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Commercial Spaceports Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Commit to Expand International Collaboration
MILAN, Italy – Today (October 13, 2024), eight commercial spaceports located across five continents signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will establish a forum to explore potential stra...
True Anomaly Taps Firefly Aerospace to Launch Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle for U.S. Space Force VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space Mission
Cedar Park, Texas, October 17, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, and space defense technology company True Anomaly, Inc., today announced a multi-launch agree...
Venturi Space and Venturi Astrolab introduce lunar rover to deliver small payloads to the Moon
MILAN, Italy — October 15, 2024 – Today, Venturi Space, which invents, studies, designs and manufactures mobility solutions capable of handling the extreme environmental conditions found on the Moon a...
Vast Announces Haven-2, Its Proposed Space Station Designed To Succeed The International Space Station (ISS)
During the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Vast, the US-based space habitation technology company, unveiled Haven-2 — the proposed successor to the International Space Station (ISS) a...
Vast Unveils Its Final Haven-1 Space Station Design
Vast, the US-based space habitation technology company pioneering the path to long-term living and thriving in space, today unveiled its interior design features aboard Haven-1, the world’s first comm...
Rocket Lab Awarded NASA Study Contract to Explore Bringing Rock Samples from Mars to Earth for the First Time
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the Company has been selected by NASA to complete a study for...
Starship's fifth flight test
Starship's fifth flight test could launch as soon as October 13, pending regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and...
PLD Space unveils its strategic plan to lead the future of space access with MIURA Next family and LINCE
Spain's PLD Space today unveiled its strategic plan at the Beyond_ event, held at its new headquarters to mark the first anniversary of the successful MIURA 1 launch. The company showcased significant...
Boosting SpaceForest commercial sounding rocket
Based in Poland, SpaceForest is developing a new commercial single-stage European sounding rocket offering almost four minutes of microgravity experimentation time. The 11.5-m tall rocket will be able...
MaiaSpace selected to operate from former Soyuz launch pad in French Guiana
Following a call for application issued by CNES, MaiaSpace has been selected to operate its reusable launcher from the former Soyuz launch pad (ELS) in the Guiana Space Center.
Up to now, the compa...
Radian Aerospace Reveals First Prototype Flight Vehicle, Completes Initial Round of Taxi Tests
Radian Aerospace (Radian), developers of the world's first fully reusable, horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, announced today the successful completion of the fir...
Sierra Space unveils groundbreaking technology designed to extract oxygen from lunar soil, enabling sustainable human presence on the Moon
Sierra Space, a leading commercial aerospace company and defense technologist building a platform in space to benefit life on Earth®, today announced that the company’s patented Carbothermal Oxygen Pr...
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Eytan Stibbe
Eytan Stibbe is a former Israeli fighter pilot, businessman and commercial astronaut. After he started his fighter pilot training course in 1976, Stibbe flew thousands of hours in Skyhawk, Phantom and...
Mark Pathy
Mark Pathy is a Canadian businessman and commercial astronaut. He is the CEO of Mavrik, a privately owned Canadian investment company and he is also the chairman of the publicly traded Canadian media ...
John Shoffner
John Shoffner is an American racing driver, investor, and pilot. In May 2021, he paid for a seat on Axiom Mission 2, the second entirely-private crew mission to the International Space Station. Shoffn...