Stories about the new players changing the space game.
It’s the time of year when the out-there concepts aiming to push the boundaries of space exploration get a nod and a boost from the powers that be. Yesterday, NASA announced that it awarded 13 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NAIC) awards to individuals building unconventional, early-stage space technologies. “The daring missions NASA undertakes for the […]
To connect land and ocean, startups are taking to the sky.
Quantum Space is building a mesh communications infrastructure that spans from LEO to cislunar space and beyond to meet growing data needs as humanity expands its reach into the cosmos. This morning, the company unveiled details of Sentry, its first mission. Sentry will launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 rideshare, currently slated for no earlier than March, […]
SpaceX’s train to space is striking a regular cadence.
They say it’s 5 o’clock somewhere—and Beau Warren, founder of Species X Beer Project, is trying to make that somewhere space. Some background: Warren considers himself a long-time space lover who grew up visiting the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum in DC. He founded Species X in September 2021, and is in the process of […]
Growing clutter around Earth has the potential to make satellite operations unsafe—but these two European companies think their tech can maintain order in orbit.
Meet our 2023 group of Payload Pioneers, 30 space innovators and disrupters under 30 years old.
Adam Kall cofounded Kall Morris, Inc. in 2019 at the age of 23 because he knew the old way of cleaning up space wouldn’t cut it.
When Zoe Ingram left her career at LinkedIn and Google to work in aerospace, she encountered an outdated, tedious technological experience the consumer tech world had long ago left behind.
In the five years Van Wagner has spent in the space community, he’s become known for one thing: rovers.
Working in space shouldn’t require operating in a harsh, uncomfortable environment, according to Anastasia Prosina, founder and CEO of Stellar Amenities.
