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Elon Musk gives an updated timeline for 1st Starship launch of 2026

Elon Musk has vowed that ******* eX's gigantic Starship rocket is on the cusp of its 2026 debut.
In a Jan. 26 post on social media site X, which Musk owns, the world's richest man teased that the world's largest rocket was just six weeks away from its next launch. If Musk's timeline bears out, that would mean that Starship's next flight test could be on track for early March.
Starship, which stands more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, hasn't gotten off the ground in more than three months from ******* eX's Starbase

NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon puts Crew-12 **** eX launch in delicate dance

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It is the best of times, and it is (far from, actually,) the worst of time for NASA, with two big astronaut launches converging toward the same week, as a rare Arctic cold front pushes mission schedules into a logistical whirlwind.
It's a tale of NASA's highest-profile mission in more than half a century — the Artemis 2 astronaut flight around the moon — brushing up against the launch of **** eX's Crew-12

(WHNT) — Blue Origin has announced that it plans to put a pause on its New Shepard program for at least two years.
On Friday, the company announced it will pause its ****** e tourism flights to free up resources to accelerate development of its lunar program.
One injured after vehicle runs into Toney Fire Station
“The decision reflects Blue Origin’s commitment to the nation’s goal of returning to the Moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence,” the company said.
Blue Origin touts the New Shepard launch system as the first reusable ****** eflight system that can land vertic

Elon Musk has vowed that **** eX's gigantic Starship rocket is on the cusp of its 2026 debut from South Texas.
And later this year, plans are still in the works to launch Starship before the end of the year on its long-awaited maiden voyage from Florida.
In a Jan. 26 post on social media site X, which Musk owns, the world's richest man teased that the world's largest rocket was just six weeks away from its next launch. If Musk's timeline bears out, that would mean that Starship's next flight test could be on track for early March.
Starship, which stands more than 400 feet tall when fully st

Bracing for a weekend cold snap in Florida, NASA delayed a dress rehearsal fueling test for its Artemis II moon rocket, moving it from Saturday to Monday, and pushed the long-awaited launch back at least two days to no earlier than 11:20 p.m. EST on Feb. 8.
At the same time, NASA is gearing up to launch a fresh crew to the International ******* e Station to replace the four Crew 11 fliers who cut their mission short and returned to Earth on Jan. 15 due to a medical issue with an unidentified crew member.
Crew 12, launching atop a ******* eX Falcon 9 rocket, will be ready to blast off as earl

BlackRock, the world’s largest ******* et manager, has filed to launch a second Bitcoin-focused exchange-traded product that would give investors exposure to the cryptocurrency — along with a little yield.
The iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF would feature Bitcoin, cash, and shares of BlackRock’s two-year-old Bitcoin ETP, the iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT.
To generate the “monthly premium income” for the new ETP, BlackRock would sell call options on the IBIT shares, according to the filing.
“Although the Shares [in the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF] are not the equivalent of a direc

Who's up for a late-night rocket launch? A rocket from Florida is scheduled to lift off Tuesday night.
Using its Falcon 9, ****** eX plans to send a Lockheed Martin-built GPS satellite into orbit.
Though rockets here launch from NASA's Kennedy ****** e Center or Cape Canaveral ****** e Force Station, people from Volusia County can sometimes see this phenomenon.
Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover and trajectory, a rocket launch from Florida’s ****** e Coast could be visible as far north as Jacksonville Beach and as far south as West Palm Beach.
When there’s a launch window in t

I remember the excitement in the market when BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) launched its U.S. spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) linked to Bitcoin (BTC) in January 2024.
After all, the world's largest ***** et manager had decided to launch a Bitcoin product after much hesitation and the move had indicated Wall Street finally embracing cryptocurrency.
Related: BlackRock reveals retail traders' next portfolio move
More than two years have passed since then, and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (Nasdaq: IBIT) has accumulated $62.9 billion in net inflow as of Jan. 23, as per the onchain ***** ytics platfo

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Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams retired from NASA effective Dec. 27, 2025, after a 27-year career, the agency announced this week, closing a chapter that ended with an unexpected nine-month stay aboard the International ****** e Station.
Her final mission, launched in June 2024 aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, was meant to last about a week but stretched into March 2025 after ****** ecraft problems delayed a safe return. Williams, the first astronaut of Indian descent to command the ****** e station, leaves behind one of the most accomplished records in agency history.

