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Business

Intuitive Machines Reports a Moon Cash Boon

Touchdown on the Moon, collect millions of dollars—that’s how Monopoly, space edition is played. We don’t make the rules.

EO

The Big Questions About Starshield, SpaceX’s Classified EO Project

SpaceX’s move into EO could present a big challenge to companies selling space data already.

Q&A

A Q+A With Theresa Condor, COO of Spire

Spire Global ($SPIR) may be in the space-based RF sensing business, but to COO Theresa Condor, it’s all about solving problems for real people down on Earth.

Parallax

Astronomers Map the Universe’s Quasars

Humans have been mapping the cosmos since the dawn of civilization, but modern technology has allowed scientists to build an entirely new kind of universal chart.

MilitaryVC/PE

DoD Opens Line of Communication to VCs

The Space Force is meeting with the top funders of commercial space tech, opening a line of communication between the national security and VC communities about threats in orbit and the up-and-coming tech needed to counter them.

Science

Varda Releases Results of In-Space Pharma Mission

Varda’s space drugs are a-ok. 

Research

Payload Research: Tracking Starship’s Progress with Additional Flights on the Horizon

We have entered the Starship era.

GEO

The Future of GEO is Smaller…And More Precise

Makers of small satellites for GEO made up the bulk of newly announced spacecraft in 2023.

Cislunar

DARPA Funds Pie-In-the-Sky Moon Train Study

Out: the train to space. In: the inter-Moon-base express.

Polaris

A Tale of Two Mission Authorization Plans

Senior officials from the administration and Capitol Hill defended dueling plans to regulate novel space activities at Payload’s Space Capitol III event on Monday night.

StartupsTechnology

Benchmark Sends Metal Plasma Propulsion to Orbit

The company already has 50 orders for the thruster.

ISAM

Orbit Fab Starts Shipping RAFTI Ports

Orbit Fab’s RAFTI satellite fueling ports have officially been qualified, and the hardware is beginning to ship to customers, two senior leaders at the startup told Payload.