➀ UK startup Space Forge launched its first space manufacturing satellite ForgeStar-1 via SpaceX to pioneer semiconductor fabrication in low-Earth orbit;

➁ The mission aims to test space's natural vacuum and extreme cold for producing advanced chips for AI data centers and quantum computing;

➂ Future plans include recovering manufactured chips with ForgeStar-2 and scaling to 100+ annual satellite launches by 2025.

➀ Honda successfully launched and landed an experimental reusable rocket, achieving a first successful landing after a modest hop of 271.4 m (890 ft).

➁ Honda's ultimate goal is to reach suborbital launch capability by 2029.

➂ Meanwhile, SpaceX's tenth Starship flight test faced a setback due to a pressure tank failure, resulting in an explosion.

➀ In Q1'25, global venture funding reached $121 billion, driven by OpenAI's $40 billion raise, valuing the company at $300 billion;

➁ Despite a decline in deal count, AI startups remained the primary beneficiaries of this capital concentration, capturing more than half of the quarter's funding;

➂ The AI dealmaking landscape is evolving, with a shift from infrastructure investments to vertical solutions and application-layer platforms.

➀ NASA的SPHEREx太空望远镜在完成环境测试后在科罗拉多州博尔德的BAE系统公司进行了拍摄；

➁ 该望远镜由BAE系统公司制造，韩国天文学和空间科学研究所提供了非飞行低温测试室；

➂ SPHEREx的目的是进行首次全天空光谱调查，收集超过4.5亿个星系和1亿颗银河系恒星的数据，以探索宇宙的起源。

➀ The Space Foundation's Space Report 2024 Q4 reveals record-breaking launch numbers and increased participation from new countries like Senegal and Croatia.

➁ SpaceX is highlighted as a key player in the space industry, having launched 152 times and deploying nearly 2,000 Starlink satellites.

➂ The report also notes the rising demand for tracking and removing orbital debris and the growing use of AI in various space applications.

➀ Astronauts on the ISS witnessed the explosion of SpaceX's Starship upper stage due to an 'energetic event';

➁ The spacecraft lost altitude and communication after the explosion;

➂ Starship initiated its RUD protocol, leading to its disassembly in the upper atmosphere.

➀ Elon Musk announced that President Trump requested SpaceX to return two astronauts from the ISS due to concerns with Boeing's Starliner.

➁ NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the ISS since June 2024 after arriving on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

➂ NASA decided that they would come home on Dragon after uncertainties surrounding Starliner.