Victoria Woodburn
Starship Sticks the Water Landing on Flight 13
SpaceX flew the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket Friday evening, ending with the first intact Starship put in the water.
ESA Puts €65M Behind Europe’s First Lunar Ice Rover
ispace-Europe is heading to the Moon following a €65M commitment from ESA for Europe’s first lunar polar ice exploration rover mission.
NASA Puts $2B Price Tag on Nuclear Mars Mission
The $2B Space Reactor-1 Freedom is said to be the first fission-powered interplanetary spacecraft.
Breaking Down the $686B Space Economy
The global space economy totaled a record $686B in 2025, according to the Space Foundation.
FCC Eyes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Bands for Satellites
The FCC announced that it will consider a proposal to allow unlicensed wireless devices to communicate directly with satellites.
UK Commits £62M into Domestic Space Capabilities
The UK government announced £62M ($83.3M) in new funds Monday to develop domestic satcom and space technologies.
Skyroot Aerospace Reaches Orbit with Vikram-1 Rocket
Skyroot Aerospace became the first private Indian company to reach orbit on Saturday, when its Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from India’s primary spaceport—the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
NASA Selects Starlink for Artemis III Mission
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to deliver laser communications capabilities for its Artemis III mission using Starlink.
TraCSS Looms Large Over Mission Authorization Hearing
A hearing to review the Office of Space Commerce’s (OSC’s) proposed framework for novel mission authorization became a referendum on whether the office can afford to run it.
NatSec Space Policy Nominees Face Questions from Senators
The Pentagon’s nominee to lead space acquisition said the military’s legacy space programs weren’t built for the modern acquisition reforms now reshaping the Space Force.
Spinifex Space Launches With Australian Test Ranges
Spinifex Space will provide end-to-end suborbital launch campaigns, private range access, and test and evaluation (T&E) infrastructure.
Firefly Acquires Autonomous Space Ops Company
Firefly Aerospace announced yesterday that it acquired Space-ng, which is an AI-powered vision navigation and autonomous guidance systems provider.
Japan Eyes Sovereign D2D Satellite Network
Japan plans to select a proposal this month for its domestically owned and operated D2D satellite network, called J-LEO.
