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Wall Street Journal
07-08-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Space Company Firefly Poised for Wall Street Debut
Firefly Aerospace pulled off a moon landing earlier this year. Its next destination: Wall Street. The Cedar Park, Texas-based space company sold more than 19 million shares in its initial public offering at $45 apiece, raising $868 million.


Al Arabiya
06-08-2025
- Al Arabiya
Russia arrests man accused of passing satellite secrets to US
A man accused of passing Russian satellite secrets to the United States has been arrested for suspected treason and placed in pre-trial detention, a court in the Russian city of Kaliningrad said on Wednesday. The court, in a statement on Telegram, identified the suspect only as 'O' and said he was a former employee of a company producing electronic engines for space satellites. It said he was suspected of collecting and storing information about the firm's technology on behalf of US intelligence services between July 2021 and December 2023. The man was placed in detention until September 30, the court said. The charge of high treason carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment.


Reuters
06-08-2025
- Reuters
Russia arrests man accused of passing satellite secrets to US
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A man accused of passing Russian satellite secrets to the United States has been arrested for suspected treason and placed in pre-trial detention, a court in the Russian city of Kaliningrad said on Wednesday. The court, in a statement on Telegram, identified the suspect only as "O" and said he was a former employee of a company producing electronic engines for space satellites. It said he was suspected of collecting and storing information about the firm's technology on behalf of U.S. intelligence services between July 2021 and December 2023. The man was placed in detention until September 30, the court said. The charge of high treason carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment.


Arab News
06-08-2025
- Arab News
Russia arrests man accused of passing satellite secrets to US
MOSCOW: A man accused of passing Russian satellite secrets to the United States has been arrested for suspected treason and placed in pre-trial detention, a court in the Russian city of Kaliningrad said on Wednesday. The court, in a statement on Telegram, identified the suspect only as 'O' and said he was a former employee of a company producing electronic engines for space satellites. It said he was suspected of collecting and storing information about the firm's technology on behalf of US intelligence services between July 2021 and December 2023. The man was placed in detention until September 30, the court said. The charge of high treason carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment.


CNN
29-06-2025
- Science
- CNN
Bezos' Blue Origin company launches 13th human flight to space
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company successfully launched its New Shepard crewed flight, NS-33, into space from a launch pad in western Texas less than a day after the company's founder married Lauren Sanchez in a star-studded wedding in Venice. Blue Origin's New Shepard program has flown more than 60 humans and 175 scientific payloads above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.