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Giga Texas Welcome Center Construction Finally Underway
13+ hour, 27+ min ago (115+ words) What makes today's observation notable is the shift from planning to physical activity. Ground disturbance and early-stage construction work visible from the air suggest the project has cleared whatever hurdles kept it in permit revision cycles and is now moving…...
Venus Aerospace opens new test stand at Houston Spaceport
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (167+ words) Houston-based rocket propulsion company Venus Aerospace opened a new propulsion test stand at the Houston Spaceport on Sept. 10. The new test stand is part of "critical infrastructure to support the continued development and maturation of its rotating detonation rocket engine…...
Conroe explores bringing U.S. Space Academy to city
8+ hour, 28+ min ago (470+ words) Conroe could look to put itself in the running for the newly proposed U.S. Space Academy, with two City Council members asking staff to research whether the city has a realistic shot at hosting the federal institution. During council member inquiry…...
The U.S. Space Academy Is More of a Workforce Bet Than an Astronaut School
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (874+ words) The United States has announced a Space Academy, but nobody can apply to it. There is no campus, budget, course catalogue or opening date. President Donald Trump's executive order creates a commission that has 120 days to design the institution and…...
Watch: SpaceX fires all six Starship engines in a spectacular multi-angle static fire
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (144+ words) starlust.org Watch: SpaceX fires all six Starship engines in a spectacular multi-angle static fire Rubin Observatory reveals a breathtaking deep view packed with hundreds of thousands of galaxies NASA's James Webb found newly formed stars glowing just outside the…...
Venus Aerospace Opens New Test Site At Houston Spaceport
2+ day, 2+ min ago (279+ words) Sun, Sep 13, 2026 Venus Aerospace, a rocket propulsion startup, unveiled its new test stand at the Houston Spaceport on Thursday. The Houston-based company specializes in improvements to rocket engines and propulsion. The new facility develops rotating detonation rocket engines (RDRE), which…...
NASA Answers President Trump???s Call to Establish the United States Space Academy
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (439+ words) NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce and leadership. Home » Home » NASA Answers President Trump’s Call to Establish the United States Space Academy Executive Order was signed…...
An 82-year-old woman climbed into a rocket in Texas on July 20, 2021, sixty years after passing the same medical screening tests used for the Mercury astronauts in a privately run program that never sent any of its women to space. She applied to NASA four times without getting in, logged 19,600 flying hours and taught more than 3,000 people to fly.
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (386+ words) In 1961, a young pilot named Mary Wallace Funk took the same medical tests NASA had used to screen its Mercury astronauts. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 11, 2026 · How we edit In 1961, a young pilot named Mary Wallace Funk took…...
Terafab Foundation Construction: 6 Details That Matter
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (631+ words) basenor.com Less than six months after its formal announcement, the Terafab project — a joint semiconductor venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI — is moving at a pace that's catching even close observers off guard. Aerial footage shared by Joe Tegtmeyer…...
Venus Aerospace Opens New Propulsion Test Stand at Houston Spaceport
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (173+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 19:21 ET HOUSTON, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace today officially opened its new propulsion test stand at the Houston Spaceport, adding critical infrastructure to support the continued development and maturation of its rotating detonation rocket engine technology. The test stand was…...