CACI to buy space technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billion
WASHINGTON  — CACI International said on Dec. 22 it is acquiring space technology company ARKA Group in an…
United Launch Alliance chief Tory Bruno resigns
SANTA FE, N.M. — Tory Bruno, the longtime chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is leaving the joint…
Isaacman emphasizes accelerating NASA programs as he takes agency’s reins
WASHINGTON — New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants the agency to move faster on key programs…
ESA weighing options to address exploration funding shortfall
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall…
Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites
WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Dec. 19 it awarded about $3.5 billion in contracts to four…
Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development
WASHINGTON — Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop…
Max Space unveils plans for commercial space station
WASHINGTON — Max Space, a startup developing expandable module technologies, plans to build a commercial space station that…
Trump signs sweeping executive order to assert U.S. dominance in space
WASHINGTON — The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from…
Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026
NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA…
Digantara raises $50 million to expand from space surveillance to missile defense
WASHINGTON — Digantara Industries, an Indian space situational awareness company, has raised $50 million as it expands into…
Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experimentÂ
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment is set to launch later this week to test…
MAVEN telemetry shows changes to spacecraft orbit and rotation
WASHINGTON — New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a…