy sites, following what he called productive talks with Tehran. Futures, which hint at the direction for Wall Street at the open, turned positive. Traders had spent the weekend on edge, bracing for potential disruption to the Strait of Hormuz—the key choke point linking Iran and Oman, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil and LNG moves through. Monday, the International Energy Agency said it was talking with governments about possible further emergency stock releases, following an unprecedented 400 million-barrel drawdown earlier this month.
23 March 2026
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QuantumScape Stock Price Falls 4% as Oil Shock, Rising Rates Hit EV Battery Plays

QuantumScape Stock Price Falls 4% as Oil Shock, Rising Rates Hit EV Battery Plays

QuantumScape Corp dropped 4.35% to close at $6.59 on Friday, sliding alongside a broader Wall Street retreat as traders eyed rising energy costs. U.S. markets remain shut Sunday, but renewed risks to Middle East energy assets are raising the odds that selling might pick right back up when trading starts Monday. That’s a key point for QuantumScape, which is still working its way out of the development stage and hasn’t yet hit commercial production. Shares get hit harder in this stretch—any risk-off day lands with extra weight. Friday proved it: the Nasdaq slid 2.01%, while the Russell 2000, the small-cap barometer, dropped 2.26%.
22 March 2026
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NASA moves up SpaceX Crew-11 return from ISS after astronaut medical issue — here’s the timeline

NASA moves up SpaceX Crew-11 return from ISS after astronaut medical issue — here’s the timeline

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 14 for Crew-11 to undock — detach — from the International Space Station, with a splashdown off the coast of California at about 3:40 a.m. on Jan. 15, NASA said. The agency is bringing the crew home earlier than planned as it monitors a medical concern affecting one astronaut, whom NASA said is stable. NASA officials have described the case as a “serious medical condition,” and said the station does not have the tools to fully diagnose and treat it. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told reporters the decision was driven by the station’s limits, saying “the capability to diagnose and treat this properly does not live on the International Space Station.”
10 January 2026
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NASA orders SpaceX Crew-11 home early from ISS after undisclosed astronaut medical issue, spacewalk canceled

NASA orders SpaceX Crew-11 home early from ISS after undisclosed astronaut medical issue, spacewalk canceled

NASA will bring the SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts back from the International Space Station early after a medical issue affected one of the four crew members, agency officials said on Thursday. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman called it a “serious medical condition” and said “the capability to diagnose and treat this properly does not live on the ISS.” The decision immediately throws the crew-rotation schedule into motion. NASA said it is reviewing Crew-11 return dates and working with SpaceX and international partners on options to move up launch opportunities for Crew-12.
9 January 2026
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NASA orders first-ever ISS medical evacuation as SpaceX Crew-11 heads home early

NASA orders first-ever ISS medical evacuation as SpaceX Crew-11 heads home early

NASA has ordered the early return of its Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station after a crew member developed a “serious medical condition,” senior agency officials said. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the station lacks the capability to “diagnose and treat this properly,” in what officials described as the first such medical evacuation in the orbiting lab’s 25-year history. The move matters because it exposes a hard limit of human spaceflight: the ISS has medical gear and links to doctors on the ground, but not the tools to fully work up a serious case. NASA’s Amit Kshatriya called the response “a textbook example” of crew training and said the agency has no spare, crew-ready capsule docked that would let one astronaut leave alone.
9 January 2026
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NASA calls ISS briefing as Crew-11 medical issue raises early return option

NASA calls ISS briefing as Crew-11 medical issue raises early return option

NASA is considering ending the Crew-11 mission early and bringing its astronauts home from the International Space Station after an unspecified medical issue hit one crew member, prompting the cancellation of a planned spacewalk, the agency said. NASA described the astronaut as stable and did not identify the person, citing medical privacy. Reuters NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from its Washington headquarters to discuss the space station and its crew. The participants listed include NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, associate administrator Amit Kshatriya and Dr. James Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer. NASA
8 January 2026
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NASA may bring ISS Crew-11 home early after astronaut medical concern scrubs spacewalk

NASA may bring ISS Crew-11 home early after astronaut medical concern scrubs spacewalk

NASA is weighing a rare early return of its SpaceX Crew-11 team from the International Space Station after an unspecified medical issue involving one astronaut forced the agency to call off a spacewalk planned for Thursday. NASA said the astronaut was in stable condition. Reuters NASA said the medical concern arose Wednesday afternoon aboard the orbiting lab and it would not identify the crew member or share details because of medical privacy. The agency said the situation was stable and it would announce a new date for the postponed spacewalk later. NASA
8 January 2026
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Space Forge sparks plasma on ForgeStar-1 in orbit, pushing semiconductors-in-space closer

Space Forge sparks plasma on ForgeStar-1 in orbit, pushing semiconductors-in-space closer

