Commercial Space

Jun 08, 2022
The agency turns to public-private partnerships to equip Artemis spacewalkers.
May 27, 2022
The uncrewed flight test sets the stage for a shakedown flight with astronauts.
May 26, 2022
Test flights of Australian-built scramjet-powered drone targets technology for space launch system and hypersonic defense applications.
May 26, 2023
The final two members of a novel cubesat quartet were launched into orbit to track developing storms on a near-hourly basis. 
May 25, 2023
Fleet Space Technologies has raised an about $33 million round of Series C funding to further finance its satellite connected geological survey business.
May 25, 2023
ULA canceled the planned May 25 static hot fire of its first Vulcan-Centaur rocket to review an issue with the booster engine ignition system.
May 25, 2023
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Virgin Galactic returned its SpaceShipTwo passenger vehicle into suborbital space on May 25.
May 24, 2023
Tokyo-based Gitai, a startup developing several space robots, has raised about ¥4 billion ($29 million) in funding as part of a Series B extension round.
May 24, 2023
Virgin Orbit will close after its assets were bought by four bankruptcy bidders including Rocket Lab and Stratolaunch.
May 23, 2023
NASA’s LROC has captured what appears to be images of debris scattered on the Moon at the planned landing site of ispace’s lunar lander, which crashed in April.
May 22, 2023
ULA returned its first Vulcan rocket to the launchpad on May 22 in preparation for a static test firing of the booster’s dual BE-4 main engines.