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Space 10 August 2025 - 17 August 2025

Moon Rocket Breakthroughs, Starship’s Comeback & Cosmic Surprises: Space News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

Moon Rocket Breakthroughs, Starship’s Comeback & Cosmic Surprises: Space News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E rocket failed to reach orbit after launch from Jiuquan on August 15, while CAS Space launched its Kinetica-1 rocket from the same site a day later, outcome unconfirmed. SpaceX postponed a Falcon 9 Starlink launch from California to August 18 and received FAA approval for its next Starship test flight, set for August 24 in Texas.
17 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Starship’s Next Launch, New Glenn’s Mars Mission & More – Global Space News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Starship’s Next Launch, New Glenn’s Mars Mission & More – Global Space News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

SpaceX Starship received FAA approval for its 10th test flight, set for Aug. 24, aiming to deploy dummy Starlink satellites and attempt a controlled splashdown. Blue Origin will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars probes on New Glenn’s second flight Sept. 29. China’s LandSpace lost its Zhuque-2 rocket after an anomaly on Aug. 15. China’s Long March-10 heavy-lift rocket completed a major static fire test the same day.
16 August 2025
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Monaco’s 2025 Internet Revolution: 10 Gbps Fiber, 5G Everywhere – and Even SpaceX Starlink

Monaco’s 2025 Internet Revolution: 10 Gbps Fiber, 5G Everywhere – and Even SpaceX Starlink

Monaco achieved 100% fiber-optic broadband coverage in 2023, retiring copper DSL under the Extended Monaco program. Monaco Telecom, 45% state-owned, is the sole major provider, offering residential fiber from 100 Mbps at €39.99/month to 10 Gbps at €99.99/month. Median download speeds reached 247 Mbps by early 2024. Fiber is available to nearly every building except those under renovation.
16 August 2025
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Don’t Miss SpaceX’s Dazzling Starlink “Satellite Train” – Here’s How to Watch It

Don’t Miss SpaceX’s Dazzling Starlink “Satellite Train” – Here’s How to Watch It

As of August 2025, over 8,000 Starlink satellites orbit Earth, making up about 65% of all active satellites. Most operate at 550 km altitude and can appear as bright moving trains after launch, sometimes reaching magnitude 2–3. SpaceX added anti-reflective features since 2020 and lowered 300 satellites’ orbits in January 2025, reducing visible streaks in observatory data by 58%.
16 August 2025
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You Won’t Believe How Easily You Can Spot the ISS – Ultimate International Space Station Viewing Guide

You Won’t Believe How Easily You Can Spot the ISS – Ultimate International Space Station Viewing Guide

The ISS orbits Earth every 92 minutes at about 250 miles altitude and 17,500 mph, visible as a steady white dot at dawn or dusk. NASA’s Spot the Station app and sites like Heavens-Above give sighting times and directions. Axiom Mission 4 launched June 25, 2025, with astronauts from India, Poland, and Hungary. The ISS marks its 25th anniversary in November 2025; NASA plans deorbit around 2030–2031.
16 August 2025
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Day Turns to Night: Everything You Need to Know About the Epic August 12, 2026 Total Solar Eclipse

Day Turns to Night: Everything You Need to Know About the Epic August 12, 2026 Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, will cross Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and a corner of Portugal, with peak totality lasting about 2 minutes at Látrabjarg, Iceland. Spain will see its first total eclipse since 1905, and Iceland since 1954. Major Spanish cities including Valencia and Bilbao lie in the path, while Madrid and Barcelona will see only a partial eclipse. The event coincides with the Perseid meteor shower peak.
15 August 2025
Battle for the Final Frontier: Space Tourism Face-Off — Blue Origin vs SpaceX vs Virgin Galactic

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

Blue Origin’s NS-21 flight on May 19, 2024, carried Ed Dwight, 90, to 106 km, making him the oldest person in space. SpaceX has flown five fully commercial orbital crewed flights by August 2025, while Starship has not yet carried people. Virgin Galactic paused flights after its June 8, 2024, mission to develop new spaceplanes. Blue Origin flew its first all-female crew, led by Lauren Sánchez, on April 14, 2025.
15 August 2025
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Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 missions 12 hours apart on Aug. 14, 2025, deploying 52 Starlink satellites and recovering both boosters at sea. California's Coastal Commission blocked SpaceX's bid to increase Vandenberg launches, prompting a lawsuit and possible Space Force override. ULA’s Vulcan Centaur launched NTS-3 for the U.S. Space Force on Aug. 12. Ariane 6 delivered Metop-SG A1 and Sentinel-5, creating a visible spiral in the night sky.
15 August 2025
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All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

Virgin Galactic began flying commercial space tourists in 2023 after its SpaceShipTwo carried a full crew above 80 km in 2021. Blue Origin’s New Shepard flights cross 100 km, with seats auctioned up to $28 million and routine prices in the hundreds of thousands. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 sent an all-civilian crew to orbit in 2021. Axiom’s Ax-1 mission in 2022 charged $55 million per seat for a 10-day ISS stay.
14 August 2025
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Life Clues on Titan, Reversed Memory Loss, and an Ancient “Killer” Whale – Science News Roundup (Aug 13–14, 2025)

Life Clues on Titan, Reversed Memory Loss, and an Ancient “Killer” Whale – Science News Roundup (Aug 13–14, 2025)

NASA’s Curiosity rover photographed a 5-cm, coral-like rock in Gale Crater on Mars during sol 4,608. A NASA-led study reports Titan’s methane lakes could form protocell vesicles without water. Global river research finds 60% of CO2 outgassing comes from ancient carbon. University of Hawaiʻi scientists warn rising seas may flood up to 52 Moai sites on Easter Island by 2080.
14 August 2025
Space Race Heats Up: Vulcan’s Milestone Launch, Ariane 6 Success, and Mega-Constellations Surge (Aug 13-14, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Vulcan’s Milestone Launch, Ariane 6 Success, and Mega-Constellations Surge (Aug 13-14, 2025)

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur launched its first national security mission from Cape Canaveral on August 12, carrying the NTS-3 satellite for the U.S. Space Force. Ariane 6 delivered MetOp-SG A1 from Kourou on August 13. SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg on August 14. China sent its eighth batch of Guowang satellites into orbit on August 13 with a Long March 5B.
14 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Epic Launches, Lunar Showdowns & Breakthrough Tech (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

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

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket launched its first certified Space Force mission from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 12, carrying a classified payload and the experimental NTS-3 navigation satellite to geosynchronous orbit. Hours earlier, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket delivered the MetOp-SG A1 weather satellite into polar orbit from French Guiana. Both flights marked the third launch for each heavy-lift vehicle.
13 August 2025
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Tech Shockers: Space Force Rocket Triumph, Massive Data Leaks & Gadget Surprises (Aug 12–13, 2025)

Tech Shockers: Space Force Rocket Triumph, Massive Data Leaks & Gadget Surprises (Aug 12–13, 2025)

United Launch Alliance launched its first operational Vulcan rocket on the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral, reaching geosynchronous transfer orbit. U.S. authorities seized over $1 million in cryptocurrency from the Russian BlackSuit ransomware gang and dismantled its infrastructure. Meta’s Threads hit 400 million monthly active users. Connex Credit Union reported a breach exposing data of 172,000 customers.
13 August 2025
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Space Marvels, Climate Alarms & Medical Milestones: Major Science News (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Space Marvels, Climate Alarms & Medical Milestones: Major Science News (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Astronomers have identified an ultramassive black hole in the “Cosmic Horseshoe” galaxy, weighing about 36 billion times the Sun’s mass and located 5 billion light-years away. Separately, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope found strong evidence of a Saturn-mass exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, just 4 light-years from Earth, marking the closest directly imaged planet to its star so far.
12 August 2025
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Historic Vulcan Launch, Artemis Moon Hardware & Perseid Meteor Spectacle – Space News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Historic Vulcan Launch, Artemis Moon Hardware & Perseid Meteor Spectacle – Space News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

