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Exclusive: Space Kinetic Awarded $50M for Space Maneuverability

Space Kinetic announced a $50M OTA award from the Space Force to develop Whirlwind—its space maneuverability and deployment system.

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Rocket Lab Unveils GHOST on a Record Quarter

Rocket Lab ($RKLB) unveiled a deployable launch system—dubbed GHOST—designed to enable responsive launch from anywhere in the world.

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Exclusive: Reflect Orbital Responds to its Critics

The space community is divided over whether Reflect Orbital’s sunlight-reflecting satellites are a bright idea. 

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Starcloud Announces $250M Series A Extension

Starcloud has raised a $250M extension to its March $170M Series A funding round, bringing it to a a $2.3B valuation.

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Letara Raises ¥2.6B to Build its Hybrid Rocket Engine Tech

Japanese propulsion startup Letara closed a ¥2.6B ($16M) pre-Series A round to fund the development of its low-cost, hybrid engine tech.

OpinionTechnologyVC/PE

Op-ed: The Technologies That Could Define the Future of Space

Daniel Biedermann, a partner at NewSpace Capital, gives his insights on what technologies are driving the future of space tech.

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Muon Space Raises $250M Series C

Muon Space closed a $250M Series C to expand its satellite production capacity and broaden the types of missions it can fly.

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Zeno Power Books its First Nuclear Mission to the Moon

Zeno Power is ready to pull its first all-nighter. On Wednesday, the nuclear-energy startup announced a commercial payload agreement with Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) to send a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) on a Firefly mission launching to the Moon NET 2028.  The mission—flying on Firefly’s CS-8 CLPS mission—aims to demonstrate Zeno’s ability to keep a 5W…

LunarScience

NASA Opens Call on Moon Base Health Research

NASA’s Human Research Program is asking researchers what they want to know as the agency transitions to long-term stays at a Moon Base.

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Lunar Outpost Plans to Fly NVIDIA Chips to the Moon

The chip race and the race back to the Moon race have just crossed paths.

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Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker Mission in 2030

Lunar Outpost Europe will develop thermal management solutions to help Moonraker withstand the wide temperature swings in lunar orbit.