What Happened With Space?

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The Latest on Space

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Full Brief
  1. 3

    Rocket & satellite company SpaceX's Starship (world's largest & most powerful rocket) reaches orbit for 1st time & deploys 26 next-gen Starlink internet satellites

Every Summary on Space

September 20262 Summaries

  1. Tuesday, September 29, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      Rocket & satellite company SpaceX's Starship (world's largest & most powerful rocket) reaches orbit for 1st time & deploys 26 next-gen Starlink internet satellites

  2. Tuesday, September 8, 2026Full Brief
    1. 5

      EU announces $232M 2026-27 investment package for Greenland covering satellite/cable connectivity, hydropower, critical raw materials, education, fisheries, housing, tourism & small businesses to "strengthen Arctic connectivity, economic resilience"

August 20265 Summaries

  1. Monday, August 31, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      Trump signs order creating commission to plan NASA-led "US Space Academy" to train future space leaders & workforce for "national security, economic growth, scientific discovery & technological innovation"

  2. Thursday, August 27, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      Aerospace giant SpaceX announces $100B investment for "world's largest launch site" in Louisiana, with capacity for "thousands of launches annually"; Project targets construction in 2027 & 1st launch in 2029

  3. Monday, August 24, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      Trump signs memo targeting 1K+ annual US space launches & spacecraft returns by 2030; Directs federal agencies to speed permitting & NASA to "facilitate commercial transport to/from Moon & explore commercial access to Mars"

  4. Friday, August 7, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Aerospace giant SpaceX & electric vehicle maker Tesla announce $16.8B investment in Terafab AI chip manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, projected to create 3K+ jobs

  5. Wednesday, August 5, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Aerospace & AI giant SpaceX's Q2 revenue jumps to $7.8B (+92% vs $4.1B in Q2 2025) in 1st quarterly earnings as public company; Connectivity business revenue rises to $4.3B (+66% vs $2.6B) as Starlink subscribers double to 12M (vs 6M)

July 20262 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, July 8, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      US nuclear technology company City Labs launches "world's 1st commercial nuclear-powered satellite" aboard SpaceX's satellite launch to demonstrate "continuous electrical power independent of solar energy"

  2. Thursday, July 2, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Space tech company Rocket Lab will acquire satellite communications firm Iridium for $8B "to expand beyond launch services & spacecraft manufacturing into satellite communications"

June 20267 Summaries

  1. Thursday, June 18, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      SpaceX reaches $60B all-stock deal to acquire Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, expanding rocket maker's AI push after Feb 2026 xAI merger

  2. Wednesday, June 17, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Rocket maker SpaceX overtakes retail giant Amazon as world's 5th most valuable company, reaching $2.66T market value after shares surge following record stock market debut

  3. Monday, June 15, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      SpaceX reaches $2.1T valuation in stock market debut after opening at $150/share (vs $135 offering price); Valuation boost makes CEO Elon Musk world's 1st trillionaire with ~$1.1T net worth

  4. Friday, June 12, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      SpaceX prices its upcoming record public listing at $135/share ahead of Nasdaq trading, aiming to raise $75B at $1.77T valuation, surpassing Saudi Aramco's $25.6B record in 2019

  5. Tuesday, June 9, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      ChatGPT maker OpenAI takes 1st step toward stock market debut, "submitting confidential SEC paperwork" after reaching $852B valuation in Mar; Joins Anthropic & SpaceX in preparing potential record AI public listings

  6. Monday, June 8, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      Google signs $29B AI compute deal with SpaceX to access 110K Nvidia GPUs across xAI data centers, paying $920M/mo through Jun 2029 amid surging Gemini Enterprise agent platform demand

  7. Monday, June 1, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad engine test, destroying 320ft rocket slated to launch Amazon internet satellites in Jun

May 20267 Summaries

  1. Thursday, May 28, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      NASA unveils plans for "humanity's 1st outpost beyond Earth" with $20B permanent Moon Base targeted after 2028 lunar missions; Aerospace firms Blue Origin, Astrolab, Astrobotic, Lunar Outpost & Firefly selected as partners

  2. Tuesday, May 26, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      SpaceX launches 124m Starship V3 (world's largest & most powerful rocket) in 12th test flight deploying 20 mock Starlink satellites, advancing NASA moon & Mars ambitions

    2. 6

      China launches 3 astronauts into space 7mos after previous crewed mission, advancing Beijing's plans for Moon landing by 2030

  3. Thursday, May 21, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      Elon Musk's SpaceX files for $1.75T stock market debut seeking up to $80B funding amid expansion into AI & satellite internet; Listing would be largest stock market valuation in history if approved by regulators

  4. Friday, May 15, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Top 3 US wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon unveil satellite connectivity joint venture to "end mobile dead zones in rural areas" across combined 400M+ subscriber base

  5. Friday, May 8, 2026Full Brief
    1. 5

      Anthropic signs deal to use all compute capacity at SpaceX's "Colossus 1" AI data center, adding 300MW+ capacity & 220K+ Nvidia GPUs for Claude users

  6. Monday, May 4, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Defense Dept signs deals with 8 tech companies (SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Reflection) to "deploy AI on classified networks to build AI-first military"

April 20263 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, April 15, 2026Full Brief
    1. 5

      Amazon signs deal to acquire satellite firm Globalstar to "enable direct-to-device satellite services" & "expand connectivity beyond terrestrial networks"

