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July 2026
June 2026
- FTC clears Musk acquisition of SpaceX alumni startup Mesh
- SpaceX set to join Nasdaq 100, paving way for wave of passive buying
- SpaceX SPCX shares decline sharply post-IPO
- NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
- SpaceX acquires Cursor AI coding startup for $60B
- SpaceX smashes Wall Street expectations in historic IPO debut
- Former engineer sues xAI claiming retaliation over Grok safety warnings
- Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
May 2026
- NASA Expedition 74 performs space physics experiments post-spacewalk
- SpaceX Starlink nabs American Airlines contract for 500+ aircraft
- Starship launch delayed by ground issue; Firefly expands Texas operations
- Oura files for IPO with valuation around $11 billion
- ASML CEO Confirms Talks With Elon Musk on Massive TeraFab Chipmaking Project
- OpenAI Cofounder Brockman Testifies Musk Sought 'Absolute Control' Over For-Profit Arm
- Y Combinator pivots toward hard tech in Summer 2026 Request for Startups
- Replit CEO Masad says company will try to stay independent amid rival Cursor sale talks
- xAI launches Grok 4.3 with always-on reasoning and voice cloning suite
- T-Mobile Revenue Up 10.6% in Q1 as CEO Dances Around Deutsche Telekom Merger Reports
April 2026
- SpaceX Launches Starlink Mission on Falcon 9 From Cape Canaveral for National Space Day
- Europe accelerates push to reduce reliance on U.S. technology
- US Space Force Names Companies Developing Golden Dome Orbital Interceptors
- Intel beats expectations for sixth straight quarter as AI CPU demand surges
- Tesla's TeraFab to Use Intel's 14A Process for AI Chip Manufacturing
- Japanese TV Shopping Company Quadruples VC Fund to $200M After Early AI Bets Pay Off
- SpaceX Secures Right to Acquire Cursor for $60 Billion
- SpaceX IPO could value company at over $1 trillion as investors weigh space economics
- FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket after failed orbital insertion
- Blue Origin reuses New Glenn rocket for first time, but satellite reaches wrong orbit
- Blue Origin achieves booster reuse but faces upper-stage issue on New Glenn flight
- Bluetooth tracker mailed to Dutch warship exposes location for 24 hours, prompting security review
- NAACP sues xAI over unpermitted gas turbines at AI data center
- Amazon to acquire Globalstar for $11.57 billion, expanding satellite internet business
- Amazon's Leo satellite internet service scheduled to launch mid-2026
- Portal Space raises $50 million for high-power rocket engine
- FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers Over Cybersecurity Concerns
- xAI Reorganizes Engineering Team, SpaceX Executive Michael Nicolls Named President
- Elon Musk's Terafab Chip Venture Partners With Intel, Details Remain Unclear
- Intel joins Musk's Terafab project alongside Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI
- Intel partners with Elon Musk to build Terafab AI chip factory in Texas
- Tesla Rebuilds Silicon Team With Leadership Hire for AI6 and Dojo 3 Chips
- Intel Stock Climbs After Joining Musk's Terafab Chip Manufacturing Project
- SpaceX prepares for mega-IPO at potential $2 trillion valuation
- Anduril and Impulse Space develop orbital interceptors for Golden Dome defense system
- Musk Wants a Million Data Center Satellites, Bezos Wants 51,600. Scientists Want to Know Why
- SpaceX Confidentially Files for IPO Targeting $1.75 Trillion Valuation
- NASA Launches Artemis II, Sending Four Astronauts Toward the Moon for First Time in 54 Years
March 2026
- Amazon Wins Delta In-Flight Internet Deal, Dealing Blow to SpaceX Starlink in Airline Market
- E*Trade in Talks to Lead SpaceX Retail Share Sale as Robinhood and SoFi May Be Cut Out
- How a $250 Million Satellite Startup Dissolved Into a Wave of Lawsuits
- SpaceX Plans to File IPO Prospectus With US Regulators as Soon as This Week
- NASA outlines $20 billion moon base plan
- Russia Puts First Rassvet Internet Satellites Into Orbit as Domestic Starlink Alternative
- Elon Musk Announces $10B Terafab Chip Facility in Austin for Tesla, SpaceX, xAI
- Blue Origin files FCC application for 52,000 solar-powered satellites as part of Project Sunrise orbital AI data center system
- NASA revising Artemis to reduce Boeing role, elevate SpaceX Starship for lunar orbit
- Musk says Tesla, SpaceX, xAI chip project to kick off in Texas
- Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla
- Devendra Chaplot joins SpaceX and xAI to build superintelligence
- Starlink 17-18 Adds 25 Satellites to 9931-Strong Constellation
- MediaTek Demonstrates Emergency Satellite Services for Mobile Devices with Starlink Mobile
February 2026
- Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven
- NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th
- SpaceX Crew-12 docks to ISS beginning long-duration mission
- With co-founders leaving and IPO looming, Elon Musk holds xAI all-hands on lunar ambitions
- NASA and partners conduct Crew-12 Flight Readiness Review
- Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller