The Fuel for the Next Generation of Cislunar Exploration? Technology and Talent.
After NASA astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, their achievement bore decades’ worth of fruit, including scientific discoveries and a strategic…
Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million
HELSINKI — Hongqing Technology, the satellite manufacturing affiliate of launch firm Landspace, has secured one of the largest single raises…
‘It’s more than a hope, it’s a guarantee’: The Vera C. …
On a dark mountaintop in Chile, the world’s largest digital camera has begun filming its masterpiece. This Tuesday (June 30), scientists…
Perovskite solar panel startup Verde Technologies shifts focus to space
TAMPA, Fla. — Verde Technologies is turning to space to commercialize perovskite-based solar panels, shifting its initial focus away from…
Polish space tech company Sybilla Technologies secures funds to enter U.S. market
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish state-owned bank BGK and European venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners have unveiled an investment of around…
Isar Aerospace to launch German-built Planet imaging satellite
WASHINGTON — Isar Aerospace won a contract from Planet’s German subsidiary to launch an imaging satellite, demonstrating an end-to-end space…
Making satellite communications more resilient
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Kymeta’s Ryan Stevenson. They discuss the benefits and challenges of multi-orbit and…
NASA launches bold mission to rescue Swift space telesc…
Editor’s note: This article was corrected at 07:43 EDT on July 2 with news that the mission has been delayed due to a launch vehicle…
Final Atlas 5 Amazon Leo mission launches
WASHINGTON — An Atlas 5 lifted off July 2 carrying a set of Amazon Leo satellites in the final launch by that vehicle to carry a satellite…
Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules
WASHINGTON — A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination…