Space industry
SpaceX launches Crew-5 mission for NASA, carrying astronauts to space station
The Crew-5 mission launches on Oct. 5, 2022. NASA TV SpaceX launched four people to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company keeps up a steady pace of crewed missions. Known as Crew-5, the mission for NASA will bring the group up to the ISS for a six-month stay in […]
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Spacecraft builder York sells stake to private equity firm AEI at over $1 billion valuation
One of the company’s spacecraft in orbit. York Space Spacecraft manufacturer York Space Systems is selling a majority stake in the company to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners at an enterprise valuation of $1.125 billion, CNBC has learned. The deal, announced on Tuesday, makes York the latest space unicorn — a company valued at […]
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Firefly’s successful rocket launch over the weekend helps fill a big gap in the market, CEO says
The view from the upper stage of the Alpha rocket after reaching orbit on Oct. 1, 2022. Firefly Aerospace Private venture Firefly Aerospace reached orbit with its Alpha rocket for the first time on Saturday, a milestone in the company’s development that sees it join an increasingly competitive U.S. launch market. Firefly is the fifth […]
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NASA is working with SpaceX to explore a private mission to extend the life of the Hubble telescope
This 1990 photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope being deployed from the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31. Source: NASA SpaceX and billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman are teaming up with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study whether a private mission could extend the life of the famed Hubble telescope. NASA signed an agreement […]
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Cathie Wood’s Ark is buying stock in space SPAC Rocket Lab
A look at the company’s production floor shows a series of Electron boosters, with the typical black carbon fiber rockets in the foreground and a metallic-looking reusable booster in the center. Rocket Lab Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest is dipping back into a space SPAC, with two of the firm’s funds buying up stock in Rocket […]
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Artemis moon mission probable delayed to November as NASA moves rocket out of hurricane’s route
NASA’s huge Artemis 1 moon rocket is rolled again to the Vehicle Assembly Setting up off its lauchpad, after suspending the a great deal-anticipated mission a third time owing to the arrival of Hurricane Ian and other specialized challenges, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. September 27, 2022. Michael Weekes Jr | Reuters NASA’s extensive-awaited return […]
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Planet prepares to launch another line of imagery satellites to expand data-gathering operations
An artist’s depiction of a Tanager satellite in orbit. Planet PARIS — Planet is adding another type of imagery satellite to its product line, the latest expansion of the company’s data-gathering operations. The company named the new satellites Tanager — named after a bird family, like the existing lines of Dove and Pelican satellites that […]
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Saudi Arabia purchases pair of SpaceX astronaut seats from Axiom
Starship prototypes are pictured at the SpaceX South Texas start site in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., Could 22, 2022. Photograph taken May well 22, 2022. Veronica Cardenas | Reuters Saudi Arabia is planning to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a house capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, getting the newest Gulf nation to […]
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Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab
Concept art of a “Starlab” space station Nanoracks PARIS — Hotel giant Hilton has signed on to design astronaut facilities for the private space station Starlab currently under development by Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin, the companies told CNBC on Monday. In addition to designing hospitality suites and sleeping arrangements, Hilton will also work […]
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How billionaire Jared Isaacman is using fighter jets to prepare his crew for private SpaceX missions
Astronauts love fighter jets, and billionaire founder Jared Isaacman is no different. Isaacman, who founded payments company Shift4, is deep into training with his team for the first spaceflight of the Polaris Program, announced earlier this year, in partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Isaacman’s crew of four is using fighter jets — including aircraft from his […]
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