SpaceX Just Tested a Secret Cargo Delivery Vehicle That Could Ship Goods Anywhere on Earth From Space. Here's What Investors Should Know.
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- Micah Zimmerman, The Motley Fool Sun, June 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM GMT+7 5 min read SPCX NVDA On Tuesday, June 23, a Space X Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a vehicle most people had never heard of.
- Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) described it publicly as a "microgravity lab" for scientific research and in-space manufacturing.
- In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia.
Micah Zimmerman, The Motley Fool Sun, June 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM GMT+7 5 min read SPCX NVDA On Tuesday, June 23, a Space X Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a vehicle most people had never heard of. The payload was called Starfall -- a disc-shaped reentry pod, 10.2 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall, designed to carry up to 1 metric ton of cargo from low-Earth orbit back to Earth's surface.
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) described it publicly as a "microgravity lab" for scientific research and in-space manufacturing. What the Federal Aviation Administration's environmental assessment called it was more specific: a vehicle to "enable point-to-point delivery of critical cargo through space on rapid timelines."
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »