WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023 from the agency’s NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The diversity of currently available commercial orbital human spaceflight opportunities is truly astounding….

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas. The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA…

Helsinki, FINLAND – March 6 2023 – ICEYE, a world-leading provider of natural catastrophe solutions and insights, has received the Top Startup Partner award at the 2023 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) held in Palm Springs, California March 4–6, 2023. This award was presented to ICEYE for substantial opportunities for growth with Esri. ICEYE owns and operates…

IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, EMMY AWARD WINNING FELIX & PAUL STUDIOS LAUNCH “WOMEN IN SPACEFLIGHT” A SPECIAL FEATURE FROM THE SPACE EXPLORERS SERIES ON META QUEST DISCOVER GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS OF FEMALE ASTRONAUTS WHAT: Join the Emmy Award-Winning Felix & Paul Studios on International Women’s Day to celebrate the accomplishments of the female spacefarers of yesterday and today….

Satellites manufactured by LeoStella delivered to Spaceflight for final integration Bellevue, Wash. March 1, 2023 –  Spaceflight Inc., a premier launch and in-space transportation services provider, announced it will launch two BlackSky(NYSE: BKSY) satellites aboard Rocket Lab’s next mission called “The Beat Goes On,” from Mahia, New Zealand. The spacecraft, now in New Zealand for the final stage of integration,…

Mission 1 Lunar Lander Enters Second Phase of Transit, Becomes Farthest Commercial Operating Spacecraft to Travel into Deep Space TOKYO—February 28, 2023—ispace, inc., (“ispace”) a global lunar exploration company, released an interim success report and announced that its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander has entered the second phase of its mission, having traveled to its farthest…

Leveraging Mission 1 Interim Success, Full-Scale Development for Mission 2 and Mission 3 Under Way TOKYO—February 28, 2023—ispace, inc., (“ispace”) a global lunar exploration company, released significant updates on the progress of its Mission 2, planned for 2024, and Mission 3, planned for 2025. Valuable feedback such as data and operational experience obtained to this…

WASHINGTON (NASA HQ PR) — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Dr. Nicola Fox will serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately. “As the director of our Heliophysics Division, Nicky was instrumental in expanding the impacts and awareness of NASA’s solar exploration missions and…

By David Bullock “We might be a business. We are a company. But most importantly, we are a community. And because we are a community, what we care about is what are the best ideas,” explained Jeromy Grimmett, Rogue Space Systems, CEO and founder. Rogue Space Systems started in 2020 with the intent to create…

Program empowers companies to build innovative solutions powered by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and artificial intelligence    SAN FRANCISCO, February, 22, 2023 – Capella Space, the world’s leading provider of best quality, high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for a wide range of government and commercial applications, today announced the launch of its Analytics Partner…