NASA completed the Orion Stage Adapter for Artemis II at Marshall and will ship it to Kennedy ahead of the planned 2026 crewed lunar mission. NASA ended the Lunar Trailblazer mission after the orbiter failed to reach the Moon. SpaceX marked its 100th launch of 2025 on August 11, sending 24 Kuiper satellites and more Starlinks to orbit. Blue Origin resumed suborbital passenger flights on August 3 from Texas.
12 August 2025
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Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific off California on Aug. 9 after 148 days in orbit, marking the first U.S. crew landing in those waters. Recovery teams retrieved the crew and capsule for medical checks. The ISS remains fully staffed with Crew-11 aboard, as NASA and Roscosmos extended seat-swap agreements through 2027. SpaceX scrubbed four Project Kuiper satellite launches due to weather and technical issues.
11 August 2025
Tech Shocks: Chips Squeezed, Hacks Mended & Space Race Delays – Tech News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Tech Shocks: Chips Squeezed, Hacks Mended & Space Race Delays – Tech News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

AOL will shut down its dial-up internet service on September 30, 2025, ending a 34-year run. The company will also retire the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser alongside the shutdown. Only a few hundred thousand users reportedly remain on dial-up in the U.S.
11 August 2025
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Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down off San Diego at 11:33 a.m. EDT on Aug. 9, returning four astronauts from NASA’s Crew-10 after nearly five months on the ISS. It was NASA’s first Pacific Ocean crew recovery in 50 years. Crew-11 arrived at the ISS a week earlier, restoring the station to seven crew. Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, died Aug. 7 at age 97.
10 August 2025
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Six Planets Will Align in the Sky This Month—Here’s When and How to Watch the Rare “Planet Parade”

Six Planets Will Align in the Sky This Month—Here’s When and How to Watch the Rare “Planet Parade”

Six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will align in a broad arc before dawn starting August 10. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are visible to the naked eye; Uranus and Neptune need binoculars or a telescope. Venus and Jupiter appear less than a degree apart on August 11–12. The next similar alignment will not occur until February 2026.
10 August 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • NIO Shares Fall 7.1% Amid Analyst Upgrades and Rising Trading Volume
    May 1, 2026, 8:43 PM EDT. NIO Inc. (NYSE:NIO) share price dropped 7.1% on Friday, trading as low as $5.81 amid 41% higher volume than average. Despite the decline, several analysts recently upgraded the stock, including HSBC and DBS Bank raising ratings to 'buy' or 'moderate buy'. The electric vehicle maker reported $0.04 earnings per share and $4.95 billion revenue for the latest quarter but posted negative net margins. NIO's consensus rating remains 'Hold' with an average price target of $6.80. Institutional investors modestly increased their stakes in the company during Q3, reflecting mixed market sentiment as the stock navigates near its 50- and 200-day moving averages.

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US Stock Market Today After Hours: Nasdaq Tops 25,000 As S&P 500 Hits Record High

US Stock Market Today After Hours: Nasdaq Tops 25,000 As S&P 500 Hits Record High

2 May 2026
Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.68% and S&P 500 futures edged up 0.06% in early after-hours trading Friday, while Dow futures slipped 0.48%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs, driven by first-quarter S&P 500 profit growth of 27.8%, according to LSEG. Oil prices, inflation signals, and upcoming jobs data remain in focus. GameStop shares rose 4% after reports it was preparing an offer for eBay.
McDonald’s Corporation Stock Slides Before Earnings as Its Big Drink Bet Comes Due

McDonald’s Corporation Stock Slides Before Earnings as Its Big Drink Bet Comes Due

2 May 2026
McDonald’s shares fell 2.37% to $286.64 on Friday, underperforming rivals ahead of its May 7 earnings report and a U.S. launch of six new McCafé specialty drinks. The company will begin selling the drinks nationwide on May 6, adding beverage specialist roles at 14,000 restaurants. Investors are watching whether the new drinks and value offers can boost traffic without slowing service or hurting margins.
Strategy Inc’s 11.5% STRC Payout Sets Up Bitcoin Dividend Vote

Strategy Inc’s 11.5% STRC Payout Sets Up Bitcoin Dividend Vote

2 May 2026
Strategy Inc kept STRC’s May dividend rate at 11.5% and set a $0.958333333 per-share payout, according to a new filing. Shareholders are voting on whether to move STRC dividends from monthly to twice monthly, with results due at the June 8 annual meeting. The company recently used $255 million from a stock sale to buy 3,273 bitcoin.
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