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Seven Re-Entry Missions with Space Cargo Unlimited
Fly Soon, Fly Safe, Fly Back: How Space Cargo Unlimited And ATMOS Join Forces To Industrialize Low-Earth-Orbit With 7 Re-Entry Missions
This collaboration represents an important milestone in the Eur...
Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload Ready for Launch; Blue Origin’s New Glenn on Track for This Year
Blue Origin’s payload for New Glenn’s first mission, NG-1, is ready for launch this year. NG-1 will carry the company’s Blue Ring Pathfinder and mark the rocket’s first National Security Space Launch ...
ispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s Surface
TOKYO –December 10, 2024 – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, and Magna Petra, the first lunar resources company engaged in the prospecting, extraction and return...
Lockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for Launch on Firefly rocket
Littleton, Colo., December 9, 2024 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] newest technology demonstration, called the Tactical Satellite (TacSat), is complete and ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Ae...
Sierra Space Signs Agreements to Enhance Manufacturing in Microgravity
LOUISVILLE, Colorado – 4 december 2024 –Sierra Space, a leading commercial aerospace and defense technology company building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth®, today announced two new agre...
Neuraspace installs its second optical telescope in Chile for global satellite tracking coverage
We have installed and activated our second optical telescope, located in Chile, to expand satellite tracking coverage over the southern hemisphere. This complements our existing telescope installed at...
Orbex to Begin Development of Medium-sized Launch Vehicle and Switch Launch Operations to SaxaVord Spaceport
Spaceflight company Orbex is to focus its operations exclusively on developing small and medium sized space rockets after switching its launch operations to SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The company...
Umbra Selected for NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III, Strengthening U.S. SAR Capabilities
December 4, 2024 – Umbra, a vertically integrated space technology company operating the world’s highest-resolution commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, has been awarded the Stage III...
PLD Space secures an €11 million loan from COFIDES to accelerate the development of the MIURA 5 launch site
Madrid (Spain), 2 December 2024. PLD Space, a Spanish company specializing in the development of reusable space launchers, has secured an €11 million loan from COFIDES to support the development of th...
Open Cosmos signs 35m€ contract with ESA for 3 satellites to monitor Earth’s magnetic field
Today, Open Cosmos and the European Space Agency signed the contract for the development, launch, and commissioning of NanoMagSat, the 3rd mission in the ESA Scout framework tapping into New Space and...
Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Two Missions in Less Than 24 Hours
Mahia, New Zealand. November 25, 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 56th...
Slingshot Aerospace Awarded NOAA Contract to Develop Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)
El Segundo, CA – November 26, 2024 — Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, today announce...
Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission 1 to the Moon Readies for Launch
Cedar Park, Texas, November 25, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced it successfully completed environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lu...
Dawn Aerospace Achieves Historic Flight - Breaks Sound Barrier and Global Records
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand – 19 November 2024 – Multinational aerospace company Dawn Aerospace has made history with the successful supersonic flight of its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraf...
ICEYE to lead industry consortium to deliver advanced space technologies and analytics to Finnish Government F-35 Industrial Participation program
Helsinki, Finland - November 20, 2024 - ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, will be the consortium lead in an industrial participatio...
Lunar Outpost Signs with SpaceX for Starship Moon Mission
Lunar Outpost, the industry leader in lunar surface mobility, commercial space robotics, and space resources, today announced it has signed an agreement with SpaceX to deliver Lunar Outpost’s Lunar Te...
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John Shoffner
John Shoffner is an American racing driver, investor, and pilot. In May 2021, he paid for a seat on Axiom Mission 2, the second entirely-private crew mission to the International Space Station. Shoffn...
Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman is an American entrepreneur, pilot and commercial astronaut. He is the founder of the private air force provider Draken International and CEO of the payment processing company Shift4. I...
Charles Simonyi
Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software architect who started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office. He co-founded and led Intentional ...