Commercial Space
Nov 28, 2017
XCOR Aerospace, which eyed a foothold in the suborbital market with its Lynx spaceplane, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Nov. 8.
Nov 27, 2017
SpaceX is still aiming for two to three more launches this year, but the debut flight of Falcon Heavy won’t be among them.
Nov 16, 2017
Five teams are in the running for $30 million in prizes for landing on the Moon, demonstrating spacecraft imaging and mobility systems.
Nov 16, 2017
The first private lunar mission is expected to launch in early 2018, a half-century after nations raced to get to the Moon.
Nov 15, 2017
Milestone completes Sierra Nevada’s paid NASA Commercial Crew work and sets up critical design review for unmanned station resupply missions. Photo: NASA
Feb 23, 2022
Rocket Lab plans to begin operations from a second launchpad in New Zealand as early Feb. 28, the company said Feb. 23.
Feb 21, 2022
Northrop Grumman is taking the next step in its space servicing business, SpaceLogistics, with the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod and a launch agreement with SpaceX for a Mission Robotic Vehicle.
Feb 18, 2022
Astroscale has resumed its ELSA-d mission to demonstrate active debris removal in low Earth orbit.
Feb 18, 2022
Space tourist company Virgin Galactic, whose stock price has been on a proverbial roller coaster in recent months, said Feb. 18 that Chamath Palihapitiya is no longer chairman of the board or even a member.
Feb 17, 2022
Blue Origin plans to introduce a second New Shepard capsule and booster for passenger flights from West Texas this year, CEO Bob Smith said.
Feb 17, 2022
Max Polyakov, a Ukrainian co-founder of launch company Firefly Aerospace, said he handed off his majority stake in the startup to co-founder and CEO Tom Markusik under pressure from U.S. officials.
Feb 17, 2022
SpaceLink, of McLean, Virginia, has selected Houston-based commercial space station developer Axiom Space to demonstrate an end-to-end optical communications relay service for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which manages the U.S. National Laboratory elements of the International Space Station.
Feb 17, 2022
Orbital Sidekick has validated an upgrade to its existing hyperspectral satellite sensors and is announcing an investment by national security startup seed funder In-Q-Tel.