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Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects

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Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics.

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Europe increases size and cost of IRIS² constellation

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The European Commission has reached an agreement with an industrial consortium to proceed with a secure connectivity constellation, increasing the number of satellites as well as its cost.

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Redwire to fly dedicated Starfall mission for microgravity research

Starfall reentry

A Redwire subsidiary working on space biotech and pharmaceutical applications has signed an agreement to fly microgravity research payloads on SpaceX’s Starfall reentry vehicle.

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Three companies building the tech to grow crops on the moon

SafetySpect is developing a handheld device for real-time plant health monitoring in space. Credit: SafetySpect Inc.

Rockets, rovers and landers have dominated the attention of the commercial space industry as the United States focuses on sending humans back to the moon, but a handful of companies […]

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Chinese launch startup Orienspace targets IPO, secures funding for reusable Gravity-2 rocket

HELSINKI — Commercial launch company Orienspace has kicked off preparations for an IPO coaching process while closing a funding round for accelerating its reusable Gravity-2 rocket. The Shandong-based company, formally […]

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Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures

California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Vast Space headquarters in early June with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson. From left: Vast CEO Max Haot, Newsom, Vast chief operating officer Kris Young and Richardson. Credit: Vast Space

The mood was celebratory at the ribbon-cutting for Muon Space’s San Jose, California, manufacturing facility in June. State, local, United States Space Force and Pentagon representatives lauded the startup and, […]

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Neuraspace raises $18 million to expand sovereign space awareness

Neuraspace, the Portuguese space traffic management startup, announced around $18 million in fresh funding Aug. 5 to expand European space domain awareness and defense capabilities.

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Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFP

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Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development.

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Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like

The Space Force Association’s National Spacepower Center is building an unclassified environment for demonstrating threats to satellites and their consequences on Earth

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Rules of the road needed for orbital data center constellations

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As companies develop large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is the time to start thinking about some critical space safety topics and rules of the road.

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Sophia Space and Caltech claim patent for space data centers

SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the award July 30 of a patent, shared with the California Institute of Technology, covering large, modular space-based data centers. The patent, issued July […]

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