NASA WANTS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD MARS' PHONE SYSTEM
THE STORY NASA has released the final Request for Proposals for its Mars Telecommunications Network — a system of orbiters at the Red
THE STORY SpaceX completed Starship Flight 14’s full-vehicle wet dress rehearsal on September 24, advancing its planned orbital attempt beyond the earlier booster static fire. According to Space.com’s
THE STORY NASA has released the final Request for Proposals for its Mars Telecommunications Network — a system of orbiters at the Red
THE STORY Interlune, a Seattle-based startup founded to extract helium-3 from lunar regolith, has won a $6.9 million Small
THE STORY Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian launch startup, has raised $60 million in a funding round backed by GIC (Singapore's
THE STORY Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK robotic servicing spacecraft has completed a rigorous slate of environmental tests at NASA's
THE STORY Blue Origin's MK1 lunar lander — also known as Endurance — has completed testing inside NASA's historic Chamber
THE STORY A prototype ion engine using lithium metal vapor as propellant has aced its first tests at NASA's Jet
THE STORY The U.S. Space Force awarded contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to 20 companies for the space-based
THE STORY Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have pushed next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades past Mach 1 during
THE STORY Rocket Lab delivered a breakout first quarter of 2026, posting record revenue and announcing more launch contracts in Q1 alone
THE STORY SpaceX is targeting windows opening as early as May 12 for Flight 12, the first orbital test flight of the
THE STORY SpaceX's Booster 19 — the first Block 3 Super Heavy — completed a successful full-duration, full-thrust 33-engine
THE STORY Overview Energy, a startup developing space-based solar power systems, announced an agreement to provide up to 1 gigawatt of