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Launch customers in Europe are increasingly vocal in their call for a regional rideshare program to cater to strong demand.

SpaceX completed a full suborbital flight of the latest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle on May 22, achieving several key milestones despite losing the first-stage booster.

SpaceX has scrubbed a May 21 attempt to fly the newest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle, with the goal of re-attempting the rocket’s 12th test flight on May 22.

SpaceX bets on vertical integration and Starship's high launch cadence to enable orbital AI data centers and Mars colonization.

SpaceX has disclosed financial details ahead of the aerospace industry’s most anticipated public offering, including a $5 billion net loss in 2025 on $18.7 billion in sales.

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House panel approves NASA's 2027 budget at $24.44B, rejecting White House's proposed 23% cut, and backs Artemis, Mars and nuclear propulsion plans.

China’s megaconstellations threaten to shift the balance of power in space.

After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is preparing to resume flight tests of the Starship-Super Heavy with launch of a re-engineered, orbital-class vehicle slated for May 19.

Unfavorable weather has delayed the planned launch of SpaceX’s 34th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station until May 13.

AST SpaceMobile plans satellite launches with Blue Origin and SpaceX, aiming to expand its constellation and integrate AI tools for better performance.

Military planners face new vulnerabilities as defense becomes data-driven, exposing risks to cloud, AI tools and commercial satellites during conflict.

The National Reconnaissance Office has scheduled the launch date for its next mission for no earlier than May 11, the agency said May 8.

Rocket Lab has already booked more launches in the first three months of 2026 than in all of 2025, company CEO Peter Beck announced in a May 7 earnings call.

The most consequential of all anticipated aerospace and defense IPOs is that of SpaceX, which will undoubtedly elevate the prospects of other aerospace IPOs.

Sweden’s first operational military satellite has reached orbit.

A House panel on April 30 narrowly rejected a 23% budget cut for NASA proposed by the Trump administration.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

SpaceX has provided further details on development setbacks it suffered in getting the newest version of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system back to the pad.

NASA’s next SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station will deliver four crewmembers for a long-duration mission.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized AST SpaceMobile to launch and operate its planned 248-satellite constellation.

SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force launched the 10th GPS III satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket on April 21 from Cape Canaveral SFS.

NASA awarded its seventh private astronaut mission to Voyager.

Global orbital launches surge 25% in 2025 as SpaceX dominates with 165 missions while Starlink constellation tops 10,100 satellites.

Kongsberg teams with SpinLaunch to develop LEO satellite systems, offering faster deployment and sovereign control for allied governments.