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Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year
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Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year

June 11, 2025

Space is no longer the domain of dreams and fiction. Particularly regarding the Earth’s orbital zones, it’s a domain…

SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended
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SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended

June 6, 2025

When the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule was certified to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2020,…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation

September 16, 2024

Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first…

US Intelligence Contracting SpaceX to Build a Satellite Panopticon: ‘No one can hide’
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US Intelligence Contracting SpaceX to Build a Satellite Panopticon: ‘No one can hide’

March 19, 2024March 22, 2024

“No one can hide,” one of five sources familiar with a classified program to construct a new global spy…

SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit
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SpaceX Receives Contract to Send First Two Lunar Gateway Components into Orbit

February 12, 2021June 6, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will carry the first two of four components of the Lunar Gateway into space,…

NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight
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NASA Gets Back to Sending Astronauts to the ISS with the First-Ever Commercial Space Flight

November 19, 2020

PICTURED: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission…


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Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May

Suzanne Latre April 28, 2026

Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…

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EU Citizens Gather 1 Million Signatures for Referendum to Repeal Israel’s European Relations

Andy Corbley April 19, 2026

It’s been reported to be the fastest that any petition to the European Commission has gathered 1 million signatures,…

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750 US Troops Injured or Killed since October 2023 – Investigation

Andy Corbley April 3, 2026

Investigative news outlet The Intercept has reported that the Pentagon and US Central Command (CENTCOM) are engaged in a “casualty cover-up”…

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