NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has completed final maneuvers to place it in its target orbit around the Moon, refining its path in the orbit it arrived to last week — the […]
Cislunar
An Advanced Space CAPSTONE milestone: lunar orbit achieved
Advanced Space has announced that the big day has come and CAPSTONE is at the Moon — CAPSTONE just completed its initial insertion into the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). […]
General Atomics completes Nuclear Thermal Propulsion system design + test milestone
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed major milestones for the Track A, Phase 1 Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Under contract from the Defense Advanced Research […]
Quantum Space and partners plan for superhighway mission between Earth and the Moon
Quantum Space (Quantum) today announced their first operational mission to cislunar space will launch in October 2024 and will include partners GEOST, LLC and Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT). Known as […]
AE Industrial Partners acquires majority stake in York Space Systems
AE Industrial Partners, LP has agreed to acquire a majority stake in York Space Systems. Funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners also agreed to invest alongside AE […]
DARPA Seeks Proposals For The DRACO Nuclear-Thermal Rocket In-Space Flight Demo
DARPA is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program for the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of a nuclear thermal […]
Advanced Space Completes Milestone Testing For Its Mission To The Moon
Advanced Space LLC. is reporting a successful, recent test for CAPSTONE, a NASA-funded mission to the Moon. Advanced Space owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission, a trailblazing pathfinder for the […]
Quantum Space Debuts To Build Evolvable + Scalable Space Platform
With a focus on rapid technological advancement and lowering the cost to access cis-lunar space, a quartet of space veterans are launching Quantum Space, a commercial space infrastructure and services […]
CesiumAstro Accelerates Active Phased Array Payload Development For Lunar Missions
CesiumAstro, Inc., with support from NASA, is accelerating radio frequency (RF) active phased array antenna development enabling dual function communications and sensing for lunar and cislunar applications across common Ka-band, […]
SpaceFund Invests In Rhea Space + Their Autonomous Space Navigation Tech
SpaceFund Inc. has invested in the rapidly growing astrophysics start-up company Rhea Space Activity (RSA). SpaceFund’s capital injection into RSA will energize the company’s ongoing development of scientific and engineering […]