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Starship: when one door closes, another surely opens?

Starship test flight 9 fails to meet some objectives. Rocket Lab to acquire Geost. Sierra Space to study expandable space station tech for NASA. And more.

May 28, 2025

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SpaceX’s Starship test flight 9 fails to meet its mission objectives. Rocket Lab to acquire payload development and manufacturing company Geost for $275 million. Sierra Space has been awarded a NASA contract to study the use of the Company’s expandable space station technology on the moon, and more.

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Selected Reading

Starship's Ninth Flight Test

Rocket Lab Enters Payload Market with Agreement to Acquire Geost, Positioning Itself as Disruptive Prime to U.S. National Security

Sierra Space Awarded Lunar Logistics Contract by NASA

Call for Evidence: Finding Regions of Scientific and Operational Interest for a European Lunar Exploration Infrastructure

Ahead of the launch: What is the Tianwen-2 mission? - CGTN

NASA’S EZIE Begins Study of Auroral Electrojets

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