How ‘Star City’ Turned the Soviet Space Program Into TV’s Most Thrilling Puzzle Box

Co-creators Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpertt tell IndieWire about how Soviet state secrets gave them the freedom to craft a whole ...
CNBC

Rocket Lab pops 16%, Iridium soars 25% on $8 billion space consolidation deal

Rocket Lab said on Monday it would acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8 billion, marking one of the biggest consolidation moves ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium

A render of Iridium’s 66-satellite low Earth orbit constellation, which provides positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) coverage in addition to global connectivity. Credit: Iridium WASHINGTON — ...
Morningstar

Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin among the partners in SpaceX's military space-laser project

Government documents show a lineup of defense contractors joining SpaceX to create a satellite network to track airborne threats The U.S. government is tapping both of the country's biggest launch ...
MarketWatch

Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin among the partners in SpaceX’s military space-laser project

Rocket Lab, Lockheed Martin and L3 Harris Technologies are among a group of eight aerospace and defense companies sharing a multibillion-dollar military vendor pool with SpaceX for a new space defense ...
Gizmodo

Did Rocket Lab’s Suborbital Rocket Reach Orbit?

Update, June 17, 8:12 a.m. ET: After publication, Rocket Lab provided Gizmodo with the following statement: “Rocket Lab has never placed any object into orbit unintentionally.” The company did not ...
The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...
Ars Technica

A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation

The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a heavily trafficked part of low-Earth orbit home to the International Space ...
The Motley Fool

Rocket Lab is Still in the Red. Here Are 4 Reasons to Buy the Stock Anyway.

Rocket Lab launched six Electron rockets in 2021, nine in 2022, 10 in 2023, 16 in 2024, and 21 in 2025. It's already launched seven more Electron rockets year-to-date, and it aims to launch more than ...
USA Today

This next Virginia rocket launch will reach 5 times the speed of sound

Rocket Lab is preparing for a suborbital hypersonic launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission, called "Curveball," will use the HASTE launch vehicle, a modified Electron ...
Time

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Explodes Into Flames on Launch Pad

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