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'One more step': NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk to prep ISS for solar array upgrade

Jessica Meir and Anil Menon completed a 6.5-hour spacewalk to install solar array mounting hardware outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026.

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Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite after 5-week delay (video, photos)

Rocket Lab launched its eighth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS on Thursday morning (Aug. 6), five weeks later than originally planned.

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SpaceX, Tesla Confirm Terafab Site as Chip Demand Outruns Global Supply

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) on Thursday confirmed Grimes County, Texas as the permanent home for Terafab, the companies’ giant semiconductor manufacturing venture.

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SpaceX rocket's impact crater on the moon spied by Korean lunar orbiter (photos)

South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter has spied the crater that a SpaceX rocket blasted out when it slammed into the moon on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).

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Tech barons dream of human colonies on Mars – but I can’t think of a worse place to die

Humans love to do stupid things to reach far-off places – but even the wildest frontiers on Earth have at least the possibility of a return home

The Guardian - AU

Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says

Blue Origin has made considerable progress in its New Glenn anomaly investigation, tracing the problem to a faulty valve in one of the rocket's first-stage engines.

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Mars rover watches Earth disappear behind Phobos | Space photo of the day for Aug. 6, 2025

"Phobos crosses the Martian sky three times a day, and Earth is visible for months at a stretch, but catching one directly behind the other takes planning and a little luck."

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 wasn't the first rocket to crash into the moon. Here's a rundown

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage that collided with the moon on Wednesday (Aug. 5), was just the latest in a line of energetic lunar touchdowns.

Space

‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface

The Guardian - AU

Cathie Wood Buys $17.6 Million of Nvidia Stock as SpaceX's GPU Bet Fuels Optimism, Dumps Palantir Stock as Michael Burry's Short Bet Lingers

On Wednesday, Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest executed significant trades involving Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX), NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL), and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR).

Benzinga

Maye Musk Opens Up About Space Travel and Elon Musk's Moon Ambitions for SpaceX: 'I Will Go Wherever He Wants Me to Go'

Maye Musk says she would be open to traveling to space with her son, Elon Musk, but the nearly 80-year-old supermodel and author has questions about whether rocket travel would offer enough comfort.

Benzinga

A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site

Early this morning, a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon at seven times the speed of sound. Now, lunar orbiters are trying to get a look at the aftermath.

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SpaceX Lockup Expiry Could Send a Gentle Jolt Through QQQ, Nasdaq ETFs

Beginning Thursday, the proportion of SpaceX’s (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares available for public trading is set to rise from less than 5% to more than 12%, with more lockup expirations scheduled for Aug 20 and late September. The expanding free float could gradually increase the rocket company’s weight in float-adjusted indexes such…

Benzinga

Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)

Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.

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The Independent UK

Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted

The Independent UK

New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet

Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet

The Guardian - UK

Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun

Highest-ever resolution pictures of our star could help show why its corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface

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Curiosity rover spots mysterious honeycombs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 5, 2026

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted surprising honeycomb-like shapes in the Red Planet soil while exploring a large valley.

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Mars dust is toxic. How will future astronauts deal with it?

Mars dust is known to contain various carcinogens, such as silica and numerous heavy metals. How will future astronauts mitigate the health risks?

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Hits $100B 'If We Basically Did Nothing' — 'Nothing' Never Looked So Hard

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) set one of the boldest financial targets of the earnings season on Tuesday, with CEO Elon Musk telling investors the company expects to reach a $100 billion annual recurring revenue (ARR) run rate by December. Then he added an even bolder qualifier.

Bangkok Post

Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into moon

WASHINGTON - A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year was expected to have smashed into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning, though the impact was unlikely to be confirmed for at least several hours.

International Business Times UK

No One Can Stop a SpaceX Rocket Hitting the Moon Today: What Happens at 5,400mph

A SpaceX rocket stage is set to crash into the Moon, creating a new crater and raising concerns about space debris management. NASA plans to observe the impact for scientific insights.

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1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

Here's what you need to know before the total solar eclipse one week from now.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Pulls Forward $1 Trillion Revenue Target for SpaceX as Revenue Jumps 92% — 'There's a Non-Zero Chance…'

Elon Musk on Tuesday said that Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (NASDAQ:SPCX) in-house forecast for hitting $1 trillion in annual revenue has been pulled forward to 2030 from 2031.

France 24

School-bus-sized chunk of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the Moon

A school-bus-sized piece of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have smashed into the Moon on Wednesday, an unintentional collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a lunar crater. The impact is unlikely to be confirmed for several hours.

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