Nicolas Moraitis, Charter Space
As a regulatory affairs officer at Charter, the 25-year-old is working to demystify space law to help the firm’s clients understand the regulations that apply to them.
Douglas Gorman
Rachel O’Connor, Orbit Fab
Space is hard. Rachel O’Connor is trying to make it easier.
Richard Nederlander, Aegis Aerospace
Nederlander is building a software tool that will allow systems engineers to evaluate the holistic radiation risks of their spacecraft.
Pierre Rouzaud, Space Crew
When Rouzaud went to turn his lifelong interest in space and experience as a software developer into a career, he quickly discovered that the act of finding a job in the industry was no simple task. So he founded Space Crew, an aggregator of space industry jobs.
Eric Sundby, TerraSpace
Eric Sundby is on the hunt for ore—and he’s already been to DC to educate lawmakers on what he can do to help.
Vast Unveils Designs for Haven-1 Station
Designed in part by Apple designer Peter Russell-Clarke, Haven-1 looks more like a resort than an orbiting labratory.
Boo! ispace Partners With AMC on SCAR-E Lunar Mission
The mission to put AMC’s robot on the lunar surface is intended to prove out the company’s ability to extract resources in deep-space.
Skyloom Enters the European Market With Joint Venture
The new venture, called Skyloom Europe, will establish a facility in northern Italy to manufacture optical communications terminals to support multi-orbit satellite networks.
The Increasing Allure of Polar Orbits: An Explainer
Military, commercial, and climatological interests have increasingly picked polar orbits for a variety of missions,
Sierra Space Enters the Delivery Business
Sierra Space won a $980,000 AFRL contract to study how its Ghost reentry spacecraft could provide point-to-point delivery services for the US government.
ULA’s Second Vulcan Certification Flight is Ready for Liftoff
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket is less than 24 hours away from trying to prove it’s got the right stuff to launch the nation’s big-ticket military payloads.
ESA’s To-Do List for an EO Boom
The strategy commits to utilizing commercial EO capabilities wherever possible, reaffirming ESA’s strong public-private relationship.