Tag: The Edge
Space Force plans alternative GPS network with Astranis, others
A depiction of Nexus satellites in a medium Earth orbit constellation.AstranisThe U.S. Air Force began deploying the Global Positioning System — more [...]
Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim is working ‘maniacally’ to scale
CEO Jason Kim in the company's lunar mission control center.Firefly AerospaceJason Kim just nabbed one of the most coveted yet high-pressure C-suite g [...]
SpaceX Starship rocket launch: Flight 5 catches booster
The Super Heavy booster lands on the company's launch tower during the fifth Starship flight on Oct. 13, 2024.SpaceXSpaceX launched its fifth test fli [...]
FAA license may come in time for Sunday launch
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, lifts off on its third launch from the company's Boca Chica launch [...]
Bridgit Mendler’s Northwood passes first satellite antenna test
The startup's co-founders, from left: Chief Technology Officer Griffin Cleverly, CEO Bridgit Mendler and Head of Software Shaurya Luthra.Northwood Spa [...]
Impulse space startup raises $150 million, led by Founders Fund
An Impulse employee works on assembling a Mira vehicle.Impulse SpaceLos Angeles-based space startup Impulse, which is led by renowned rocket specialis [...]
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp brings urgency to Jeff Bezos’ space company
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp, left, and founder Jeff Bezos look up at a New Glenn rocket on at the company's LC-36 facility in Florida.Blue OriginDave Li [...]
Intuitive Machines stock soars after NASA moon satellite contract
The company's IM-1 mission lander shortly after launching on Feb. 15, 2024.Intuitive MachinesIntuitive Machines' stock jumped in early trading Wednesd [...]
Airbus Ventures launches $155 million fund focused on deep tech, space
Thomas d'Halluin, managing partner of Airbus Ventures, at Hangar One of NASA Ames Research Center's Moffett Field in California.Airbus VenturesAirbus [...]
SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract
A Starlink terminal installed on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft.Hawaiian AirlinesPARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi o [...]
Boeing Starliner returns to Earth empty, months later than planned
In this image from video provided by NASA, the unmanned Boeing Starliner capsule undocks as it pulls away from the International Space Station on Frid [...]
Boeing Starliner returning empty, NASA to use SpaceX to get astronauts
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station onNASABo [...]
Mynaric MYNA stock tanks after slashing revenue guidance, CFO exit
A rendering of the company's laser communications system on satellites in orbit.MynaricSpace stock Mynaric tanked in trading Tuesday after the company [...]
Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details
Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman during spacesuit testing.John Kraus / Polaris ProgramSpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission by t [...]
Lockheed Martin to take Terran Orbital private in $450 million deal
Terran Orbital's banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022.Terran OrbitalLockheed Martin is buying Terran Orbital, the company announ [...]