Tim Fernholz
New Glenn Debut Delayed Along With EscaPADE Mars Mission
Blue has yet to test fire New Glenn’s second stage or perform an integrated first stage engine test firing.
Quantum Timekeepers Raise $3.7M For A Precise Clock
“Literally everything we put into space will eventually have one of these things.”
ATLAS Raises $15M To Bolster Ground-Station Software Biz
“Some of us joke that we’re actually a software company with a network.”
There Aren’t Enough Satellite Thrusters For The SDA—Yet
Redwire is partnering with propulsion startup Phase Four to commercialize a NASA-designed Hall Effect Thruster.
Intuitive Machines Picked for Fourth Lunar Mission
NASA will pay Intuitive Machines $116.9M to deliver scientific payloads to the lunar South Pole.
Europa Clipper’s Chips Are Good Enough For Jupiter
JPL launched a Tiger Team to assess if the $5B spacecraft could survive its Jovian voyage as-is.
USSF Funds Impulse’s Massive High Orbit Kick Stage
Under the new STRATFI agreement, the first payload on Helios will be a DoD spacecraft.
How Nokia and Axiom Are Putting 4G on The Moon
Nokia has designed a “network in a box” that it will test on Intuitive Machine’s next uncrewed lunar mission.
NASA Finally Chooses Dragon for Starliner Crew Return
NASA officials decided that the two astronauts who piloted the Boeing Starliner on a test flight to the ISS will return on a SpaceX crew Dragon. Their eight-day mission will wind up lasting eight months.
SpaceX’s Most Ambitious Crew Mission Yet Takes Off Overnight
The five-day mission will be the most technically challenging private crewed mission in space, and the first time SpaceX employees have flown to orbit on their own vehicle.
A Reusable Rocket Plane Will Practice Peeking at VLEO Sats
Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand space transportation company, will fly sensors for US firm Scout Space.
AstroForge Raised $40M To Race For An Asteroid
“We’re going to mine asteroids or go f*****g bankrupt.”
Starpath Raises $12M For Lunar Ice Mining
The business plan is simple: Sell large quantities of LOX propellant to companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.
