NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman On Artemis, Budget, And Establishing a Lasting Space Vision
“There’s a lot of passionate people out here. They can do incredible things from a scientific perspective,” Isaacman told Payload. “I don’t know how many of them have ever pulled together a financial model, and driven execution on some of these things, to say what should or shouldn’t be the right budget.”
CLD Companies Say NASA Is Wrong. NASA Says Prove It.
“I’m not surprised that CLD providers didn’t like what we had to say,” Isaacman told Payload on the sidelines of the Space Symposium. “So, prove we got it wrong.”
Slingshot Introduces AI-Powered Portal Platform
Slingshot Aerospace introduced a new platform today that will allow operators to spot anomalies—and make decisions—in an AI-powered, one-stop-shop.
ICON Prime Launches, Led By Former TX Rep
Robotic construction company ICON today announced the establishment of ICON Prime, a new business unit that will work with the Pentagon and NASA.
Sophia Space and Kepler Sign Agreement to Demo ODC Tech
The agreement, announced today, is Sophia’s first opportunity to validate its orbital-data-center software in space.
Atomic-6 Launches Orbital Data Center Marketplace
GA-based composite manufacturer Atomic-6 is fueling that acceleration with the launch of a new marketplace today—called ODC.Space—to make securing orbital compute as simple as “add to cart.”
Hawkeye 360 Files For IPO
The space-based RF data and analytics firm is the latest in a string of defense-focused space companies seeking to go public, opening access to more capital as the industry grows.
Albedo Ratchets Up the Power for its Second VLEO Flight
Albedo announced a new VLEO capable satellite bus today that’s aiming to fly the company’s second orbital mission in 2027.
Moog’s “Tip to Tail” Contributions to the Artemis II Flight
“Moog supplies more than 100 different pieces of hardware that go from tip to tail of the rocket, [and] into the Orion system.”
Artemis II Gives Airbus Hope For European Spaceflight
At the heart of Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft is the European Service Module (ESM), built by Airbus Defence and Space in Bremen, Germany, on behalf of ESA.
Portal Closes $50M Series A
Geodesic Capital and Mach33 led the round, which also included participation from Booz Allen Ventures, Ark Invest, AlleyCorp, and FUSE.
