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Companies race to win ground transportation contracts for the moon

A lunar rover makes its way across rough terrain in August, navigating past rocky outcrops and around, or sometimes over, small craters. The topography in this case, is not the moon but instead in Colorado, at a site selected by Lunar Outpost to test the rovers it is developing for NASA and others. In many […]

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Spacedock to demonstrate modular payload interface with Oligo and Melagen

SAN FRANCISCO – Spacedock, a Silicon Valley startup formerly known as Orbital Outpost X, announced plans Aug. 20 for a 2026 in-space demonstration of a universal connector for space systems. Working with launch integrator Oligo Space and radiation-shielding specialist Melagen Labs, Spacedock is preparing to fly its Secure Quick Connect Interface Device, or SQuID, on

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ASRO and Ethereal Space Partner to Advance Space Weather Instrumentation with ESA Commercialisation Gateway Support

Turku, Finland — 29 August 2025 — ASRO – Aboa Space Research Oy and Ethereal Space, Inc. today announced a new strategic partnership to develop and deploy advanced space weather instruments designed to monitor energetic […] The post ASRO and Ethereal Space Partner to Advance Space Weather Instrumentation with ESA Commercialisation Gateway Support appeared first on SpaceNews.

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We led NASA’s human exploration program. Here’s what Artemis needs next.

The recent passing of retired Navy Capt. Jim Lovell, an astronaut and one of our great American heroes, propelled many of us back to the iconic scenes from the superb retelling of the Apollo 13 movie in 1995. The three of us lived through that fateful mission in 1970, as the astronauts and mission control team

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European customer leases SI Imaging Services’ SpaceEye-T

SAN FRANCISCO — South Korea’s SI Imaging Services announced a contract Sept. 2 to lease the capacity of Earth-observation satellite SpaceEye-T to a European customer under a contract with a value of more than 10 million euros ($11.7 million). SpaceEye-T, an optical satellite offering native resolution of 25 centimeters per pixel, reached orbit in March

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Golden Dome for NATO is better than one for America

President Trump should invite NATO allies to join the Golden Dome Initiative, transforming the proposed Golden Dome for America into a Golden Dome for NATO. Such a shift would better match today’s security realities and send the clear message to potential adversaries that we are united in deterring and defending against nuclear and conventional ballistic,

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