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Shares of Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB), an aerospace manufacturer and launch-service provider, were up 50% in midday trading on Wednesday, after earnings beat Wall Street estimates.Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, the company forecast revenue between $125 million to $135 million, coming in above its previous estimates of $121 million.RKLBs stock, which adds to its 165% rally so far this year, was up 28% on market closing.Rocket Lab said its Electron rocket was the third-most-frequently launched rocket in the world this year, with the manufacturer coming in just after rival Elon Musks SpaceX and China.On Wednesday, the company announced a new launch agreement for its medium-lift rocketwith a confidential commercial satellite constellation operator, to launch two missions on the Neutron rocket in mid-2026.The company also projects more than 10,000 satellites will need launch services by 2030, and estimates the total addressable market value will balloon to about $10 billion.Neutron is tailored to deploy satellite constellations and national security missions in addition to serving customers, and is key to Rocket Labs strategy as an end-to-end space company preparing to deliver services from space in the future.Constellation companies and government satellite operators are desperate for a break in the launch monopoly, said Rocket Lab founder and CEO Sir Peter Beck in a company statement. They need a reliable rocket from a trusted provider, and one thats reusable to keep launch costs down and make space more frequently accessible, and Neutron is strongly positioned to be that rocket that provides choice and value to the industry.The missions will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 on Wallops Island, Virginia.

All eyes are on the Caribbean, where a developing tropical depression could potentially turn into the next hurricane to hit Florida, perhaps the last for the 2024 season.The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday there is a high chance of a tropical depression forming over the next 48 hours, moving westward into the western Caribbean Sea and dumping heavy rains on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.Forecasters are tracking a broad area of low pressure theyre calling Invest 99L, which is producing a large area of thunderstorms in the Caribbean and could eventually develop into a tropical storm, then into a full-blown hurricane as it travels westward and potentially northwest. (An Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft is investigating.)If a hurricane does develop, it would be called Hurricane Sara and would be the 18th storm in the Atlantic this year, bookending one of the deadliest and costliest hurricane seasons, which has left more than 325 people dead in the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean. Five hurricanes haveslammed intothe Gulf Coast region, but none as devastating as Helene, which made landfall in Florida and the surrounding Southeast, leaving some 228 dead and causing some $120 billion in damage.Warm-water temperatures in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, which are currently thesecond-warmeston record (last year being the warmest), have contributed to the hurricanes.While it remains unclear exactly what course the developing system will take, the warm water could strengthen and rapidly intensify its course toward the Gulf of Mexico.How to track hurricanes and tropical stormsHurricanes can change paths quickly, which is why tracking the storm is so important. For updated information, advisories, and maps showing projected and traveled paths, check out these resources below:National Hurricane CenterEsris Hurricane Aware

A collection of stiffened felt chairs designed by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce prior to his death earlier this year was presented by New York gallery Salon 94 Design at Design Miami's Paris edition.The collection, titled La Famiglia, was initiated in the early months of 2024 by Pesce, who passed away aged 84 before completing the project.Salon 94 Design unveiled a collection of stiffened felt chairs by Gaetano PesceThe designer created a family of four chairs intended to accommodate people of all ages, which he named La Mamma (the Mother), La Cugina (the Cousin), Il Bambino (the Child) and La Piccola (the Little One).The chairs are made from stiffened industrial felt, using a technique that Pesce pioneered in 1987 with his Feltri chair for Cassinaand subsequently applied to numerous products including cabinets, vases and furniture.The collection comprises four chairs designed to accommodate people of all agesThe process involves soaking the fabric in clear resin before shaping it and allowing the resin to set so that the felt forms become rigid and self-supporting.Pesce initially considered producing the chairs from solid resin but instead chose felt because, according to a statement from the gallery, "he enjoyed the transformation of the flat, soft textile cut out like a child's drawings into functional seating."The chairs are made from stiffened industrial feltEach chair features a curved backrest decorated with a cutout face that lends the pieces their distinctive, playful personalities. The hardened felt is also used to form the seats and side panels, which are folded over to create feet and armrests.Prototypes developed by the designer at his studio in Brooklyn, New York, were presented at an exhibition titled Nice to See You during Milan Design Week.Read: Christian Louboutin and Pierre Yovanovitch perch chairs on legs informed by "iconic women"The final versions of the chairs were produced posthumously in Italy by Pesce's studio team and were exhibited at Salon 94 Design's booth at Design Miami.Paris, held at the lavish 18th-century mansion L'htel de Maisons.Alongside the La Famiglia collection, the gallery showed other pieces developed by Pesce including a chandelier comprising 60 multicoloured resin arms with LED light fittings attached.The show also featured vases in felt and resin, and a table made from resin-soaked fabric covered with drawings of flowers.The playful chairs feature curved backrests and cutout facesPesce was a pioneer of the Radical Design movement in the 1960s, when he developed experimental products that stood in stark contrast to the rational modernism that had defined the previous decades.His iconic creations included the Up5 chair from 1969 a vacuum-packed chair and ottoman designed to resemble a female body attached to a ball and chain.After moving to New York in 1983, Pesce began to move away from mass production and focused on creating "standardised series" in everyday materials like resin.The pieces were unveiled atDesign Miami's Paris editionSome of the projects he completed in the final years of his life include a colourful resin catwalk and seating for fashion brand Bottega Veneta and a pair of handbags for the same company that resemble bucolic landscapes.Following the news of Pesce's passing in April, tributes poured in from members of the design community, including from curator Glenn Adamson who called him "the most reliably provocative of the Italian radical designers".The photography is courtesy of Design Miami.Paris.Design Miami.Paris took place from 15-20 October in Paris, France. See Dezeen Events Guidefor an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.The post La Famiglia is Gaetano Pesce's last-ever furniture collection appeared first on Dezeen.