Axiom Space, Inc. has raised $130 million in Series B funding. The round was led by C5 Capital and includes TQS Advisors, Declaration Partners (the investment firm backed by David […]
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Ball Aerospace To Build NASA’s GLIDE Spacecraft
Ball Aerospace was recently selected to build the spacecraft for NASA’s Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) heliophysics science Mission of Opportunity. GLIDE will study variability in Earth’s exosphere, […]
NASA Designates $93.3M To Firefly To Deliver Demo Lunar Payloads
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has received a NASA award of $93.3 million to deliver a suite of ten, NASA-sponsored, science and technology demonstration payloads to Mare Crisium in the Moon’s Crisium […]
UPDATE 2: SpaceX Starship SN9 Sent Forth… Return Landing Is A RUD
On Tuesday, February 2, Starship serial number 9 (SN9) completed SpaceX’s second high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from the SpaceX site in Cameron County, Texas. Similar to the […]
World’s First, All-Civilian Mission to Space = New Era of Commercial Space Exploration
Plans for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space have been announced from SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California— the mission is being targeted for the fourth quarter of this year […]
Redwire’s Roccor To Develop Deployable Systems For NASA’s Solar Cruiser Mission
Redwire has announced that the firm’s subsidiary — Roccor — has been awarded a subcontract to support NASA’s Solar Cruiser technology demonstration mission funded through NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Roccor was selected […]
Autonomous Precision Landing Re-Entry Capsule Validated by SpaceWorks
SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI), along with its partners Earthly Dynamics, LLC (EDC) and Aerial Delivery Solutions, LLC (ADS), has validated autonomous and precision landing of a space-based payload return capsule […]
Program Initiated To Make Space Exploration More Sustainable
The University of Colorado Boulder and the Secure World Foundation today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the Space and Sustainability Initiative (SSI). As the first […]
Launch Activity Hits 20-Year High, According to Space Foundation’s Just Released The Space Report 2020 Q4
In their newly released quarterly issue of The Space Report, Space Foundation, a 501(c)(3) global space advocate for nearly 40 years, announced 2020 Q4 research and analysis findings revealing substantial growth […]
Optical Comms Collaboration Between Swedish Space Corp. + Airbus D&S Netherlands
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands (Airbus DS NL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative activities regarding ground equipment for space-to-ground optical communication. […]