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Thanks to ‪@TeslaOwnersSV‬ for having me as part of the X Takeover for the third year in a row! Elon Musk Shares New Starship Info at X Takeover | 10:30 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 126,059 views | October 14, 2026

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 12, 2026 at 8:28 p.m. EDT (5:28 p.m. local time; 0028 GMT on Oct. 13). According to Space.com, it was the first Starlink mission for a Falcon 9 since Sept. 19, which was another 27-satellite liftoff from Vandenberg. For some perspective on this recent gap: Between Aug. 19 and Sept. 6, a span of 19 days, SpaceX launched seven Starlink missions with Falcon 9s. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launches Starlink mission on Falcon 9 for first time in weeks, nails landing | 9:16 VideoFromSpace...

SpaceX launched Dragon’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-35) mission to the International Space Station from Space from Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Oct. 13, 2026 at 6:33 a.m. EDT (1033 GMT). According to Space.com, CRS-35 will deliver 6,300 pounds (2,860 kilograms) of supplies to the astronauts aboard the orbiting lab, including the final set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs), which will boost the orbiting lab's energy budget. Blastoff! SpaceX launches Dragon to ISS wit 6,300 pounds of cargo, nails landing | 10:04 VideoFromSpace | 2.15M subscribers | 14,710 views...

The new century will see a renaissance of space exploration as exciting and as challenging as the space race of the 1960’s. And this rebirth will happen under the banner of freedom and private property, the very principles for which the United States fought the Cold War. [predicted in my 1998 book - Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, p. 263]. More than any other moment since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the future of the human race’s effort to explore and settle the solar system is right now shining bright and hopeful, with everything converging enthusiastically in a...

A fully and rapidly reusable rocket will fundamentally change how humanity accesses outer space. "The Holy Grail of Rocketry" continues the ongoing Starship series with a look back at the scrappy days of SpaceX engineers proving reuse was possible and takes you onboard a high-seas race to recover a floating Starship. Starship -- The Holy Grail of Rocketry | 28:29 SpaceX | 7M subscribers | 2,498,739 views | September 18, 2026

SpaceX announced an agreement on Thursday to “acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio” that will establish the foundation to help the company become a “major mobile carrier” in the United States. “With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are,” the company stated. CNBC has more: Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile tumbled in extended trading. The deal involves the acquisition of a spectrum portfolio from Grain Management, which specializes in digital infrastructure, and is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX...

Elon Musk has backed Quebec independence and said Alberta and Saskatchewan should leave Canada, too, coming days after the separatist Parti Québécois returned to power. “Good. Quebec should separate,” the billionaire owner of X wrote on Wednesday, responding to a post about incoming premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s pledge that Quebec independence would one day be achieved. “They would be better off. Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate, too,” he added. The remarks from one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent allies come amid growing scrutiny of American interest in separatist movements in Canada, including contacts between U.S. officials and separatists in...

FIRST ON FOX: Trump will award Elon Musk the National Medal of Science at the White House Thursday. Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su will also receive the science medal, while Michael Dell and Satya Nadella will receive the technology medal. It marks Trump’s first time presenting the awards across either administration. Full story here foxnews.com/politics/first…

SpaceX's Ship 40 is almost home. After 24 days in the Indian Ocean, a trip around the Cape of Good Hope, and six weeks on the deck of a semi-submersible, the first Starship ever pulled out of the sea is about to show up at the Port of Brownsville. SpaceX just released the hot staging footage from Flight 14, and it shows a part of the booster we have never seen in action like this, plus something critical falling off the ship. Pad 2 is already getting ready for Flight 15. And then there's Starmind. Satellites with more solar power...

Brivael Le Pogam@brivael·5hTranslated from FrenchIn 50 years, history books will say that Elon Musk won a war that no one even knew we were losing.A war that began 100 years ago, in an Italian prison cell.In 1926, Mussolini had a 35-year-old Sardinian intellectual arrested. At the trial, the prosecutor reportedly said: "We must stop this brain from working for twenty years."His name was Antonio Gramsci.His brain never stopped working. In prison, he filled thousands of pages that became one of the most influential political texts of the 20th century. I think we're living through the moment when his theory is...