  2. Tuesday, April 7, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      Artemis II (NASA's 1st crewed lunar flyby mission since 1972) breaks record for furthest distance humans ever traveled from Earth (253K mi) surpassing previous 249K mi record set by Apollo 13 in Apr 1970

  3. Thursday, April 2, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      NASA launches Artemis II, its 1st crewed lunar flyby mission in 50yrs+; 4 astronauts begin 10-day test flight to "demonstrate life support & lunar trajectory"

March 20263 Summaries

  1. Thursday, March 26, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      NASA unveils $20B moon base plan to "establish enduring presence on lunar surface"; Pauses Gateway lunar orbit station (announced 2017) to "shift focus to surface operations"

  2. Tuesday, March 24, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Elon Musk unveils plans for 1TW/year chip facility TERAFAB with SpaceX & xAI to "meet terawatt-scale demand for AI & space infrastructure" citing "need for 100M tons/year of solar capture systems in space"

  3. Wednesday, March 18, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Nvidia launches new AI computing platforms designed for use in space to "enable satellites & spacecraft to process data & make decisions in orbit as demand grows for real-time space-based intelligence"

February 20261 Summary

  1. Tuesday, February 3, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Aerospace company SpaceX acquires AI firm xAI, combining Elon Musk's companies "to build most ambitious vertically-integrated innovation engine spanning AI, rockets, space-based internet & communications"

January 20262 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, January 28, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      Oman signs Artemis Accords, becoming 61st nation to "commit to responsible space exploration & peaceful lunar cooperation"; Established in 2020, Artemis Accords set principles for civil space activities on Moon, Mars & beyond

  2. Friday, January 16, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      NASA & Energy Dept will deploy nuclear reactor on Moon by 2030; Reactor designed to produce continuous electrical power for sustained lunar missions regardless of sunlight or temperature

December 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, December 18, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      NOAA report: Arctic reached hottest temperatures in 2025 with record-low sea ice in Mar (lowest in 47yr satellite data) & greenest tundra ever recorded

October 20253 Summaries

  1. Friday, October 31, 2025Full Brief
    1. 6

      NASA's X-59 (world's quietest jet) completes 1st test flight reducing supersonic noise to "thump" (car door volume) to enable commercial supersonic flight over land

  2. Friday, October 24, 2025Full Brief
    1. 6

      European aerospace giants Airbus, Thales & Leonardo merge satellite operations into $7.6B Toulouse-based venture launching 2027, countering Starlink's dominance

  3. Wednesday, October 15, 2025Full Brief
    1. 3

      SpaceX completes 11th & final test of its current 2nd-gen Starship rocket before debuting upgraded refueling-capable version for NASA's 2027 crewed lunar mission

September 20252 Summaries

  1. Thursday, September 25, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      NASA & national climate research agency NOAA launch 3 space weather satellites aboard SpaceX rocket to monitor sun & Earth's atmosphere to provide early warnings of solar activity that could disrupt GPS, power grids & space missions

  2. Wednesday, September 3, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      AI company Anthropic's valuation more than doubles to $183B (vs $61.5B in Mar) after raising $13B in latest funding round, becoming world's 4th most valuable private company next to OpenAI, SpaceX & ByteDance

August 20252 Summaries

  1. Thursday, August 28, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      SpaceX's Starship (world's biggest & most powerful rocket) completes test flight after 9 failed attempts, successfully deploys 8 dummy satellites into space & revives 2027 moon mission ambitions

  2. Thursday, August 21, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      AI data analytics company Databricks jumps to $100B+ valuation (+61% vs $62B in Dec 2024), becoming 4th venture-backed firm to hit milestone after SpaceX, ByteDance & OpenAI

July 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, July 31, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      India & US launch $1.5B "first-of-its-kind" NISAR satellite that monitors precise earth surface changes (revisits areas every 12 days) including glaciers & earthquake precursors

June 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, June 26, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      India, Poland, Hungary send 1st astronauts to orbit in 40yrs in ISS mission led by private firm Axiom Space

May 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, May 29, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      Elon Musk announces planned departure from "special government employee" role, claiming "DOGE mission will strengthen over time"; Returns to his companies Tesla, xAI (X), SpaceX (Starlink), Neuralink

April 20252 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, April 30, 2025Full Brief
    1. 7

      Amazon launches 1st batch of 27 Project Kuiper internet satellites to compete vs SpaceX's Starlink

  2. Wednesday, April 2, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      SpaceX launches 4 civilian passengers in 1st crewed research spaceflight (3-5 days) orbiting Earth's poles

March 20254 Summaries

  1. Friday, March 28, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      NASA & CU Boulder Research: Planet's total sea ice hits lowest ever level in Mar; Earth is missing ice area size of US east of Mississippi

  2. Wednesday, March 19, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      2 NASA astronauts successfully return from International Space Station in SpaceX Dragon capsule after return vessel Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, extending their mission from 8 days to 9mo

  3. Thursday, March 13, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      1st total lunar eclipse since Nov 2022 visible across North & South America tonight; Moon turns blood red 2:30-3:30 AM ET

  4. Tuesday, March 4, 2025Full Brief
    1. 3

      Firefly Aerospace lands 1st commercial spacecraft Blue Ghost on Moon to operate 10 NASA experiments over 14 days before exhausting power

January 20252 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, January 29, 2025Full Brief
    1. 10

      Lunar New Year today starts Year of the Wood Snake; China anticipates 9B trips in world's largest annual human migration

  2. Thursday, January 16, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin successfully launches New Glenn rocket into orbit in 1st test flight, entering space technology race dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX

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