SpaceX flew 165 missions in 2025 and is on pace for 170+ in 2026; Blue Origin's New Glenn is operational with three flights and a reused booster, with NG-4 on the pad for Kuiper. The cadence gap, the revenue gap, and what each company is racing to prove next.
Relativity retired its 3D-printed Terran 1, pivoted to the reusable Terran R, and brought in Eric Schmidt as CEO. Inside the autonomous-manufacturing bet that's now targeting late 2026.
SpaceX today: a ~$1.25 trillion combined valuation post-xAI, 165 launches in 2025, Starship Block 3 incoming, Starlink at 10M+ subscribers, and an IPO on the runway.
From a 2006 Auckland garage to a publicly traded end-to-end space company — Peter Beck, Electron, Neutron, Photon, and Rocket Lab's CAPSTONE Moon mission for NASA.
Reusable rockets land themselves, satellite megaconstellations blanket Earth, AI navigates probes. A tour of the space systems powering 2025's golden age of spaceflight.
Space tourism in 2026: Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Axiom, Polaris and Space Perspective ticket prices from $125K stratospheric to $55M orbital.
Blue Origin's New Glenn: a 320-foot, 45-ton-to-LEO heavy lifter taking on Falcon Heavy, what it means for Project Kuiper, and why Bezos's long bet is finally paying off.
