✈️ JUST IN: The X-59 has gone supersonic!
The X-59 achieved supersonic speeds for the first time ever today — a major milestone for NASA’s Quesst mission and an important step toward upcoming flights that will demonstrate its quiet supersonic technology ahead of future community overflights.
Fast now. Quiet soon. 🔊➡️🤫
Learn more: https://t.co/lpVA3qRxAj
#NASA #X59 #Quesst
@DJSnM I know you focus on rocket flights. However merger and acquisition of aerospace companies are happening monthly. Launch providers and satellite providers are into acquisition not just flight and orbits.
Today, York announced the initial shipment of its second production lot of T1TL spacecraft to the launch site, marking another milestone in the deployment of operational capabilities supporting U.S. and allied warfighters. More than 20 York-built satellites, comprising the complete payload of a dedicated Falcon 9, are planned for launch this summer.
https://t.co/Ibnq34mMqD
Atlas V is getting ready -- for the ninth time -- to deliver for Amazon!
From launching the early Protoflight test spacecraft to the first batches of production satellites, United Launch Alliance continues to be a trusted partner in helping the Amazon Leo constellation connect the world.
Today, we began the launch campaign for the next mission that will launch an additional 29 satellites in July!
https://t.co/9PZwGKFBs7 // @AmazonLeo
The coolest "silo" in Eastern WA... is a Stage 1 rocket structure.🤘
Enjoy this footage of all the testing happening in Moses Lake, from structural qualification to engine hot fires.
Getting frosty in Moses Lake. 🥶
A thin layer of frost forms around our Stage 1 structure as it fills with cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.
These tests let us demonstrate structural and fluid design margins, an important aspect of the proto-qualification process. 🍦💡🚀
Last week a thunderstorm rolled through the Moses Lake area, causing high winds (but no damage) at our test site. Excellent preparation by the local team ensured that our Stage 1 structure held fast despite wind, rain, and lightning. ⚡️🚀
Super heavy booster 20 has rolled out of megabay 1 today for the first time ahead of transport later tonight to Starbase Massey's test site for initial cryo proof testing. This will be the booster for Starship test flight 13.
6/4/26
York has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire @SolestialSpace strengthening York’s access to scalable, U.S.-manufactured space solar technology and expanding control over a critical subsystem.
The acquisition supports York’s strategy of strengthening supply chain resilience, reducing reliance on foreign-controlled materials and manufacturing, and helping avoid delivery delays while ensuring consistent top-line revenue.
https://t.co/FNvosKA15e
Great visit with the team @orbionspace this week.
York leadership toured Orbion’s thermal vacuum thrust testing chambers, integration & test control center, and propulsion manufacturing facilities as we continue scaling critical domestic space capabilities for national security, civil, and commercial missions.
York CEO Dirk Wallinger will join the Jefferies Space Virtual Summit on May 26 to discuss the rapidly evolving space and defense landscape, York's growth strategy, and the opportunities ahead for the industry.
May 26, 2026
12:00 p.m. MT | 2:00 p.m. ET
https://t.co/jHzkyjA0s9
York isn't just building satellites, we're building the infrastructure for how the next generation of warfare gets coordinated.
At the @Jefferies Space Virtual Summit, York CEO Dirk Wallinger broke down where York is heading: toward global command and coordination of unmanned fleets — on the sea, in the air, and on the ground.
"The next large market is global command and coordination of unmanned fleets, and that's where York is positioning ourselves today."
NASA's PExT mission has completed its primary objectives and extended operations through April 2027, flying aboard York Space Systems' BARD spacecraft.
Read NASA's update: https://t.co/QajwKhml2v
York has closed its acquisition of @SolestialSpace securing U.S.-sourced space solar technology and flight-proven self-healing solar cells for its supply chain.
https://t.co/8Hi7Zx4ncc
SpaceX was founded to make life multiplanetary. We’ve been able to expand that mission with our Starlink constellation and AI solution
Learn more → https://t.co/PSCyWrMUYI
We have also achieved very important results through our mid-range and deep strikes. Russia is facing clear fuel shortages in the temporarily occupied territories and in parts of central Russia, as well as serious damage to its logistics.
So, through this pressure, we are making Russia choose between diplomacy and further losses. It's important that Russia faces exactly this choice. And now, Russia has only one final argument left – ballistic missiles. Only one.
From an address to the participants of the NATO–Ukraine Council meeting in Kyiv (3/5).