Tag: Space industry
Virgin Galactic sets first commercial space tourism flight
Spacecraft VSS Unity fires its engine during the Unity 25 spaceflight, May 25, 2023.Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic aims to launch its commercial space [...]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson talks Axiom mission, making space accessible
Peggy Whitson is America's most experienced astronaut, having spent 675 days in space. She's just returned from her fourth flight to orbit. Axiom Spac [...]
Layoffs hit Colorado space companies Ursa Major, Orbit Fab
The company test fires one of its Ripley rocket engines in Colorado.Ursa MajorA pair of Colorado space companies laid off employees this past week, se [...]
Planet (PL) Q1 2024 results
A satellite image captured by a SkySat shows the breached Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, June 6, 2023.PlanetShares of Planet fell after the satellite-imager [...]
Wilson Aerospace sues Boeing over allegedly stole IP for NASA projects
The Artemis 1 mission Space Launch System (SLS) rocketFrank Michaux / NASAWilson Aerospace, a small family-run tools company based in Colorado, is sui [...]
Boeing further delays first Starliner astronaut mission for NASA
Boeing employees work on the company's Starliner capsule on Jan. 19, 2023, in preparation for the first crew flight test.John Grant / BoeingBoeing is [...]
Pentagon awards SpaceX with Ukraine contract for Starlink satellite internet
Ukrainian forces set up Starlink satellite receivers to provide connection for civilians at Independence Square after the withdrawal of the Russian ar [...]
NRO Director Chris Scolese says commercial space fuels agency’s goals
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office plans to quadruple the number of satellites on orbit over the next decade. It will need commercial space compa [...]
Final test before commercial service
Aircraft VMS EVE carries with spacecraft VSS Unity during a flight test.Virgin GalacticVirgin Galactic is preparing to launch its first spaceflight in [...]
Astranis’ first internet satellite over Alaska working ‘perfectly’
The Arcturus satellite is seen en route to geosynchronous orbit.AstranisAstranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to provid [...]
SpaceX joining FAA to fight environmental lawsuit over Starship
An aerial view of a Starship prototype stacked on a Super Heavy booster at the company's Starbase facility outside of Brownsville, Texas.SpaceXElon Mu [...]
SpaceX Axiom Ax-2 docks with space station, carrying Saudi astronauts
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is seen docked with the International Space Station, May 22, 2023.SpaceXSpaceX delivered another quartet [...]
NASA awards Blue Origin SLD crew lunar lander contract
The moon seen from the International Space Station on July 9, 2018. Alexander Gerst | NASAWASHINGTON – Jeff Bezos has his NASA moon ticket.The billion [...]
Virgin Orbit gets $17 million bankruptcy aircraft bid from Stratolaunch
Bankrupt rocket company Virgin Orbit received a $17 million "stalking horse" bid for its modified 747 carrier jet and other aircraft assets, as it con [...]
Virgin Galactic targets May 25 for first spaceflight since Branson
Carrier aircraft VMS Eve is seen in the background shortly after releasing VSS Unity, which is firing its engine and acclerating during the company's [...]