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Ad Astra Per Aspera.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

After approx. 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island. A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

SpaceX just set a new record by launching two Falcon 9 rockets only 38.5 minutes apart.

SpaceX is operating on another level. 🔥🚀

[Seanzi @SeanTakacs]

Was an Honor and a Privilege 🫡

[Peter Beck @Peter_J_Beck]

New camera angle.

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

SpaceX Q2 results are OUT

• Revenue: $7.81B vs. $6.93B (est.)
• EPS: -$0.09 vs. -$0.26 (est.)

Business segment revenue—

• AI: $2.56B vs. $2.18B (est.)
• Space: $962M vs. $835M (est.)
• Connectivity: $4.92B vs. $3.83B (est.)

Not bad for your first earnings report

[Matt Grimm @mttgrmm]

Hey @peard33 @WIRED - free tip for you

Yesterday the Anduril team in Mississippi achieved a successful test of our Denali rocket motor, the same rocket that exploded *on that exact test stand* 38 days ago.

In the ~5 weeks since the rapid unscheduled disassembly, the Anduril team diagnosed the failure, rebuilt and re-instrumented the test stand (including some backlogged improvements), meticulously studied and inspected the new motor, and prepped for this test. A true all-hands-on-deck effort culminating in success.

This is the same exact test stand that Wired, quoting anonymous sources, said “could take up to a couple of months” to rebuild the “knocked out” test stand and “could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business.” Not so much. I look forward to your detailed reporting on the successful test.

As I discussed 35-ish days ago, doing hard things is actually hard, and rocket science is definitely hard. It’s easy to cite anonymous sources, usually former disgruntled employees, to throw shade and write critical headlines when tests go wrong. Well, yesterday it went right.

The credit belongs to the [team] who is actually in the arena, and for all the Andurilians who sprinted: thanks, and great work. I hope you enjoy some celebratory chicken wings this week down in McHenry. Onward.

[SpacBobby @SpacBobby]

$RKLB - Peter Beck on Rocket Lab competing against Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

“I’m not going to outspend them, we have to out-innovate them”

One of the great CEO’s of our time!

[goldenlabubuwatch @pandawatch88]

The last thing you see before becoming fully aware of your situation

[The Helicopter Company | شركة الطائرات المروحية @THC_KSA]

نفخر اليوم بالإعلان عن توقيع خطاب النوايا مع شركة بومباردييه على هامش معرض فارنبورو الدولي للطيران 2026، تمهيدًا لإبرام طلبية لشراء 12 طائرة أعمال حديثة، مع خيارات شراء لـ48 طائرة إضافية، بما يرفع حجم الأسطول المحتمل إلى 60 طائرة.

وجرى الإعلان خلال مراسم توقيع أُقيمت على هامش المعرض في المملكة المتحدة، بحضور الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة الطائرات المروحية، الكابتن أرنو مارتينيز؛ ورئيس قطاع الطيران والأمن في صندوق الاستثمارات العامة، محمد أويس يوسف؛ إلى جانب عدد من قيادات بومباردييه، من بينهم الرئيس والمدير التنفيذي للشركة، إريك مارتيل، ورئيس مجلس إدارتها، بيير بودوان.

ويمثل هذا الإنجاز محطةً استراتيجيةً جديدة في مسيرة شركة الطائرات المروحية، ويؤكد توسعها إلى قطاع طيران الأعمال بالطائرات ثابتة الجناح، بما يعزز التزامنا بالمساهمة في رسم مستقبل قطاع الطيران العام في المملكة العربية السعودية، ويقربنا خطوةً جديدة من تحقيق رؤيتنا بأن نصبح الشركة الرائدة في قطاع الطيران العام، انطلاقاً من المملكة العربية السعودية إلى العالم.

#شركة_الطائرات_المروحية

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

557 days ago, Arsenal-1 didn't exist. Today, the first YFQ-44A built in Ohio rolled off the production line.

[John Gedmark @Gedmark]

Let’s light this candle

[Michael France @michaelsrockets]

Wow.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Q2 2026 Earnings Call https://t.co/zZS6ii2TWK

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff!

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

Palantir CEO Alex Karp explains how he would fix Europe if he were in charge:

"You have to say first: we have a crisis."

"By the way,  it's talent, not money."

"Part of the reason it's hard to do the optimistic thing is every day, Europe makes another decision that makes it harder to fix the problem."

"I've literally told directly or indirectly to every chancellor and every important politician that you can think of for the last 10, 15 years, 'You have to do what Israel does, what China does, what America would do, what we did after World War II.'"

Via Mathias Döpfner

[Nasdaq Exchange @NasdaqExchange]

Launched by founder Charles Willis with the radical idea to lease jet engines to commercial airlines, @WillisLease Finance Corporation is a pioneer and leading provider of aviation services.

Proud to celebrate 30 years of $WLFC! #NasdaqListed

[Anduril Industries @anduriltech]

From the Founding Fathers to today's founders, our American spirit is defined by our determination to build a more secure union.

Happy 250th to the United States of America.

[Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle]

🇺🇸 America 250. America Forever. 🇺🇸