Commercial

Special Aerospace Services buys secure communications business

Godspeed Capital Management has now backed two acquisitions of SAS with this newest move also adding a NASA footprint.

  • Ross Wilkers

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

Can industry help speed up a critical Mars mission?

  • Chris Impey, The Conversation

Eutelsat America Corp gets new CEO

Executive hires focused on technology, operations and corporate development also feature.

  • Ross Wilkers

Mars sample return mission might have a commercial aspect

NASA is looking for fresh ideas to bring Martian samples home, opening up opportunities for commercial space companies to join the challenge.

  • Carter Palmer, Forecast International

Lawmaker seeks to give NASA funding flexibility on interagency research efforts

Legislation from Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., would allow agencies to transfer funding to NASA to jointly partner on scientific or engineering projects.

  • Edward Graham

Space operations likely to be shaped by sustainable emerging tech, report says

Innovative capabilities that promote reusability, safety and longevity are likely to dictate the future of space exploration, according to a recent white paper from Forecast International.

  • Edward Graham

Pentagon will use commercial space assets in military operations, under new plan

The unclassified document aims “to be transparent” about what the military needs and how private companies fit in.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Pentagon will use commercial space assets in military operations, under new plan

The unclassified document aims “to be transparent” about what the military needs and how private companies fit in.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Red Sea internet cables severed; satellites picking up the slack

The severing of cables demonstrates both terrestrial and satellite have their drawbacks and their advantages.

  • Carter Palmer, Forecast International

Space tourism then and now

Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, and Axiom Space Offer Adventures for the Everyday Astronaut (with Deep Pockets)

  • Carter Palmer, Forecast International

Vulcan soars on inaugural flight, peregrine’s moon mission in doubt

New launch vehicle replaces Atlas V and Delta IV, BE-4 engine makes debut

  • Carter Palmer, Forecast International