Douglas Gorman
Blue Ghost Notches First Successful Lunar Landing
The lander is now working on a series of tasks that will last a lunar day—about 14 Earth days—and a few hours into the lunar night.
CTO Unveils First Regenerative 5G mmWave Telecom Payload
Constellation Technologies and Operations (CTO), a Paris-based startup attempting to build a constellation of VLEO telecom satellites, announced its first tech demo flight aboard a D-Orbit ION sat launching in June.
Varda Conducts First Reentry Mission into Australia
Varda’s second reentry capsule W-2 landed safely in the dust of Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in Australia yesterday.
Inside the Hunt for Lunar Water
The sci fi dreams—and economic boom—that would be fulfilled by establishing a long-term lunar presence all hinge on one thing: the ability to locate, extract, and process water ice on the Moon’s surface.
Magdrive Propels US Expansion With $10.5M Seed Round
Magdrive’s thruster uses electricity gathered from solar panels to turn its solid metal propellant into hot plasma, which is then ejected from the thruster to provide movement in microgravity.
Etlaq Spaceport Releases 2025 Launch Schedule
Etlaq is attempting to alleviate the world’s launch capacity problem by offering regional and international companies tailored facilities to test, integrate, and launch their vehicles to orbit.
Karman+ Raises $20M For Asteroid Mining Demo
Multiple civil space agencies have made recent trips to asteroids. Karman+ is betting it can achieve similar results with drastically less capital.
India Launches $58M Space Fund
The Technology Adoption Fund is focused on providing Indian space startups with the capital to move from early-stage technologies to commercially viable products.
Australia’s Lunar Plans are Just Getting Started
The Australian government is backing its Moon to Mars supply chain initiative in an effort to place Australian space companies in key supporting roles on future Artemis missions.
“Space to Grow” Provides a Curriculum on Space
Space, once the sole domain of militaries and civil space programs, is increasingly ruled by market forces.
K2 Space Raises $110M Series B
The company will hire more engineers to continue its “ruthless approach to driving down costs,” according to head of strategy John Plumb.
New Bill Would Classify Space as Critical Infrastructure
The Space Infrastructure Act seeks to codify in statute that space assets are so vital to the nation’s economy and security that their disruption would have a debilitating impact.
China To Ramp Up its Launch Capacity in 2025
China’s space program had a busy start to the year, and it isn’t letting off the gas anytime soon.
