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MaiaSpace selected to operate from former Soyuz launch pad in French Guiana

Following a call for application issued by CNES, MaiaSpace has been selected to operate its reusable launcher from the former Soyuz launch pad (ELS) in the Guiana Space Center. Up to now, the compa...

Radian Aerospace Reveals First Prototype Flight Vehicle, Completes Initial Round of Taxi Tests

Radian Aerospace (Radian), developers of the world's first fully reusable, horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, announced today the successful completion of the fir...

Sierra Space unveils groundbreaking technology designed to extract oxygen from lunar soil, enabling sustainable human presence on the Moon

Sierra Space, a leading commercial aerospace company and defense technologist building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth®, today announced that the company’s patented Carbothermal Oxygen Pr...

ELA Signs Multi-Launch Contract with Sirius Space Services in Paris

Leading French rocket company, Sirius Space Services (Sirius), has signed a historic contract with Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) for a multi-year, multi-launch campaign from the Arnhem Space Centr...

Polaris Dawn Crew Tests New Suit and Completes First Commercial Spacewalk

The Polaris Dawn crew, after launching into space earlier this week, completed the first commercial spacewalk at 4:58 am EDT today. Wearing newly-designed SpaceX extravehicular activity (EVA) suits, t...

Starships Are Meant To Fly

SpaceX was founded in 2002 to expand access to outer space. Not just for government or traditional satellite operators, but for new participants around the globe. Today, we’re flying at an unprecedent...

Polaris Dawn Successfully Launches to Earth’s Orbit and Begins Five-Day Mission

On September 10, the crew of Polaris Dawn began their historic mission aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to expand commercial space exploration at 5:23:49 AM EDT as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from L...

ICEYE and Aon expand collaboration with flood and wildfire data agreement to enhance event response

ICEYE, a global leader in satellite-powered disaster management solutions, has announced that Aon, a leading global professional services firm, has expanded its data licensing agreement to include ICE...

Sierra Space Shooting Star Cargo Module Completes Acoustic Testing at NASA's KSC

Sierra Space, a leading commercial aerospace company and defense technologist building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth®, today announced the successful completion of acoustic testing on i...

NASA Awards Intuitive Machines Lunar South Pole Research Delivery

A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delive...

Blue Origin Completes 26th Mission to Space with Six Crew Onboard

Blue Origin successfully completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th flight for the New Shepard program on Thursday August 29th, 2024. Our astronaut crew included: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, E...

Scout Space to Fly Novel vLEO SDA Sensors on Taskable Spaceplane

Scout Space Inc., a leading in-space observation service provider focused on space security and autonomy solutions, is set to make history with the first demonstration of a novel very low Earth orbit ...