Talking IM-2 With Tim Crain
Payload talked to IM CTO Tim Crain about the Athena lander, the onboard technology, and, yes, those pesky laser range-finders.
Etlaq Spaceport Releases 2025 Launch Schedule
Etlaq is attempting to alleviate the world’s launch capacity problem by offering regional and international companies tailored facilities to test, integrate, and launch their vehicles to orbit.
The Highway to Mars
Five years ago, Adalberto Roca drove down the barren stretch of Texas highway from downtown Brownsville to Boca Chica Beach to start his first day of work at SpaceX building Starship rockets bound for orbit—and, one day, Mars.
Karman+ Raises $20M For Asteroid Mining Demo
Multiple civil space agencies have made recent trips to asteroids. Karman+ is betting it can achieve similar results with drastically less capital.
India Launches $58M Space Fund
The Technology Adoption Fund is focused on providing Indian space startups with the capital to move from early-stage technologies to commercially viable products.
Space-Related Traffic Could Choke Port Canaveral
The rise of reusable rockets launching from the world’s busiest spaceport has led to an inconspicuous side effect on Earth: a traffic jam at Port Canaveral.
BlackSky’s Gen-3 Sat Enters Orbit, Company Lands String of Contracts
BlackSky launched its first Gen-3 Earth observation satellites aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket yesterday, adding higher-resolution imaging to its data offerings.
True Anomaly Expands to Long Beach
The facility—a new product development center—will work on payload development and new spacecraft designs, streamlining hardware and software development and production as the firm looks to expand its classified operations.
Space Advocates Seek To Protect NASA Workforce
“These public servants—many of whom are just starting their careers—represent the future of NASA.”
Rep. Brian Babin on SLS, Artemis, and Committee To-Dos
“There’s no other way we’re going to get back to the surface of the Moon before the Chinese without the SLS. It’s not going to happen,” he said.
Australia’s Lunar Plans are Just Getting Started
The Australian government is backing its Moon to Mars supply chain initiative in an effort to place Australian space companies in key supporting roles on future Artemis missions.
“Space to Grow” Provides a Curriculum on Space
Space, once the sole domain of militaries and civil space programs, is increasingly ruled by market forces.