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, October 8 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) fourth Tranche 1 data transport mission to low-Earth orbit (LEO) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 12:54 a.m. PT, with a backup opportunity available on Friday, October 9 at 12:47 a.m. PT, if needed. This is the fourth of nine Tranche 1 missions Falcon 9 will launch on behalf of the SDA.SpaceX |

Britain has spent nearly $40 million on SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab satellite services, deepening its reliance on Elon Musk's company for military communications despite growing European concerns about dependence on U.S. ​security infrastructure. The spending was disclosed to Reuters in response to a freedom of information request and makes Britain the first country outside the ‌U.S. to publicly acknowledge adopting Starshield, SpaceX's service for military and intelligence missions. Starlink is marketed to consumer and commercial users. Britain's defence ministry said it has about 1,000 Starshield terminals and 500 Starlink terminals. It has spent about £13 million ($17.6 million) on...

Ship 43 (Flight 16) continues preparations inside Starbase’s Mega Bay 2 ahead of a potential trip to Florida. Plans are subject to change: SpaceX has confirmed it will launch Flight 15 from Starbase before potentially conducting the following mission from Pad 39A at KSC, Florida. Possible Florida Starship? - Starbase Summary | 10:03 NASASpaceflight | 1.52M subscribers | 117,242 views | October 4, 2026

Summarise the video This video covers a high-profile White House summit held on September 29, 2026, where President Donald Trump met with leaders from major technology and AI companies to discuss the future of the industry. Key takeaways from the summit include: Industry Agreement: The tech leaders signed a voluntary, "morally binding" agreement titled the White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities. The agreement focuses on self-regulation and internal safety controls rather than government-imposed mandates (0:00:32 - 0:02:15). Renaming AI: During the event, President Trump announced an official shift in terminology, renaming "Artificial Intelligence" to "Superintelligence"...

lon Musk has split from his partner Shivon Zilis, the mother of four of his youngest children, "with no warning." In a lengthy statement posted to X, along with their last text messages, she wrote that it was "hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes." The tech executive, whose tweet came in response to a bot that confirmed Elon had unfollowed Shivon, went on to share that her time with Elon left her "beyond grateful for our children and they make every single day the...

BREAKING: War Secretary Pete Hegseth has named @elonmusk to co-lead Project Meridian, a major new Pentagon effort to study and shape the future of warfare. Hegseth called the three co-leaders some of America’s best minds. Key details: • Co-led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich • Led within the department by CTO Emil Michael • Will bring together private-sector leaders and military experts • Will map the future of wars, military domains and emerging technologies • Will identify the areas America must lead and dominate • Findings are expected within 120 days • A full public rollout will...

SpaceX is targeting Starship Flight 14 NET Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. CT (12:15 UTC). This will be the FIRST orbital launch attempt of Starship with Ship 41 and Booster 21, carrying the first operational batch of 26 Starlink V3 satellites on a roughly 10-hour mission of about six orbits at around 275 km before a Pacific Ocean splashdown. Booster 21 will splash down in the Gulf after boostback, making this a major step from prior suborbital tests toward sustained orbit, payload ops, and eventual full reuse. [4K] Watch the FIRST Orbital Starship Mission!!! | Live Everyday Astronaut...

0:15 On Xi Jinping 1:03 Tesla Shanghai factory 2:27 Cybercab rollout 3:55 Speed of AI breakthroughs 4:29 Grok 4.7 and Grokbot 5:48 SpaceX/Tesla data for real-world AI 6:48 Chinese AI models and the compute gap 8:16 China’s electricity output 9:01 US-China AI safety 9:27 Humanoid robots and Optimus 10:55 1 billion robots in 10 years 13:04 Money may not matter 16:27 10 billion to 100 billion robots 17:09 Space cooperation and Mars 21:07 Neuralink and human bandwidth 22:37 Education in the AI era 24:02 Visit Shanghai, and Beijing 24:38 Beijing high-speed rail 24:59 “Words do not do justice to China”

Starship Flight 14 is just a few days away now. SpaceX has stacked Ship 41 on Booster 21, loaded 26 Starlink V3 satellites and completed a wet dress rehearsal ahead of its planned first orbital flight. We'll look at the September 28 launch target, what the mission could reveal about Starship, and intriguing new suggestive dates for Flights 15 and 16, including a possible first launch from Florida's Pad 39A!? So SpaceX Is Aiming for 3 Starship Flights in 5 Weeks?! Crazy, but take it with a handful of salt because that is a BIG ask! There's plenty more from...

"Danger" Will Robinson-Smith at Spaceflight Now! SpaceX is on the cusp of sending its massive Starship rocket to orbit for the first time in program history. The Starship Flight 14 mission will carry 26 Starlink Version 3 satellites into low Earth orbit, but only if the flight teams deem the rocket healthy enough to make call on performing an insertion burn. In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith dives into what changed from Flight 13 to 14, the goals of this upcoming mission, and the hope of those watching from the outside to see how it all plays out....