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Starfighters Space and Mu-g Technologies Expand Partnership for NASA Microgravity Services
Starfighters Space, the innovative aerospace company, owner and operator of the world’s fastest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft, together with Mu-g Technologies, an innovator focused on the development of microgravity research and flight test services, announced a significant expansion of its strategic partnership. Under a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Starfighters will assist Mu-g’s…
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars last week as a dress rehearsal for its arrival at the Solar System’s largest metal asteroid in 2029. The Psyche mission launched more than two-and-a-half years ago, in October 2023, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida,…
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Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time
After nearly a quarter of a century operating as a private company, with its financial accounts a closely guarded secret, SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon released a detailed accounting of its business in a nearly 400-page S-1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. SpaceX, founded in 2002 and still led by Elon Musk, submitted…
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Launch preview: SpaceX tries again for first launch of its Starship Version 3 rocket
SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch of its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the Flight 12 mission on May 21, 2026. Image: Spaceflight Now Update May 21, 8:03 p.m. EDT (0003 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the mission after dipping in and out of multiple holds at T-minus 40 seconds. SpaceX stood down from its first attempt to launch…
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SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing
SpaceX is producing an average of 70 Starlink satellites per week in Redmond, its IPO filing shows. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Redmond, Wash., has been known for decades as the home of Microsoft, to the extent that the city’s name has become synonymous with the software giant. Maybe it’s time to rethink that, because…
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Portal Space Secures $50 Million Series A to Advance Maneuverable Spacecraft Capabilities
Portal Space Systems, a next-generation spacecraft manufacturer developing rapidly maneuverable vehicles for operations across and between orbital regimes, announced it has raised $50 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Geodesic Capital and Mach33, with participation from Booz Allen Ventures, ARK Invest, AlleyCorp and FUSE. The financing comes as a broader shift…
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Max Space Advances Commercial Orbital Habitats with Thunderbird Space Station Platform
Max Space is developing next-generation commercial orbital habitats through the Thunderbird space station platform, a modular and human-centered station architecture designed to support long-duration missions, commercial research, manufacturing and future deep-space operations. Built with a strong emphasis on astronaut wellbeing, operational flexibility and scalable mission support, Thunderbird is intended to provide expanded living and working…
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China Poised to Break US Monopoly on Missions to the Moon by 2027
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Chinese taikonauts will “likely” conduct a crewed lunar flyby in 2027, ending the United States’ five-decade monopoly as the only nation to send humans beyond low Earth orbit. The acknowledgment at the AIAA ASCEND conference signals that China is on track to achieve the milestone before the US returns humans…
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Vast Expands into High-Power Satellite Buses with Space Station Tech and Haven Heritage
Vast, the company developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure, announced Vast Satellite, a new line of high-power satellite buses built for operators across communications, Earth observation, national security and orbital data center satellite constellations. With the launch of Vast Satellite, Vast is expanding beyond commercial space stations into high-volume spacecraft platforms designed for high-performance…
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Axelspace Corporation Schedules GRUS-3 Earth Observation Satellite Launch for July 2026
Axelspace Corporation, a leading developer and operator of microsatellites dedicated to realizing its vision of “Space within Your Reach,” announced that GRUS-3, a set of seven next-generation Earth observation microsatellites, is scheduled to be launched no earlier than July 2026. The seven GRUS-3 microsatellites will launch aboard the Transporter-17 rideshare mission via Exolaunch, a global leader…