Commercial Space
Apr 29, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 29, 2022
Private astronaut mission’s bonus days on ISS shift next crew launch.
Apr 28, 2022
Taiwan’s new hypersonic R&D office; North Korean nuke pledge; Capella Space raises cash for analysis; and Lockheed’s radar upgrades.
Apr 25, 2022
The space sector has unique propellants when it comes to M&A, which is likely to create a “melt-up.”
Apr 14, 2022
First U.S.-backed private mission to the ISS is a turning point in the ongoing commercial development of space.
May 09, 2023
Astroscale U.S. and Momentus have submitted a joint bid to boost NASA’s Hubble space telescope to a higher orbit using a robotic spacecraft.
May 09, 2023
The prospect is based on still-maturing research underway aboard the ISS and Earth-based research and technology labs.
May 09, 2023
Bids are due in U.S. bankruptcy court later this month.
May 08, 2023
Momentus’ Vigoride-5 space tug has raised its orbit using its microwave electrothermal thruster, a propulsion system that uses distilled water as a propellant.
May 08, 2023
While much of NASA’s future human exploration focus falls toward deep space, the agency is not turning its back on low Earth orbit.
May 08, 2023
Virgin Galactic plans to return to space later this month with a fully crewed test flight of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity.
May 06, 2023
The SpaceX Crew Dragon switched ISS docking ports May 6 to make room for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission and a later a SpaceX cargo mission.
May 05, 2023
Lockheed Martin Space will reorganize itself around 3 focus areas: commercial civil space, national security space and strategic and missile defense systems.