NASA is on pace to exceed $100B of Artemis funding by FY26, according to nominal dollar data from OIG, NASA budgets, and Payload analysis. The program—which has penciled in its first crewed lunar landing by 2026—is one of the most expensive in NASA history. The enormous costs largely accrue to development of the mission’s vehicle. […]
SpaceWERX, the Space Force’s innovation funding division, announced a new batch of STRATFI awardees last week at SXSW.
Blue Origin aims to land its Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo vehicle on the Moon next year, setting an aggressive timeline as the company charts a new course of decisive action and big swings after not reaching orbit in its first two decades of operations.
In the heart of Texas ranch country, Firefly Aerospace is embracing the pioneering and do-it-all spirit of the frontier.
ULA is up for sale, and all signs point to Blue Origin as the buyer.
After over 300 flights and 13 years in service, Falcon 9 continues to improve as SpaceX tweaks the design for higher performance.
Vast announced its intention to compete for NASA contracts to organize private astronaut missions to the ISS—a role that has been filled exclusively by Axiom Space since the flights commenced in 2022.
The ultimate goal—along with science—is to foster a sustainable commercial lunar market where NASA can add to demand rather than monopolize its own closed-loop economy.
The second launch is the charm for Japan’s next-gen heavy-lift H3 rocket.
Varda’s in-space manufacturing capsule is cleared for reentry after months of regulatory back and forth.
Society’s demand for space-based data has fueled growth in the space industry, with 10,000+ satellites in orbit. On top of all that hardware grows an even faster network of interconnected data, software, and mesh networks, working in concert with other connected devices to converse and compute. The data exchange in space presents a near-infinite number […]
