After two years of preparation and four delays over the past several months due to technical glitches, Indian space startup Agnikul has successfully launched its first sub-orbital test […]
NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost […]
Intuitive Machines’ first moon lander also broke ground with safer, cheaper rocket-style propulsion
Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander officially lost power today after spending seven days on the moon. The lander made history for being the first American hardware to reach […]
The hard tech renaissance accelerates as YC spotlights space, manufacturing and defense
Y Combinator is putting hard-tech in the spotlight. On Wednesday, the accelerator released an updated list of ideas it would like to see in applications — with categories like […]
Impulse Space wants to open up far away orbits with Helios kick stage
Impulse Space revealed more details today about its next product, a high-energy kick stage called Helios, that could make getting to geosynchronous orbit cheaper than ever before n […]
Max Q: A Starlink terminal and a Kuiper terminal walk into a bar
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Why space parachutes are so hard A new lawsuit alleging safety issues at Blue Origin News from Loft […]
Relativity Space CEO: Building a backlog isn’t “worthless,” it’s the path to product market fit
Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis is hitting back against recent comments from fellow aerospace exec Peter Beck, who called launch contracts for un-flown rockets “basically worthless” earlier this […]
Relativity inks Terran R launch deal with Intelsat
Relativity Space has signed a launch agreement with Intelsat that would see the telecom giant’s satellites fly on a Terran R rocket as early as 2026. Relativity did […]