Industry News
Headlines from space publications, linked back to the original articles
Industry / News
- SpaceWERX selects eight companies for $440 million in public-private partnerships SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Albedo, Beast Code, CesiumAstro, Gravitics, LeoLabs, Rise8, Umbra and Xona won Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) agreements
- LeoLabs wins contract to deploy space-monitoring radar in Indo-Pacific region SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 The space monitoring firm won a SpaceWERX Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) public-private agreement
- America needs a strong NASA SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 As United States government agencies go, NASA is unique. It remains the only entity in the world to have landed humans on the moon. It sent robotic probes to every […]
- Rivada eyes U.S. government contracts as it prepares to deploy 600-satellite network SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 The company announced plans to launch test satellites for its low-Earth orbit constellation in 2026,
- Thales Alenia Space wins SKY Perfect JSAT order in tight GEO market SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT has ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to sustain its geostationary services, marking the European manufacturer’s second commercial contract this year in an increasingly competitive mar...
- Biomass ESA · 10 Mar 2025 Biomass
- Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge NASA · 10 Mar 2025 Will you design the zero gravity indicator (ZGI) that accompanies the Artemis II mission around the Moon? If your design is one of the most compelling and resonates with the global community and the Artemis II astronauts...
- Hera Mars flyby ESA · 10 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Hera: Target Deimos ESA · 10 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Cygnus issue causes changes in ISS cargo missions SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Potential damage to a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft has led NASA to revise the manifest of an upcoming cargo Dragon mission to the ISS.
- European engineers give Orion its wings ESA · 10 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Deep Blue Aerospace raises new funds, targets mid-year orbital launch SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Deep Blue Aerospace has secured fresh funding as it prepares for a first orbital launch and recovery attempt in mid-2025. The funding round totalled nearly […]
- Station Science Top News: March 7, 2025 NASA · 10 Mar 2025 Challenges to measuring space-induced brain changes Researchers found that an upward shift in the brain during spaceflight makes it hard to distinguish different types of tissue, causing errors in determining changes in...
- Swissto12 to build small Asia-focused direct-to-device GEO satellite SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Singapore’s Astrum Mobile has ordered a small satellite from Swissto12 to deliver resilient, low-bandwidth multimedia and connectivity services directly to devices across Asia from geostationary orbit.
- James Gentile: Shaping the Artemis Generation, One Simulation at a Time NASA · 10 Mar 2025 James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded. Wi...
- ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site ESA · 10 Mar 2025 Marking another step towards new insights into Earth’s forests and their role in the carbon cycle, ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, to be prepared for liftoff on...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 The infrared space telescope and Sun-centric missions will launch on a rideshare Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, March 10. Liftoff is set for 8:10 p.m. PST (11:10 p.m. EST, 0310 UTC).
- Trump says Mars missions are of interest but not a top priority SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 President Trump says a human mission to Mars is of interest to him but is not a “number one” priority, amid concerns about NASA budget cuts.
- China expands secretive satellite series with launch of TJS-15 SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2025 HELSINKI — China launched the latest in a series classified satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit Sunday while disclosing little about the spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at […]
- What’s Happening in Space Policy March 9-16, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Mar 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of March 9-16, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
- US Space Force X-37B Secert Spaceplane Returns to Earth After 434 Days in Space The Launch Pad · 9 Mar 2025 US Space Force X-37B Secert Spaceplane Returns to Earth After 434 Days in Space
- Tracking DOGE’s impact on space and the federal workforce SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2025 The White House and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency have spent the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration looking to reduce the number of federal workers and […]
- NASA, SpaceX to launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics mission from California NASASpaceflight · 8 Mar 2025 SpaceX and NASA are set for the launch of the agency’s newest space telescope and…
- Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284 NASA · 8 Mar 2025 A tiny fraction of the stellar nursery known as Sh2-284 is visible in this glittering, star-filled NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. This immense region of gas and dust is the birthing place of stars, which shine among...
- Hubble Jams With A Cosmic Guitar NASA · 8 Mar 2025 Arp 105 is a dazzling ongoing merger between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy drawn together by gravity, characterized by a long, drawn out tidal tail of stars and gas more than 362,000 light-years long. The imme...
- Hubble Spies a Spectacular Starburst Galaxy NASA · 8 Mar 2025 Sweeping spiral arms extend from NGC 4536, littered with bright blue clusters of star formation and red clumps of hydrogen gas shining among dark lanes of dust. The galaxy’s shape may seem a little unusual, and that’s be...
- Hubble Examines Stars Ensconced in a Cocoon of Gas NASA · 8 Mar 2025 An open cluster of stars shines through misty, cocoon-like gas clouds in this Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 460. NGC 460 is located in a region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Wa...
- Fuel leak blamed for Falcon 9 booster loss after landing SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2025 A Falcon 9 booster that was destroyed after landing March 2 suffered a fuel leak during its flight that triggered a fire.
- X-37B Back Home from 7th Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Mar 2025 DOD’s X-37B spaceplane is back on Earth tonight after 434 days in space. The Boeing-built vehicle landed at 2:22 am ET this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, a
- NASA officials undermine Musk’s claims about ‘stranded’ astronauts Ars Technica · 8 Mar 2025 "We were looking at this before some of those statements were made by the President."
- Space Development Agency’s satellite program pushes launch timeline SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 The PWSA Tranche 1 launch campaign is now anticipated to begin in late summer 2025
- FCC allows a power boost for SpaceX’s direct-to-smartphone service SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 SpaceX secured permission March 7 to provide direct-to-smartphone satellite services at higher power levels to improve connectivity beyond the reach of cell towers across the United States.
- NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 13th Consecutive Year NASA · 7 Mar 2025 For the 13th straight year, NASA has earned the title of Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – from the Partnership for Public Service. The ranking reflects employee satisfaction and workplace ele...
- U.S. halts satellite imagery support to Ukraine in major policy shift SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 The decision cuts off Ukraine's access to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) commercial satellite imagery platform.
- Blue Ghost successfully starts lunar surface mission while IM-2 lands sideways NASASpaceflight · 7 Mar 2025 NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is now seeing more results from the work…
- Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch NASA · 7 Mar 2025 NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond. In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space...
- Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Moon mission ends with lander on its side Spaceflight Now · 7 Mar 2025 A photo from the lunar lander, named Athena, shows it landed inside a crater roughly 250 m from its intended landing site. The spacecraft touched down on the Moon’s surface at 12:28:50 p.m. EST (1728:50 UTC), according t...
- NASA Receives Some Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission NASA · 7 Mar 2025 Shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission, Intuitive Machines collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m...
- Star Catcher lands Space Florida support for satellite power beaming tests SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2025 Star Catcher Industries, a startup designing spacecraft to beam solar energy to other LEO satellites, has secured funding from Florida’s economic development agency to demonstrate the technology at a former Space Shuttle...
- IM-2 Mission Ends One Day After Lunar Landing SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Mar 2025 Intuitive Machines finally identified exactly where the IM-2 lander set down on the Moon yesterday. Although it is only 250 meters from its intended landing site, Athena is in a