An Australian national science agency called CSIRO launched an experiment in Antarctica that went terribly wrong — in a way that ended up going wonderfully right. A free-floating ocean robot was sent to collect data from the Totten Glacier. However, a current pulled it away from its destination and westward. It ended up in a place very difficult for scientists to ***** yze, and it returned with extremely rare and valuable data.
The ocean float has salinity and temperature sensors and was meant to go below the water and surface once every 10 days to transmit its data to satellites. Robots like

While you were likely scrambling to buy last-minute Christmas presents for your friends and family, NASA completed a vital rehearsal for its upcoming crewed mission to the Moon. The ******* e agency conducted a countdown demonstration test last Saturday in preparation for Artemis II. The actual launch, scheduled for early 2026, will see four astronauts set off to perform a flyby around the Moon. While there won't be a lunar landing, the mission will be the first time NASA has sent astronauts anywhere near the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
The dry run saw NASA's launch and flight control teams

Russia launches largest strike on Kyiv in months before Zelensky-Trump peace talks

KYIV and LONDON -- Russia has carried out one of the biggest attacks on Kyiv in months, using an estimated 500 drones and 40 missiles, including powerful Kinzhal missiles, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The strikes began early Saturday morning and appeared to target power stations and residential area buildings in Kyiv as officials said at least 22 people have been injured, including two children, with 12 being taken to hospital.
In the wider Kyiv oblast, at least one woman has been k

If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon.
In a matter of months, four astronauts are poised to fly around the moon on a roughly 10-day mission — the closest humans will have gotten in more than half a century.
The flight, known as Artemis II, could lift off as early as February and would be a long-awaited jump start to America’s lagging return-to-the-moon program. The mission will serve as a crucial test of NASA’s next-generation ***** e Launch System rocket and Orion ***** ecraft, which have been in development for mo

2025 has been a largely strong year for the cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin climbed to a new all-time high of $126,000 during the year, alongside the launch of several new altcoin-focused exchange-traded funds and the establishment of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve in the United States.
The period was also marked by continued accumulation of Bitcoin by corporate treasury holders such as Strategy, as well as a series of broader macroeconomic developments that influenced digital ******* et markets.

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The US ETF market achieved a historic "triple crown" in 2025, setting records in inflows ($1.4 trillion), new launches (1,100+), and trading volume ($57.9 trillion). This is the first time all three metrics hit records simultaneously since 2021.
Three consecutive years of double-digit S&P 500 gains powered the rally. But Wall Street is starting to ask: what comes next?
That precedent carries a warning. The year following the 2021 triple crown saw the S&P 500 plunge 19% amid the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes. The tech-driven rally that fueled ETF inflows reversed sharply, with both

A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival.
Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European ******* e Agency, will be aboard the mission, known as NS-37, and become the first wheelchair user to travel to ******* e. The unprecedented opportunity came together after encounter between Benthaus and Hans Koenigsmann, a former executive at ******* eX — Blue Origin’s chief competitor.
Koenigsmann, like Benthaus, is German, and the two of

If you had purchased bitcoin at the market close on Dec. 10, you would’ve paid $92,020.95. As of the market close one week later, on Dec. 17, it was worth $86,143.76. So your investment would’ve declined by $5,877.19, or about 6.4%.
Does this mean that bitcoin is a bad investment? Or that it’s too late to get in on the big gains? That may not be the case. But cryptocurrency is not an investment for the faint of heart. Let’s take a look at the history of bitcoin and its historical performance as an investment.
Bitcoin launched in 2009, making it older than many people realize. By 2011, bitcoi

Trump announces 'Patriot Games' with 2 competitors from every state and territory

America’s 250th birthday is on July 4, 2026, and the White House is planning to go all out to celebrate, promoting new national events, such as the “Patriot Games,” that will anchor the yearlong festivities.
President Trump announced Thursday the launch of Freedom 250, “a national, non-partisan organization leading the Administration’s celebration” to “deliver the most extraordinary commemoration in American history,” according to a news release.
“These landmark events — spanning culture, faith, innovation,

Trump launches flurry of attention-grabbing moves as polls show his approval slipping

(Bloomberg) -- Bonus checks. New holidays. A return to the moon.
In the span of less than 24 hours, President Donald Trump unveiled a series of initiatives with widespread appeal — with promises of more to come — as he also contends with falling popularity and economic uncertainty.
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Numerous stories have been written about the growing swarm of Starlink satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) over the past few years, as astronomers grow increasingly worried about the crafts’ impact on their observation equipment. Launched by Elon Musk’s ******* eX, each satellite has the potential to disrupt astronomy through both radio emissions and light pollution — and as the number of satellites grows, so too does the amount of interference.
Now, a new study by researchers at NASA is warning that obstructions caused by ******* eX and other private satellite companies are becoming so sever

