Jacqueline Feldscher
NASA, Starfish Partner on SSPICY Debris Inspection
NASA is kickin’ it up a notch on a SSPICY mission to check out a defunct sat in LEO. Starfish Space will work on the program—formally known as the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability mission—under a Phase III SBIR contract from the space agency worth $15M over three years, NASA announced on Wednesday. A…
Space Foundation Looks to Boost DC Presence
“I don’t care what way you look at this,” she told Payload. “Farming, national security, commercial—whatever angle you take, space affects us every day.”
French Launcher Sirius to Fly From Australia
Under the deal, Sirius will become a resident launcher at Arnhem Space Centre in 2025, with the first test flight of its SIRIUS 1 rocket coming in 2026
The Road to the Forum: the CLPS Era
Over the next several months, traffic is expected to ramp up on the Moon, but unlike the first race to the Moon, it will be commercial vehicles leaving their tracks behind. NASA’s decision to tap commercial partners to deliver scientific payloads to the Moon is the latest in a broader space agency move toward boosting…
Defense Tech Firm Anduril Brings AI Software to Space
Anduril is formally jumping into the space game: expanding its AI-powered tech into space to working on national security missions.
Astroscale Wins Next Phase of UK’s COSMIC Mission
Astroscale’s UK branch announced it had won a contract on Wednesday to continue working on an active debris removal mission that will take two defunct British sats out of orbit.
Congress on VIPER Cancellation: Not So Fast
Four top lawmakers sent a letter to NASA late Friday casting much doubt on the agency’s decision to halt its VIPER mission after already sinking $450M into the spacecraft, which was fully assembled and awaiting testing.
Air Force Invests in Canopy’s Thermal Protection Tech
“If we have a sustained supply base of people constantly innovating on material systems manufacturing processes, a future capsule maybe costs half as much.”
Meet Cislunar International, a Consulting Firm Trying to Help Space Startups Cross the Atlantic
Two longtime space industry insiders are launching a new consulting firm designed to help European countries navigate the process of doing business in the US, and vice versa.
Falcon 9 Grounded After Booster Landing Failure
Just one month after returning to flight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after a booster failed to land safely early Wednesday morning.
The Road to the Forum: Humans in LEO
The ISS has been a bastion for international cooperation and scientific discovery for nearly three decades, but as the orbiting habitat nears the end of its time in service, NASA is preparing to pass the torch on these three pillars to the commercial sector.
Space Policy in a Harris Administration
Though the vice president did not do much public work on space before joining President Joe Biden’s ticket, she has overseen the debate of two major space policy issues as chair of the National Space Council
EO, AI, Weather Monitoring Sats Hitch a Ride on Transporter-11
SpaceX launched its 11th dedicated rideshare mission Friday afternoon that sent 116 satellites into orbit, including some for customers making their first trip to space.
