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SpaceX Reportedly Seeks $40 Billion in Debt to Buy Nvidia Chips

The rocket and AI company is reportedly discussing one of the biggest chip-financing packages yet, with $30 billion in investment-grade debt and another $10 billion in bank loans.

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SpaceX Crew-12 Targets 7:05 AM Central Undocking for Journey Home

Dragon is scheduled to leave the International Space Station this morning, beginning Crew-12's weather-dependent trip toward a Thursday splashdown off California.

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Tesla Opens Powershare Home Backup to New Model 3 and Model Y Owners

New Model 3 and Model Y vehicles can now extend a Powerwall-backed home outage by up to or more than two days, while Tesla's current software push adds an emergency Supercharger escape feature.

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SpaceX Stock Jumps 7.6% to $171.09 as Morgan Stanley Repeats $300 Target

SpaceX shares closed at $171.09 after Morgan Stanley repeated a $300 target, even as a same-day Falcon 9 auto-abort delayed an SDA mission.

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SpaceX Auto-Aborts Falcon 9 Just Before Liftoff, Resets 21-Satellite SDA Mission for October 6

SpaceX says its Falcon 9 and 21 SDA satellites are healthy after an automatic abort just before liftoff. Teams are resetting for October 6.

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Elon Musk Says SpaceXAI Will Become SpaceXSI After Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ Order

Elon Musk says SpaceXAI will become SpaceXSI after President Trump's federal “Super Intelligence” order, but the rebrand has not taken effect yet.

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Elon Musk Confirms TSMC Talks for Terafab as Tesla and SpaceX Chase More Chip Capacity

Elon Musk says Terafab is discussing a possible TSMC collaboration, but no deal is announced—and Intel's 14A role is not yet displaced.

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SpaceX Reveals Starship’s First Orbital Satellite Deployment From Inside the Ship

SpaceX's new Flight 14 views show hot-staging from onboard and 26 Starlink V3 satellites leaving Starship during its first orbital payload deployment.

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Tesla Robotaxi Extends Austin Service to 11 P.M. as Musk Targets ‘Grey Kittens’ in the Dark

Tesla extended Austin Robotaxi service to 11 p.m. as Elon Musk identified low-contrast pets as a key nighttime autonomy challenge.

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SpaceX Crew-12 Packs for Home After Printing Metal, Growing Cartilage and Making IV Fluid in Orbit

SpaceX Crew-12 is preparing to return after an ISS mission that tested metal printing, engineered cartilage, on-demand IV fluid, stem cells and more.

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Tesla Delivers 486,532 Vehicles in Q3, Beats Wall Street by 24,558

Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in Q3, beating its company-compiled consensus by 24,558 as deliveries outpaced production by 22,141.

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SpaceX Launches NRO’s First Falcon Heavy Mission, Lands Two Boosters Together

SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office's first Falcon Heavy mission, then returned both side boosters together after the classified NROL-97 flight.

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SpaceX Crew-13 Reaches ISS in 7 Hours 55 Minutes, Sets U.S. Record

SpaceX's Crew-13 Dragon reached the International Space Station in 7 hours 55 minutes—the fastest U.S. launch-to-docking trip in station history.

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Pentagon Gives Elon Musk 120 Days to Help Map the Future of Warfare

Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will co-direct a 120-day Pentagon study of future battlefields, with a public report and classified annex due January 28.

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Tesla Locks In $30 Billion Credit Backstop for Its AI, Solar and Chip Expansion

Tesla has secured $30 billion in undrawn senior credit capacity as it prepares for record spending on AI compute, solar manufacturing and a chip project with SpaceX.

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AT&T CEO Calls SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile Strategy “Not Viable”—and Says His Network Is the Disruptor

AT&T CEO John Stankey says SpaceX's Starlink mobile plan cannot beat fiber or avoid terrestrial-network costs. SpaceX's spectrum, 12 million subscribers and ground-buildout strategy make that a dangerous bet.

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SpaceX Targets Three Launches in One Day: Crew-13, Transporter-18 and Falcon Heavy

SpaceX is targeting three October 1 launches from two coasts, including Crew-13 and Falcon Heavy's classified NROL-97 mission from Florida.

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SpaceX Cuts Starship Flight 14 Short After Engine Trouble, Then Nails Its Backup Splashdown

SpaceX shortened Starship's first orbital mission after an ascent engine problem, then completed a controlled deorbit and backup splashdown north of Hawaii.

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Tesla Delays Roadster Reveal to October 15 as Severe Weather Threatens Outdoor-Only Event

Tesla moved its outdoor-only Roadster reveal to October 15 as federal forecasters warned of a serious heavy-rain and flash-flood threat in Central Texas.

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Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time and Deploys 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

Starship reached orbit for the first time despite an early engine shutdown, then deployed all 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites aboard Flight 14.

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NASA Clears SpaceX Crew-13 to Proceed Toward October 1 Launch After Oxidizer-Leak Delay

Crew-13 passed Flight Readiness Review after its Dragon oxidizer-leak delay. The four-person crew is now at Kennedy for a targeted October 1 launch.

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Tesla Admits Its Original Semi Windows Were Wrong—and Cuts 1,000 Pounds From the Production Truck

Tesla fixed a basic driver complaint in the production Semi while cutting about 1,000 pounds, moving to 4680 cells and adding electric steering.

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Starship Flight 14 Clears Launch Rehearsal Before First Orbital Attempt

SpaceX completed Starship Flight 14's launch rehearsal before a Monday morning orbital attempt carrying 26 Starlink V3 satellites, pending regulatory approval.

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Tesla Opens New Semi Factory With 11 Customer-Branded Trucks Lined Up Outside

Tesla's new Sparks Semi factory is entering rollout night with at least 11 customer-branded trucks staged outside and a 50,000-unit annual capacity target.

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