Commercial Space
Jan 07, 2021
Germany joins race for European vertical smallsat launch competing with Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the UK.
Jan 06, 2021
Lawmakers trimmed $1.9 billion from the space agency budget in fiscal 2021.
Dec 29, 2020
If successful, the deal bolsters Lockheed against large primes while providing the best outcome for AJR after overhaul in recent years.
Dec 15, 2020
A dramatic shift toward commercial space missions, including those supporting the return of humans to the Moon, is fueling a flood of new technologies entering the market
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. back in human spaceflight business.
Nov 22, 2022
Startup Rosotics has raised $750,000 in “pre-seed funding” to develop a rapid induction metal 3D printer for making large aerospace parts.
Nov 22, 2022
Startup STELLS Space Corp. plans to launch a mobile recharging station to the Moon by 2025.
Nov 21, 2022
On the eve of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ministerial council, 21 startup companies are requesting that member states approve a resolution for an open competition every time an institutional payload has to be placed into orbit.
Nov 21, 2022
German space startup Polaris Spaceplanes has performed the first flight of its spaceplane demonstrator built under a contract from the German defense ministry.
Nov 17, 2022
The new 16U satellite bus is tailored for Earth observation and space domain awareness missions.
Nov 16, 2022
The approvals help pave the way for the first planned orbital launch from the UK mainland for Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission using its air-launched LauncherOne space vehicle that will be carried by its modified Boeing 747.
Nov 10, 2022
In a joint technology demonstration, United Launch Alliance and NASA tested a 20-ft.-dia. inflatable heat shield that is intended to pave the way for a future rocket engine recovery system for ULA and a system for NASA to land heavy, human-class missions on Mars, among other uses.
Nov 08, 2022
The single-port Sirius engine will be used to power the Eris, Australia’s first orbital rocket, which is set to launch in 2023.