SpaceX Swings to Profit as Starlink and AI Revenue Double
Elon Musk's rocket company posts a profit while AI spending surges - a sign that its satellite and AI bets are paying off.

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Elon Musk's rocket company posts a profit while AI spending surges - a sign that its satellite and AI bets are paying off.
The next Starship test flight targets a first for orbital launch: catching both the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage with the launch tower's chopstick arms.
Musk says the launch tower will try to grab the returning booster, aiming to make history by recovering an entire orbital launch vehicle for the first time.
The rocket giant's third-quarter net income shows AI demand is now a decisive force in the space economy.
Astrolab's FLIP rover will test HPE's Spaceborne Computer-4 at the lunar south pole, a milestone for edge computing, autonomous navigation and the commercial moon economy.
A Russian military spacecraft closed from hundreds of kilometers to extreme proximity with a commercial satellite, signaling a new orbital threat to private assets.
Experts tied the fragment to LandSpace's Zhuque-2E, which launched on September 15 and shed debris over the American Midwest after deploying 10 satellites.
Musk's plan to hand every American child a SpaceX share worth $10.5B raises questions about wealth, AI, and whether money will even matter.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's gift would amount to roughly 1% of his net worth, turning millions of minors into private-company shareholders.
The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft targets Phobos with a 10-gram sample return that could settle whether Mars' moons are captured asteroids or impact debris.
Félicette's 1963 flight made France a space-race player, but her euthanasia and a crowdfunded statue reveal how high-risk programs are remembered.
The ban lands days before the film's wider release and amid escalating scrutiny of billionaire-owned platforms.