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Child abuse victim sues Musk's xAI over AI-generated images
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The complaint, lodged Wednesday in the Northern District of California by an anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1, alleges that xAI designed Grok to alt...
Musk vs OpenAI trial enters second week
May 04, 2026 (AFP)
Musk is seeking to force his rivals in artificial intelligence (AI) development to revert to a non-profit foundation. Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of...
Space Rider Heat Shield and Steering Flaps Pass Plasma Wind Tunnel Trials
May 04, 2026 (SPX)
The tests were conducted at the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) facility in Capua, Italy, which operates the world's largest plasma wind tunnel. Compon...
JPL Team Ignites High-Power Lithium-Fed Electric Thruster Aimed at Human Mars Flights
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
The test took place on Feb. 24 inside JPL's condensable metal propellant (CoMeT) vacuum facility, a 26-foot-long (8-meter-long) water-cooled vacuum chamber desi...
Long March 2D Orbits New Batch of Space-Based Internet Test Satellites
Apr 26, 2026 (SPX)
The mission placed a new set of spacecraft in the Space-based Internet Technology Demonstrator series into their preset orbits, according to China Aerospace Sci...
Blue Origin probing rocket's failure to deliver satellite
Apr 20, 2026 (AFP)
On Sunday, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket, but the uncrewed mission did not deliver ...
After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landings
Apr 11, 2026 (AFP)
The Apollo program -- which sent the first and only humans to the Moon's surface between 1969 and 1972 -- was designed so that only two astronauts could land on...
SpaceX files to go public, paving way for record stock offering
Apr 01, 2026 (AFP)
The confidential filing puts the rocket and satellite builder on track to list its shares on a public exchange by July, according to The Wall Street Journal, ci...
Sweden invests $40 mn in space rocket launch site
Mar 31, 2026 (AFP)
The investment would strengthen the launch capabilities of the Esrange Space Centre outside the city of Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle. Defence Minister Pal...
GMV to deliver new UK launch monitoring algorithms for NSpOC
Mar 11, 2026 (SPX)
The activity focuses on data processing algorithms designed to detect, identify and characterise space launch events using heterogeneous observational data sour...
PLD Space lands 180m euro boost to advance global launch services
Mar 11, 2026 (SPX)
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI) and its INNVIERTE fund,...
Japan startup's space rocket fails for third time
Mar 05, 2026 (AFP)
Space One, hoping to become the first private Japanese firm to put a satellite in space, said that what went wrong was "under investigation". TV footage showed ...
Exolaunch to deploy five satellites on Spectrum mission from Norway
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
The Berlin-based company is providing launch mission management, environmental testing, satellite integration, global shipping, and deployment services for the ...
New Wenchang lunar pad completes first Long March 10 test
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
The new launch pad was constructed specifically for Chinas crewed lunar missions and supported its debut mission on Feb. 11. That test combined a low altitude d...
Sateliot books Spanish Miura 5 launch for two next gen Trito satellites in 2027
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
The deal is described as the first fully private Spanish space mission spanning the complete value chain from satellite manufacturing through launch, operations...
Prometheus starts work on new Indiana solid rocket motor campus
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
Prometheus Energetics is a U.S.-based merchant supplier of solid rocket motors and energetics formed as a joint venture between Kratos Defense and Security Solu...
Lithium trace in upper air linked to Falcon 9 rocket breakup
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
Defunct satellites and spent rocket stages are generally expected to break apart and burn up as they descend through the atmosphere. Most previous work has focu...
NASA prepares Artemis II rocket for rollback after upper stage issue
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
Engineers began preparing for the rollback after identifying the helium flow problem during launch processing. On Feb 21, managers directed teams to remove rece...
StormBreaker smart weapon cleared for Navy Super Hornet operations
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
StormBreaker is designed to engage both moving and stationary targets on land or at sea in fair or adverse weather, giving aircrews a flexible weapon for comple...
China retrieves Long March 10 booster from South China Sea after test flight
Feb 20, 2026 (SPX)
The China Manned Space Agency reported that the booster was recovered on Friday morning from a designated splashdown zone, marking the first time China has reco...
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