Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
Summary
Ars Technica's Rocket Report covers SpaceX's Falcon 9 upper-stage anomaly and Starship testing resumption, along with a slate of related space industry updates. It notes Blue Origin pausing New Shepard flights, Firefly Alpha readiness, and Mengzhou tests, and highlights SpaceX's acquisition of xAI as a potential AI-powered satellite data infrastructure initiative, all while NASA's Artemis II hydrogen leak issues and Amazon's expanded SpaceX booking shape near-term launches.