Commercial Space

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.

Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in a $15 million Series A funding round for Elve Inc., a startup developing millimeter wave amplifiers.

Virgin Galactic is reporting a net loss of $502.34 million in 2023, including a loss of $102.3 million in the fourth quarter.

The co-founders of Astra Space have offered a new, lower buyout bid for the embattled space startup.

Three months after SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy’s second flight test ended in a mid-air explosion, the FAA closed its accident investigation.

The LEO constellation is driving down satellite internet costs.

SpaceX plans to place its first direct-to-cellular phone Starlink constellation in orbit by the end of August.

Intuitive Machines expects to lose communications with its Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus early on Feb. 27 after 4 1/2 days on the Moon’s surface.

Flight controllers at Intuitive Machines conducted their first mission on the Moon’s surface Feb. 23.