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.
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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.
Q&A with Auriga Space CEO Winnie Lai
Auriga Space wants to take the rocket science out of launch. Their eventual goal is to provide rapid launch capabilities using tech more akin to high speed maglev trains than rocket engines.
TrustPoint Wins $3.8M in SpaceWERX Contracts
The two contracts are vital to the US military’s mission of greater resilience in space. But they also help fund TrustPoint’s commercial ambitions.
Spaceline Wants to Solve Your Trajectory Problem
Ascending Node Technologies (ANT) launched its Spaceline 3D mission visualization software to help mission operators plan and optimize their flight paths.
Sierra Space’s Expandable Space Station Passes Key Milestone
Sierra Space just blew up its most advanced space station technology to date. The explosion was an overwhelming success.
Outpost’s Plan To Put Shipping Containers In Space
The future of manufacturing in space depends on Earth return companies finding a way to return much larger volumes from space—like say, shipping containers.
Sift Raises $17.5M Series A To Fuel its Telemetry Stack
“Look at the bill of materials for a modern machine—50% of its software.”
Don’t Forget To File Your TPS Reports
“These commercial companies—they frequently want to minimize the refurbishment between flights, they want to minimize the inspection time—they really want aircraft-like operation.”
How To Survive a Solar Storm
The geomagnetic storm that painted skies purple and green across vast swaths of the Northern Hemisphere over the weekend also created a dangerous environment for satellites in Earth’s orbit.
Thales Alenia Space Signs $567M ExoMars 2028 Contract
Europe’s Mars rover mission is getting a new lease on life.
Benchmark Sends Metal Plasma Propulsion to Orbit
The company already has 50 orders for the thruster.