SpaceX launches first Starship V3
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the newest version of its Starship vehicle for the first time May 22, completing most of the test objectives planned for…
Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
WASHINGTON — Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords May 7, the sixth country to do so in the last two and a half weeks. Osvaldo Almirón Riveros,…
Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape – NASA Science
Carved over millennia by the pressure and motion of glacial ice, the valley walls cradling the Tracy Arm fjord in southeast Alaska continue to…
Rocket Lab announces large launch contract and plans to acquire space robotics company
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced May 7 the largest launch contract in the company’s history as it also moves to acquire a space robotics…
SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia
SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure.…
Lunar Outpost raises $30 million
WASHINGTON — Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar rovers, has raised $30 million as it works to revamp designs to meet NASA’s revised Artemis…
Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab said May 7 it won new Pentagon-related defense business tied to the Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile defense…
Redwire pursues opportunities in landers and power systems for NASA’s moon base plans
WASHINGTON — Redwire is taking a renewed interest in lunar landers given the demand signal from NASA to support the agency’s ambitions to…
Speed tops price in national security contracting decisions
A decade ago, the space technology company Stellar Exploration needed about three years to build, test and deliver a small satellite…
Skyroot raises $60 million ahead of first orbital launch attempt
WASHINGTON — Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace has raised $60 million in a funding round that gives the company a valuation of more than…