Rocket Lab announces large launch contract and plans to acquire space robotics company
Friday, 08 May 2026 10:40Rocket Lab announced May 7 the largest launch contract in the company’s history as it also moves to acquire a space robotics company.
Earth observation data for the policymaking of tomorrow
Friday, 08 May 2026 10:00
How can Earth observation data play a more central role in guiding future decisions on the environment? This was one of the questions asked at an ESA-hosted event that brought together leaders from Earth observation science with the global statistics community.
Earth from Space: Greenland's changing ice
Friday, 08 May 2026 08:00
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Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1. Watch live: selected sessions from the ESA CommEO Forum
Friday, 08 May 2026 06:00
The third ESA Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum (ESA CommEO) will bring together the global Earth observation ecosystem for three days of insights, innovation and high-level networking. It takes place in Seville, Spain, from 12–14 May 2026, but you can join selected sessions online to hear about the latest trends arising in the Earth observation commercial market.
SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia
Friday, 08 May 2026 01:42
SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure.
Lunar Outpost raises $30 million
Friday, 08 May 2026 00:43
Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar rovers, has raised $30 million as it works to revamp designs to meet NASA’s revised Artemis architecture.
Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome
Thursday, 07 May 2026 21:00
The company also announced a new contract to fly hypersonic test flights for Anduril
Redwire pursues opportunities in landers and power systems for NASA’s moon base plans
Thursday, 07 May 2026 17:36Redwire is taking a renewed interest in lunar landers given the demand signal from NASA to support the agency’s ambitions to develop a moon base.
ESA and JAXA team up on planetary defence, Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
Thursday, 07 May 2026 15:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defence, alongside a dedicated agreement for collaboration on the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.
Military space boom meets Beltway friction
Thursday, 07 May 2026 14:00Garrant: ‘We are ready to award and execute at speeds that have never been seen before, but that would be for naught if we aren’t able to produce and deliver at speed and scale’
CEO Series: Terran Orbital’s Peter Krauss on understanding scalability in space
Thursday, 07 May 2026 13:46
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Terran Orbital’s Peter Krauss about what he’s learned about culture from primes and startups.
Odin Space opens U.S. office in Los Angeles
Thursday, 07 May 2026 12:00DENVER – Odin Space, a British startup focused on mapping and analyzing sub-centimeter orbital debris, announced plans May 7 to establish its first U.S. office in Los Angeles. “We are expanding in the United States because that is where the demand has moved fastest, and where the strategic stakes of attribution are highest,” James New, […]
Roadmap for a space-to-space economy
Thursday, 07 May 2026 12:00Launch is the foundation of the space industry, to the point that many conflate it with the space industry in entirety because it is literally the loudest, most spectacular element we see. But the quietly orbiting satellites overhead are what really drive the space economy. Even if launch capabilities drastically increase as SpaceX promises with […]
Anthropic to consider using SpaceX orbital data center satellites
Thursday, 07 May 2026 11:05Artificial intelligence company Anthropic will study use of orbital data centers being developed by SpaceX.
Starfighters hires Blue Origin veterans to accelerate air-launch platform
Thursday, 07 May 2026 11:01Starfighters Space has hired two former Blue Origin New Glenn managers to help advance its air-launch system toward flight demonstrations and operational cadence.