Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Interlune has won two contracts to sell thousands of liters of helium-3 excavated from the Moon’s surface and to deliver the rare gas to Earth.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Amazon plans to use the satellites to roll out high-speed internet service later this year.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to increase the number of Falcon 9 flights from Vandenberg SFB, California, from 36 to up to 50 operations per year.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Amazon's initial clutch of Kuiper satellites reached orbit April 28.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
True Anomaly, a manufacturer of defense spacecraft, has raised a $260 million Series C round.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Satellite operator SES Global is expecting a 30% boost in capacity of its O3b mPower medium Earth orbit network as two more spacecraft come online in May.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s fourth four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station is set for May 29.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A ULA Atlas V rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral to deliver the first 27 satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband communications network into LEO.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Teipaul Bhatia is taking over as Axiom Space’s chief executive officer.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Spire Global says it has paid off all its debt after completing the delayed sale of its maritime business as it tries to recover from financial tumult.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
By moving from widgets to digits, the space industry is finding new homes in cities.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Two years ago, the U.S. Space Force rebranded its Commercial Services Office to become the Commercial Space Office.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Iridium will expand work with a European partner to help navigate new tariffs that could dent operating earnings by between $3 million and $7 million this year.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
German startup ATMOS Space Cargo is assessing what changes it may make to its cargo return system due to fly next year after the first test of the Phoenix.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Earth observation pioneer Planet Labs sees large language models speeding up analysis of images to improve understanding.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Jeff Bezos' fiancee and five other women lifted off aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch system on April 14 for a 10-min. ride to and from suborbital space.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Dragon capsule splashed down with its crew of four in the Pacific Ocean, ending a 3.5-day mission, as SpaceX shifts returns to the West Coast.
Space Symposium

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale U.S. plans to attempt two U.S. Space Force satellite refueling operations in geostationary orbit after its scheduled launch in the summer of 2026
Space Symposium

By Irene Klotz
Aspiring space station operator Vast says it has signed three international customers to fly payload facilities aboard its planned Haven-1 orbital outpost.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space plans to fly a Honda-developed experimental fuel cell system to the International Space Station for testing in microgravity.
Space Symposium

By Garrett Reim
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory plans to launch its Orbital Edge Accelerator program.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The newcomers can bid for Lane 1 work once they complete a successful first flight.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
True Anomaly isoffering its Jackal autonomous spacecraft for missions in geosynchronous orbit and cislunar space.
Commercial Space