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Another setback for Firefly Aerospace’s beleaguered rocket program
Read more →: Another setback for Firefly Aerospace’s beleaguered rocket programThe booster stage for Firefly Aerospace’s next Alpha rocket was destroyed Monday in a fiery accident on the…
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Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand
Read more →: Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demandA former NASA astronaut turned US senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his two rides…
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Seraphim’s New Market Map for 2025 Shows How the Space Sector is Maturing
Read more →: Seraphim’s New Market Map for 2025 Shows How the Space Sector is MaturingSpace investment firm Seraphim is tracking rapid growth in the in-space economy, more focused investment for satellite analytics,…
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Blue Origin and its partners in Luxembourg unveil Project Oasis to map lunar resources
Read more →: Blue Origin and its partners in Luxembourg unveil Project Oasis to map lunar resourcesAn artist’s conception shows the Oasis-1 satellite mapping water ice deposits on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff…
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ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-Starship
Read more →: ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-StarshipThe European Space Agency signed a contract Monday with Avio, the Italian company behind the small Vega rocket,…
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ESA and Avio unveil plans for reusable Upper Stage rocket, echoing SpaceX’s Starship design
Read more →: ESA and Avio unveil plans for reusable Upper Stage rocket, echoing SpaceX’s Starship designThe European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian aerospace company Avio have signed a €40 million contract to develop…
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Ground testing anomaly destroys Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha booster intended for next flight
Read more →: Ground testing anomaly destroys Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha booster intended for next flightAn explosion captured by security camera footage shows the results of an anomaly seen during acceptance testing of…
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SpaceX intensifies testing to ready Pad 2 at Starbase
Read more →: SpaceX intensifies testing to ready Pad 2 at StarbaseSpaceX is ramping up testing of its second launch pad at Starbase, conducting multiple checkouts of the water…
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Dawn Aerospace Flies First U.S Research Payload on Reusable Aurora Spaceplane
Read more →: Dawn Aerospace Flies First U.S Research Payload on Reusable Aurora SpaceplaneDawn Aerospace has successfully flown the Aurora spaceplane carrying California Polytechnic State University’s student-built payload, reaching Mach 0.79…
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Tactical Satcom Company Commcrete Secures Close to $30M in New Funding
Read more →: Tactical Satcom Company Commcrete Secures Close to $30M in New FundingCommcrete, a new Israeli deep-tech satellite communications solutions company, has raised close to $30 million through its Seed…
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Portal Space Systems brings its solar thermal propulsion system up to full power during test
Read more →: Portal Space Systems brings its solar thermal propulsion system up to full power during testPortal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space…
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ViaSat-3 Satellite Arrives in Cape Canaveral Ahead of Launch
Read more →: ViaSat-3 Satellite Arrives in Cape Canaveral Ahead of LaunchBoeing completed delivery of the second ViaSat-3 satellite to Viasat, and the satellite has arrived in Cape Canaveral…