LaunchRockets

SpaceX Loses Starship on Seventh Test Flight

This was the first flight of a new version of Starship.

LEOVC/PE

Loft Orbital Floating On $170M Series C

Loft’s goal is “productizing” space hardware.

Military

He Helped Create the Space Force. Now He Wants to Arm It.

“If the world was going to end in an hour, I’d spend 55 minutes on the problem and five minutes on the solution.”

CivilDeep SpacePolicyScience

NASA Punts Mars Sample Return Decision

After more than a year of review, there’s no concrete plan to retrieve scientific samples from Mars.

BusinessVC/PE

CEO Tom Vice Is Out At Sierra Space

The unexpected retirement has Sierra searching for a new leader.

CivilPolicy

Meet Trump’s NASA Landing Team

Expect a big role for the private sector.

EOEquitiesVC/PE

Synspective Goes Public on Tokyo Stock Exchange

The SAR data collector has plans for a thirty satellite constellation.

AnalysisTechnologyVC/PE

The Year in Commercial Space Hits and Misses

The best and worst of space technology in 2024.

MoonSatcomVC/PE

Australian Space Geology Firm Raises $100M Series D

”[T]ier one mining companies are taking notice…now they’re looking to put their foot on the gas.”

PolicyTechnology

China’s Materials Bans Could Transform Space Solar 

Power demand in orbit is already closing in on 20M watts a year.

EOEquities

Planet Bounces Back On Record Quarterly Revenue

Plus a new $20M task order from NASA.

EOVC/PE

Pixxel Raises $24M For Hyperspectral Data Biz

Pixxel’s sensors capture 150 wavelengths at 5-m resolution in a 40-km swath.

ResearchRockets

AFWERX Asks Altair To Simulate A Vortex

Are you down with CFD?