Douglas Gorman, Author at Payload

Frontier Preps Next Mission After Mixed Results On ATMOS

Frontier is preparing to fly a second (slightly pared-down) SpaceLab next year aboard Orbital Paradigm’s new reentry platform.

If you think space is crowded now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Despite two solid efforts, ispace has yet to successfully land on the lunar surface—and the company’s financial position reflects that.

The Space Force’s reliance on SpaceX remains stronger than ever.

Ultimately, these new technologies aren’t competing with radio frequency, but working together as part of a diverse network.

ICYMI: This week, Payload Europe hosted its first ever webinar—all about the EU Space Act.

The quickest delivery service isn’t coming via drone from an Amazon fulfilment center—it’s coming from space.

The UK wants to build a vibrant sovereign space industry, but it knows it can’t do it alone.

Albedo will abandon its imaging business to focus entirely on building VLEO satellite buses for other payload operators.

Reality is starting to look a lot like science fiction.

Future missions to the Moon are going to need power. A lot of it.

European launch startups are attempting to break past the Kármán line for the first time—and customers are already lining up to fly.

Germany is investing €35B in national security defense assets to counter the “fundamental threat” posed by Russian and Chinese tech.