Space Economy

The Polaris Dawn mission, in which a crew of four civilians will attempt the first civilian spacewalk, will also test out Starlink laser communications aboard the Dragon spacecraft.   SpaceX launched...

Astroscale has signed a significant new MoU in the United Kingdom with Airbus Defence and Space as the two companies look to explore collaborative opportunities in the field of in-orbit...

Impulse Space has two new offerings to help satellites reach Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The company announced Tuesday it will offer a rideshare program to GEO for small satellites using its...

Axiom Space will partner with various partners as it looks to send three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Axion Mission 4 (Ax-4), the company’s next commercial human...

Booz Allen Hamilton deployed a generative AI large language model (LLM) in space onboard the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab, the company announced Aug. 1. The LLM was uploaded...

Former Made in Space and Redwire leaders Andrew Rush and Michael Snyder are launching a new venture Star Catcher Industries to build the first power grid in space to bring...

Japanese satellite manufacturer Axelspace is debuting a new service for in-orbit demonstration of space components, called AxelLiner Laboratory or AL Lab. The service allocates space on Axelspace’s 100 kg-class microsatellites...

The world of commercial space exploration is in its early stages and likely to see significant progress over the next decade. One European venture, The Exploration Company (TEC), aims to...

MDA Space has won a large new contract worth around $730 million from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the for the next phases of the Canadarm3 program, an advanced...

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth up to $843 million to develop a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS), the agency announced Wednesday.  NASA said in the announcement...