Space

Lockheed Martin is joining an existing partnership between Firefly Aerospace and Seagate Space Corp. to explore offshore launch capabilities, a senior company executive announced May 4.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Vantor a $70 million follow-on contract for the NGA's primary commercial platform for geospatial intel.

Sweden’s first operational military satellite has reached orbit.

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency established its own Rapid Capabilities Office at the beginning of fiscal 2026, the agency’s number two executive said May 3.

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Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro has retired, a NASA announcement said.

NASA says it is looking to offer opportunities on the next three Artemis missions, continuing an effort it began with the first two flights.

Lockheed is planning self-funded demonstration flights to show not only technical capability for rendezvous and proximity operations, but also the ability to do so “at scale."

The White House has nominated Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess to serve as the Pentagon’s third Chief of Space Operations.

The UAE Space Agency has extended the Emirates Mars Mission (Hope Probe) to 2028. This adds three more years to its original operational life to continue studying the Martian atmosphere.

After more than a decade of suffering an erosion of its launch prowess, Russia is trying to make a comeback with the inaugural launch of a new Soyuz rocket.

York Space Systems is acquiring All.Space, a UK-based satcom terminal provider, to expand connectivity solutions for the U.S. military and others customers.

Virgin Galactic has completed structural assembly of the first Delta-class SpaceShip.

The Space Force’s focus areas for fiscal '27 investments are in space control capabilities, bolstering its launch infrastructure, and test and training support.

A House panel on April 30 narrowly rejected a 23% budget cut for NASA proposed by the Trump administration.

L3Harris Technologies has secured a sole-source classified space program that CEO Chris Kubasik said could become a multi-billion-dollar business.

Planet Labs says it aims to launch a new hyperspectral imaging satellite focused on atmospheric gas detection.

Arianespace deployed another 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low Earth orbit, boosting the constellation to more than 300 spacecraft.

U.S. Space and defense officials say an acquisition coordination office is being established, focused on cislunar operations.

The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request shows intent to award the next two GPS III Follow-On satellites over the next two years.

U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein now refers conditionally to the prospect of fielding a space-based layer of interceptors.

Senate panel members on April 28 voiced bipartisan rejection of the White House’s 2027 budget proposal that would slash NASA’s 2026 topline by 23%.

A ULA Atlas V rocket lifted off April 27, carrying the next batch of 29 broadband satellites to low Earth orbit for Amazon’s growing constellation.

NASA plans to boost the financial commitment to the Commercial Lunar Payload Service, which includes more than a dozen vendors.

Space technology company True Anomaly has raised $650 million in a recent Series D fundraising round.