Payload Pioneers 2023: Makena Fetzer
Makena Fetzer’s journey to the space industry began at her high school’s telescope observatory in Arizona, where she spent her time gazing up at the stars.
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$1.6B in Q3 Space Investment, Seraphim Finds
Investment in the space economy is bouncing back from the sagging markets of last year, led by a couple of mega deals centered around investors’ growing appetite for commercial space stations.
Investors Publicly Urge Terran Orbital to Step it Up
A group of investors in Terran Orbital ($LLAP) sent a letter to the company’s board on Thursday laying out a pathway to success after “underlying strategic and operational issues” have “significantly harmed the business,” the letter says.
Researchers Strike on Evidence for Starquakes
Starquakes. Like earthquakes, but in a hot, burning ball of gas, somehow.
NASA Reveals Bennu Asteroid Samples, Finds Water and Carbon
Small rocks, big rocks, carbon rocks, water rocks—everyone gets a space rock.
Exclusive: Spaceium and Aphelia Partner on In-Space Recharging
In-orbit wireless charging for spacecraft, here we come.
Exclusive: Auriga Space Emerges from Stealth with $5M Funding Round
Auriga Space emerged from stealth today with a novel electromagnetic launch system and $5M in its pocket for prototyping and expanding its LA facility.
Limits on Collecting Satellite Imagery Over Israel Continue
As the world watches Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel unfold, American eyes in the sky are limited in what they can show because of a 1997 law.
Space Force Team Reps US at Lachs Space Moot
Three Space Force officers represented the service on the world stage in a new way last week: as the North American team at an international space law competition in Azerbaijan.
Proteus Space Emerges from Stealth with a $4.2M Seed
Proteus Space thinks satellite manufacturing takes too damn long.
Spain’s PLD Space Launches for the First Time
PLD Space, a Spanish rocket startup, successfully launched its Miura-1 suborbital rocket on Saturday.
Starlink Nears Approval in India + Payload Analysis
India is on the verge of approving SpaceX’s Starlink service, paving the way for the launch—or, dare we say, broadband—giant to bring satellite internet to a nation of 1.4B people.