India’s Jio lays out sovereign LEO constellation plan ahead of IPO
TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global satellite constellations to jumpstart…
China faces temporary emergency launch gap after space station lifeboat crisis
HELSINKI — China could be without emergency launch capability to Tiangong space station for months, leaving no rapid-response option for any…
Northrop Grumman continues solid rocket motor development and test program
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket motor Dec. 4 as part of an internal program to advance solid rocket propulsion…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed
Over the course of several hours, technicians meticulously connected the inner and outer segments of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.…
Orbex trails other European Launcher Challenge companies as U.K. delays funding decision
WASHINGTON — Orbex, one of the five launch companies in ESA’s European Launcher Challenge, received far less funding than the other four at…
Washington Harbour deepens space portfolio with investment in Trusted Space
WASHINGTON — Washington Harbour Partners announced Dec. 4 it has made a strategic investment in Trusted Space, a Leesburg, Virginia-based…
Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX and Amazon’s satellite constellations stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural…
Starlink and the Billionaire Broadband Battles – Understanding the SpaceX-Era Economy
Part 2: Starlink and the Billionaire Broadband Battles SpaceX has transformed the launch industry, but its impact on global communications may…
Welcome, Jared Isaacman – SpaceNews
Welcome, Jared Isaacman. We who love NASA, or at least the idea of NASA, wish you the very best in taking leadership of the great American…
Celestis Selects Stoke Space’s Nova for Infinite Flight: Humanity’s Next Deep-Space Memorial Mission
HOUSTON, TX – December 3, 2025 – For more than three decades, Celestis, Inc. has transformed remembrance into exploration, sending the names,…
The shift that saved American spaceflight
In this episode of Space Minds, former NASA commercial space division chief Phil McAlister sits down with host David Ariosto for a…