On August 11, Russia successfully launched Luna-25 heading to the Moon. This is the first lunar lander in 47 years. The uncrewed spacecraft took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in […]
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Advanced Space Selected for two NASA SBIR Phase I concepts
Advanced Space LLC., a space tech solutions company, has been selected by NASA for two of the new Phase I concepts under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Flight […]
NASA reaches its Tipping Point for Key Moon + Exploration Tech
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all — the technologies range from […]
ISRO launches India’s third Moon mission from Sriharikota
News story by Nisha Anand Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on July 14th in the Indian […]
U.S. Space Force reups iRocket to transform the power of launch vehicles
Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket), which provides low cost and rapid access to space with its 100% reusable rockets, has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command […]
UPDATE: A ‘Go’ for Rocket Lab — NASA’s TROPICS constellation is launched to orbit for storm monitoring
UPDATE: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a launch and space systems company, successfully launched the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites […]
Lockheed Martin on the Blue Origin team that has been selected to develop a human lunar lander
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is on the team that has won a contract from NASA to develop and demonstrate a human landing system for the Artemis program under the agency’s […]
NASA’s CAPSTONE primary mission successfully completed by Advanced Space
Advanced Space has successfully completed the six-month primary mission for CAPSTONE, the first commercial satellite to operate at the Moon. The CAPSTONE mission’s objective is to pioneer a new and […]
TRL Space awarded ESA funding
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently issued the first contract for the Lunar Geology Orbiter (LUGO), under which the international consortium led by Czech company TRL Space, will define the […]
Astrobotic plans to fly on a Falcon, signs up for heavy launch services
Astrobotic announced today during the spring Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) its purchase of launch services aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for its third upcoming lander mission to the […]