Industry proposals sought for ‘cislunar highway patrol’ satellite

The Air Force Research Laboratory is asking companies to submit ideas on how they would design a spacecraft to monitor outer space beyond Earth’s orbit. 

KSAT to support NASA LunIR mission

Kongsberg Satellite Services is providing ground network support for the Lunar InfraRed Imaging mission.

Op-ed | Space race with China is not just a military competition

Congress needs to show bipartisanship when it comes to scientific and exploratory space efforts.

SpaceFund to invest in navigation system for cislunar space 

Venture investor SpaceFund announced Nov. 3 it plans to finance the development of an autonomous navigation capability for space missions beyond Earth orbit in the region known as cislunar space.

Exotrail to provide thrust for York cislunar mission

York Space Systems plans to rely on Exotrail electric propulsion for a mission to provide Earth-to-moon communications services from cislunar orbit.

General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon

DARPA awarded a $22 million contract to General Atomics to design a small nuclear reactor for space propulsion.

Australian startup develops quantum sensors for space applications

Q-Ctrl, an Australian startup, is developing quantum sensors to send to Earth orbit, the moon and eventually Mars.

Frontier Aerospace wins second propulsion contract from Astrobotic

SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Frontier Aerospace has won contracts to supply propulsion systems for two Astrobotic lunar landers.

Simi Valley, California-based Frontier Aerospace was already building 150-pound and 10-pound t…

Frontier Aerospace completes design of Peregrine thrusters

Frontier Aerospace, a small Southern California company, has completed the design of attitude control thrusters it's developing with NASA and Astrobotic Technologies for deep space missions.

Spacebit invites research partners for 2021 lunar missions

Spacebit is inviting university researchers to share data the London-based company plans to obtain from the miniature rovers scheduled to travel to the moon with Astrobotic Technology and Intuitive Machines in 2021.

ULA’s Tory Bruno argues for U.S. investments in the production of fuel in space

Bruno has pitched the idea of a "strategic propellant reserve" to the National Space Council

Space Force members can go to the moon, if they’re picked by NASA

Gen. DT Thompson: There are no plans today to send Space Force units into space.

NASA affirms partnership with Space Force, Bridenstine stresses value of ‘soft power’

Bridenstine: "I really hope people take away from this discussion that we are an instrument of national power."

U.S. military eyes a role in the great power competition for lunar resources

DIU space director Butow: “We have the power where it make sense of leveraging and using public private partnerships to our advantage.”

Voyager Space Holdings announces acquisition of Pioneer Astronautics

Voyager is acquiring Pioneer Astronautics, a company that develops technologies to make human life sustainable in outer space.

Op-ed | Toward a coherent Artemis plan

NASA should forget about using Starship as a lunar lander (at least for now) and instead use it as an in-orbit refueling station for much smaller landing and ascent vehicles.