SpaceX shares rose on the first day of trading as the company went public in a milestone event for both the company and the broader space industry.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload […]

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As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations.

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Chris Kemp thinks he could be the last person left working at Astra — but not for the reason most people might think. His company rode the SPAC boom five […]

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Aerospace executives see AI not as a replacement for workers but as a necessary tool for helping an overstretched industrial base

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