Published by The Independent, 9 January 2024 The deputy CEO of SaxaVord Spaceport, said they are aiming for their first rocket launches this summer. A senior minister directly responsible for the space launch industry is needed to help businesses in the sector, MPs have been told. On Monday, Westminster’s Scottish
By Brett Tingley, Publihed by Space.com, 4 January 2024 With these new opportunities and new ways of doing business, we recognize that some non-NASA commercial payloads can be a cause for concern to some communities.' On Jan. 8, a ULA rocket will send Astrobiotic's Peregrine lander toward the moon. If it lands
By Jeff Spry, Published by Space.com, 4 January 2024 "The act of depositing human remains and other materials, which could be perceived as discards in any other location, on the moon is tantamount to desecration of this sacred space." For better or worse, the moon is officially open for business.
By Peggy Hollinger, Published by The Marcet, 3 January 2024 Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects one of her favourite stories. There is a battle brewing in space. In one corner you have the billionaires building giant satellite broadband constellations in low earth orbit (LEO) — Elon Musk with SpaceX’s
By Reuters, Published by The Guardian, 3 January 2024 US labor agency says eight employees were let go for circulating a letter calling the founder a ‘distraction and embarrassment’ The rocket and satellite maker SpaceX was accused by a US labor agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for circulating a
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 3 January 2024 The company wants to launch nearly 150 missions this year. Surprise, surprise: SpaceX plans to set more spaceflight records this year. Elon Musk's company launched 96 orbital missions in 2023, a big jump from its previous high of 61, which was set
By Kyle Mizokmi, Published by Popular Mechanics, 29 December 2023 Had it not been for a delay in the recent U.S. launch, the two spaceplanes would have entered Earth orbit at about the same time—proving China is trying to compete with America. On December 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
By Guardian staff and agencies, Published by The Guardian, 29 December 2023 Launch of plane, which will carry out classified experiments, marks another development in US-China space rivalry The US military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane has blasted off from Florida on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX
