Commercial Space

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded three contracts for development of low-cost space tugs and in-space refueling technologies.

Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

SpaceX plans to sell laser communications systems developed for its Starlink broadband satellites to third-party satellite manufacturers.

MDA Space says the Aurora communications satellite product line would support multiple radio frequencies and “dynamic in-orbit reconfiguration.”

The filing with the ITU, a U.N. agency that manages global use of radio-frequency spectrum and sat orbits, is a prerequisite to building the constellation.

At the 66th Annual Laureates Awards, Daniel S. Goldin was given the Lifetime Achievement award for his six decades of contributions to the field of space.

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been inducted into the NASA Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility in Ohio in readiness for thermal vacuum testing.

Terran Orbital has unveiled a new small geosynchronous orbit communications satellite product.

SpaceX's Starship completed a full-duration ascent burn and was able to run through a series of engineering demonstrations as it coasted above Earth.

Space One's Kairos rocket exploded seconds after liftoff on the morning of March 13, with the company saying “flight termination measures” had kicked in.

Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.

Using satellites for radio communications over oceans promises air traffic management efficiencies.

Officially forming on March 12, Leonardo's space business becomes one of five business areas representing each of the warfighting domains: land, air, sea, cyber and space.

Satellite crowding and military conflict create new dangers in space.

Astra Space will go private by accepting a recently lowered buyout bid from its co-founders and top executives.

The flight demonstration is one of six with NASA backing.

The project was eclipsed by private spacecraft refueling efforts.

Space Florida, a quasi-public economic development and financing agency, plans to expand the state’s aerospace footprint in south Florida and the Panhandle.

Pending clearance from the FAA, SpaceX said on March 6 that it could be ready for its third Starship/Super Heavy flight test from Boca Chica Beach, Texas, as early as March 14.

SpaceX completed a pair of overlapping Falcon 9 missions on March 4.

A forthcoming launch will test Lockheed Martin Space’s concept for advancing internet-like communications in orbit for military users.

The acquisition is expected to close on April 1.

As U.S. satellites face increasing threats, Washington wants more data-sharing agreements from friendly nations to keep an eye on in-orbit movements.

Scrappy Houston startup Intuitive Machines puts the U.S. back on the surface of the Moon.

The JAXA Smart Lander for Investigating Moon set a standard Intuitive Machines hopes to meet with its Odysseus lunar lander soon.