Pelicans eye the sky as rocket takes wing in Photo of the Week

It could've been just another shot of a rocket rising, something Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY senior photographer, has been behind the camera for again and again in a record-breaking year for launches in Brevard.
The bird, however, is the word in this Photo of the Week, which pictures pelicans viewing the Dec. 2 launch of a ***** eX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a load of Starlink satellites.
Turned out the birds' choice of a landing spot, at just the right time, gave Denemark a shot that took wing.
"It would have been a routin

The ***** e around Earth is aswarm with satellites. Recently, the dangers of overcrowding the area lower than 1,200 miles overhead—so-called low Earth orbit (LEO)—have emerged. For example, collisions threaten to destroy valuable tech and sometimes rain ***** e junk down on our planet.
Scientists have started sounding another alarm regarding the throng of satellites that encircles us: They’re now messing up astronomical images taken by ground and by ***** e telescopes designed to image the deep cosmos.
According to NASA researchers, if humanity continues to launch orbital satellites into low

A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and ******* eX mission to the International ******* e Station that will launch from Florida.
Russia's ******* e agency confirmed the ******* efarer's removal and replacement on the mission, known as Crew-12, but did not provide a reason. However, multiple reports have suggested the move could have been related to an alleged national security violation during training in the United States.
The news represents another recent blow to Russia's ******* eflight program after the launch pad the nation uses is Kazakhstan was damaged in a

NASA warns satellite boom could ruin 96% of telescope images

A new NASA-led study shows that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some orbiting telescopes and **** e observatories.
“The urgency starts in the moment we’re seeing a very rapid increase in the number of satellite constellations, in particular, not the satellites that have been launched, but in the satellites that are being proposed,” Dr. Alejandro Serrano Borlaff, research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and co-author of the study, told ABC News. “Before these satell

A Russian cosmonaut was recently booted from an upcoming NASA and ******* eX mission to the International ******* e Station.
Russia's ******* e agency confirmed the ******* efarer's removal and replacement on the mission, known as Crew-12, but did not provide a reason. However, multiple reports have suggested the move could be related to an alleged national security violation during training in the United States.
Due to launch early in 2026, the Crew-12 mission could send a contingent of international astronauts – including two Americans – for a six-month science rotation at the Internationa

On Feb. 22, 2020, “Mad” Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal? To view the flatness of the Earth from ***** e. This was his third attempt, and tragically it was fatal. Hughes crashed shortly after takeoff and died.
Hughes’ nickname – Mad Mike – might strike you as apt. Is it not crazy to risk your life fighting for a theory that was disproven in ancient Greece?
But Hughes’ conviction, though striking, is not unique. Across all recorded cultures, people have held strong beliefs that seemed to lack evidence in their favor – one mig

BlackRock’s flagship Bitcoin ETF is seeing its heaviest redemption cycle since launch, with more than $2.7 billion pulled over the past five weeks as institutional flows continue to unwind into year-end.
The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which ballooned into a $71 billion vehicle during Bitcoin’s run to record highs, has now logged five straight weeks of outflows through Nov. 28, Bloomberg data shows.
Another $113 million exited on Thursday, putting the fund on track for a sixth week in the red, its longest streak since debuting in early 2024.
The withdrawals mirror the broader shift in cry

Visa has entered into a collaboration with the Central Bank of Syria and other financial authorities for a strategic roadmap implementation aimed at Syria digital payments integration.
The initiative is designed to support Syria’s entry into the global digital economy, with Visa launching operations in the country and introducing a phased digitisation plan for the payments sector.
The initial focus will involve collaborating with licenced financial institutions to establish a secure payments infrastructure.
This will include the issuance of payment cards and the introduction of digital wall

In a joint venture with ***** eX, NASA has launched a new, very expensive satellite to help combat rising global temperatures.
According to ***** eflight Now, ***** eX launched the second of two joint NASA-European environmental research satellites in mid-November.
The new satellite, Sentinel-6B, was part of a billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level around the globe. It's equipped with cloud-penetrating radar, designed to measure sea level changes by tracking how long it takes for beams shot at the surface of the ocean to return.
"Sentinel-6B will contribute to a mu