Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A privately owned lunar lander positioned itself into orbit around the Moon on Feb. 21, setting the stage for an attempted touchdown on Feb. 22.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A New Glenn test vehicle was rolled out from Blue Origin’s Integrated Test Facility on Feb. 21 for a launchpad tanking test.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
“We can go dramatically faster,” says new Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
There is a long history of NASA brain power moving on to private industry.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale Japan’s debris inspection satellite has been successfully launched into orbit on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle.
Commercial Space

By P. Barry Butler
Engineering education has evolved to include many real-world, hands-on opportunities that are essential for keeping students inspired about career options.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore’s ST Engineering has unveiled its new Knight Earth observation satellite.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million to further develop and grow its satellite-to-device network.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has settled its dispute with the “Concerned Investor Group” that included several prominent former employees.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Houston-based company is poised to become the fourth private entity to attempt a lunar landing.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Japanese space startup Pale Blue has been awarded up to $27 million from Tokyo to develop miniature water-based ion and Hall-effect thrusters.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic is investigating the loss of a part of the mechanism connecting VSS Unity with the carrier aircraft VMS Eve during a commercial spaceflight.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
China cannot match America’s rate of space innovation.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Leading SSST’s Series A capital raise was a fund established by China’s National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund (NMTUF).
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Geespace, the space arm of Chinese automobile giant Geely, launched 11 Geely-02 satellites into low Earth orbit on Feb. 3.
Space

By Brian Everstine
New office outlines plans for future servicing, mobility and logistics.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station on Jan. 30.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
For the first time, Virgin Galactic flew paying passengers without a company employee in the SpaceShipTwo crew cabin.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The latest annual report by NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel’s (ASAP) was released Jan. 25.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Astrobotic and JAXA wrestle with landing on the Moon.
Space

By Irene Klotz
When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?
Space

By Garrett Reim
In-space refueling startup Orbit Fab and in-space junk removal startup ClearSpace plan to work together to develop spacecraft refueling technologies.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Company leader Marc Bell has rebuffed calls for his resignation.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup Albedo has raised a $35 million Series A-1 funding round and plans to use the cash infusion to launch its first operational imagery satellite, Sat-1.
Commercial Space