Maxar executive Susanne Hake pressed the case that commercial firms can deliver faster and for less cost than bespoke government satellites, but need predictable funding and contracts to keep investing The post Maxar executive renews warning that budget cuts threaten commercial remote sensing industry appeared first on SpaceNews.

China conducted a rocket stage hot fire test Friday in the latest step in the country’s plans to land astronauts on the moon. The post China completes second hot-fire test for new moon rocket, including engine restarts appeared first on SpaceNews.

The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 and 2000. Many were the product of NASA and industry study teams, while others were the work of committed individuals or

Satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion. The post Apex reaches billion-dollar valuation with Series D funding round appeared first on SpaceNews.

Cailabs, a French company that manufactures optical ground stations for satellite communications, has raised 57 million euros ($67 million) to scale up production. The post Cailabs raises $67 million to scale up production of optical ground stations appeared first on SpaceNews.

CEO Jason Kim said the company’s Alpha vehicle could launch test targets while the Elytra platform could host interceptors for the Golden Dome missile-defense shield The post Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden Dome appeared first on SpaceNews.

PARIS – Mobile edge computing specialist Armada and Sophia Space are working together to establish integrated, scalable compute infrastructure extending from Earth to space. By connecting terrestrial and orbital edge processors, the partners intend to “create a seamless edge-computing network that connects remote locations on Earth with computing resources in space,” according to the Sept.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss is joined by SpaceNews senior writer Jeff Foust to break down the surprising appointment of Sean Duffy as NASA’s Acting Administrator. The post NASA’s Sean Duffy surprising leadership appeared first on SpaceNews.

House appropriators offered support, but no specific funding, for several NASA missions slated for cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget proposal. The post House appropriators offer support to threatened NASA missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

Eutelsat has teamed up with French satellite connectivity startup Skynopy to offer Earth observation operators spare capacity on the ground stations used for OneWeb, its LEO broadband service. The post Eutelsat opens OneWeb ground stations to Earth observation with Ka-band boost appeared first on SpaceNews.