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Intuitive Machines to Acquire Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR) (“Intuitive Machines”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), a space technology, infrastructure, and services leader, today announced it has entered i...

Seagate Space and Oceaneering Sign an MOU to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure
Oceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design. The two companies ...

Rocket Lab Completes Mynaric Acquisition, Adding Laser Optical Communications To Growing Space Systems Portfolio
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Mynaric AG (“Mynaric”),...

Sophia Space Announces Strategic Collaboration with Kepler Communications to Advance Orbital Compute and Connectivity
Sophia Space Inc., a pioneer in modular, AI-optimized, passively cooled compute technology for space applications, today announced the signing of a commercial agreement with Kepler Communications Inc....

Varda Launches W-6, Expanding Hypersonic Reentry and Autonomous Navigation Capabilities
Varda Space Industries, the leader in orbital pharmaceutical processing and hypersonic reentry testbeds, announced the launch of its W-6 vehicle with SpaceX's Transporter-16 on March 30th, marking the...

Satellogic Introduces Merlin Constellation for Daily Global Monitoring at One-Meter Resolution
Satellogic, Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a vertically integrated geospatial company delivering high-resolution Earth Observation (EO) at unprecedented scale and economics, today (March 18, 2026) announced Mer...

Isar Aerospace secures first active debris removal mission with Astroscale
Space company Isar Aerospace has signed a launch service agreement with Astroscale Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., to launch the ‘ELSA-M’ In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission. This...

Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches Alpha Flight 7
Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the successful launch of its Alpha Flight 7 Stairway to Seven mission. Alpha lifted off from Fir...

Astrobotic has been awarded a contract by Thales Alenia Space to develop the Lunar Wheel for the Italian Space Agency’s Multi-Purpose Habitation Mobility System
Astrobotic today announced its award of a contract from Thales Alenia Space (JV between Thales 67% and Leonardo 33%) to develop a lunar wheel assembly solution for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH). ...

SSTL Joins the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System’s Lazuli
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) today announces its role as a key industrial collaborator in the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System’s Lazuli, a pioneering initiative that will deliver on...

HawkEye 360 Expands Partnership with European Ministry of Defense Clients
HawkEye 360, the global leader in electronic warfare data and analytics, today announced selection by a European Ministry of Defense for an electronic warfare program valued at up to $75 million. The ...

Open Cosmos announces ConnectedCosmos: a European alternative for secure space-based connectivity & operational resilience
Open Cosmos, the company building satellites to understand and connect the world, has announced ConnectedCosmos, a new LEO constellation that will provide sovereign and secure communications and resil...

Voyager and ATMOS Accelerate Access to Space
Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) announced a strategic partnership with ATMOS Space Cargo, a leading provider of free-flying orbital cargo and return services, expanding access to space for scientifi...

AST SpaceMobile Successfully Completes Unfolding of BlueBird 6, the Largest Commercial Communications Array Antenna Ever Deployed in Low Earth Orbit
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both ...

Isar Aerospace opens second test site at Esrange Space Center
Space company Isar Aerospace is taking the next step in making access to space scalable by significantly expanding its testing operations at the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden. In partnership ...

Tomorrow.io Announces $175M Financing to Deploy DeepSky, The World’s First AI-Native Weather Satellite Constellation
Tomorrow.io announced today a $175M equity financing led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest to accelerate the deployment of DeepSky, the world’s first AI-native weather satellite constellation. The...

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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 ...

Dennis Tito
Dennis Tito is an American engineer, businessman and entrepreneur who became in 2001 the first space tourist. He payed for his own trip into space and spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member...

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...




















