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Kairan Quazi, a 16-year-old prodigy, left SpaceX for Citadel Securities. Elon Musk claimed ignorance of Quazi's work at SpaceX. Quazi, formerly Starlink's youngest employee, enhanced satellite accuracy. He joined Citadel Securities as a global trading infrastructure engineer. Quazi sought faster feedback than aerospace offered. His career includes internships at Intel and AI research.

Kairan Quazi, the 16-year-old prodigy, is transitioning from SpaceX's Starlink project to Citadel Securities as a quant developer. After graduating from Santa Clara University at 14, he defied age barriers at SpaceX. Now, he's set to apply his unique engineering and problem-solving skills to quantitative finance, overcoming challenges related to age-based biases in the professional world.

SpaceX achieved a significant milestone in 2025, launching its 100th Falcon 9 mission, deploying 24 Starlink satellites and expanding its constellation to over 8,100 active units. Booster 1088 completed its ninth successful flight, landing on the drone ship, marking SpaceX's 489th Falcon 9 landing. This feat underscores SpaceX's reusability advancements and its impact on global internet coverage.

Despite severe weather warnings, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. The launch coincided with the 10th anniversary of a Falcon 9 explosion, highlighting SpaceX's progress. The mission featured a reusable booster flying its fifth mission, landing successfully on the drone ship, demonstrating SpaceX's commitment to sustainable space travel.

SpaceX is set to launch over 150 capsules containing cremated remains and DNA into low Earth orbit on June 23, in collaboration with Celestis and The Exploration Company (TEC). This 'Perseverance Flight' offers families a unique way to memorialize loved ones by sending them on a symbolic journey into space.