U.K. startup Space Forge said on Dec. 31 it generated plasma — a superheated gas — aboard its ForgeStar-1 satellite, calling it a world-first for commercial in-space manufacturing. The company said the milestone moves it closer to producing high-performance semiconductor materials in low Earth orbit. Space Forge Why it matters now: Space Forge said the plasma run shows it can create the extreme conditions needed for gas-phase crystal growth, a core step in forming semiconductor crystals from vapor. The Cardiff-based company is targeting wide- and ultra-wide bandgap materials such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide, which are used in high-power electronics and advanced communications, among other applications. Semiconductor Today
1 January 2026
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NASA Mars goes radio-silent as solar conjunction stalls MAVEN recovery efforts

NASA Mars goes radio-silent as solar conjunction stalls MAVEN recovery efforts

NASA has entered a planned communications blackout with its Mars missions as a solar alignment known as conjunction begins, delaying efforts to re-establish contact with the MAVEN orbiter that has been silent since early December, the agency said. NASA said the pause starts Dec. 29 and it does not expect contact with any Mars missions until Jan. 16. NASA Science The timing matters because solar conjunction cuts off the routine back-and-forth needed to keep spacecraft operating smoothly and to troubleshoot anomalies. It also freezes recovery work on MAVEN at a moment when engineers are still trying to work out why it stopped responding.
1 January 2026
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Look up tonight: New England fireball reports roll in as Quadrantid meteors switch on

Look up tonight: New England fireball reports roll in as Quadrantid meteors switch on

Dozens of skywatchers across New England filed reports of a bright “fireball” on Saturday evening, according to the American Meteor Society’s public log of sightings. The entries, clustered around 5:59 p.m. ET, came as the Quadrantid meteor shower’s active period begins, giving stargazers another reason to look up this week. The timing matters now because the Quadrantids are one of the year’s more intense meteor showers when they peak, but the best activity typically concentrates into a narrow window. That makes planning — and timing — more important than for longer, drawn-out showers, the society said.
29 December 2025
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A massive asteroid will skim past Earth in 2029 — and a Swiss-built camera is gearing up to watch it

A massive asteroid will skim past Earth in 2029 — and a Swiss-built camera is gearing up to watch it

Scientists are sharpening plans to study asteroid Apophis ahead of its unusually close — but safe — flyby of Earth in April 2029, with a Swiss-built camera selected for Europe’s planned Ramses mission. European Space Agency+1 The encounter matters because Apophis is expected to pass within about 32,000 km of Earth’s surface, closer than many satellites in geostationary orbit — and close enough for Earth’s gravity to alter the asteroid’s physical state. European Space Agency+2Media Relations+2
29 December 2025
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SpaceX Falcon 9 COSMO-SkyMed Launch Update: Italian Radar Earth-Observation Satellite Retargets Vandenberg After Scrub

SpaceX Falcon 9 COSMO-SkyMed Launch Update: Italian Radar Earth-Observation Satellite Retargets Vandenberg After Scrub

SpaceX has scrubbed its planned year-ending Falcon 9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after a ground systems issue at the launch pad, delaying the launch of Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 Earth-observation satellite. Spaceflight Now reported the scrub late Saturday and said SpaceX was targeting a Sunday attempt, though an updated official launch time had not yet been confirmed by the company at the time of reporting. Spaceflight Now+1 When it flies, the mission is set to carry a dual-use synthetic-aperture radar satellite for the Italian Space Agency and Italy’s Ministry of Defence—an all-weather imaging platform designed to deliver high-resolution views of Earth day or night. The launch also caps a relentless year of Falcon 9 operations, with SpaceX aiming to close out 2025 with one more West Coast liftoff-and-landing sequence. Spaceflight Now+1
28 December 2025
Blue Origin Stands Down NS-37 Launch After Preflight Issue, Delaying Historic Flight for First Wheelchair User to Reach Space

Blue Origin Stands Down NS-37 Launch After Preflight Issue, Delaying Historic Flight for First Wheelchair User to Reach Space

Blue Origin called off its planned New Shepard NS-37 launch attempt on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, saying the team “observed an issue” during built-in preflight checks and is now assessing the next opportunity to launch. The suborbital mission is closely watched because it is slated to carry Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer who uses a wheelchair—positioning her to become the first wheelchair user to travel beyond the Kármán line, the widely recognized boundary of space. Blue Origin+1 The delayed flight is more than a space-tourism headline. It has become a high-profile test of how commercial spaceflight can expand participation—especially for people whose mobility needs have historically been treated as a disqualifier in astronaut selection and spacecraft design. Blue Origin+2ABC News+2
18 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Goldman Sachs Sees AI Sector Leverage at $1.4 Trillion as Rally Drives Risks
    July 1, 2026, 7:17 AM EDT. Goldman Sachs is flagging $1.4 trillion in leveraged bets across U.S. stocks, most of it in names tied to AI. The bank says margin debt now makes up 1.8% of U.S. equities and warns that this adds real risk if the market turns and triggers forced selling. Margin borrowing in Japan now tops $30 billion, the most since 2008. Big tech-the 'Magnificent Seven'-has lagged, pressured by crowding, cautious Fed signals and rising costs. Wells Fargo sees delayed AI IPOs as a bullish sign, pointing to stronger adoption trends that could lift demand and push the AI cycle further despite higher leverage.
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