Astra completes deal to go private Original Publication Date: 2024-07-19 08:32 Astra Space has completed a deal to take the company private at 50 cents per share. The agreement ends Astra’s time as a publicly traded company a little more than three years. Astra went public through a merger with ...

Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 09:40 Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches second of two NASA cubesats. Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment ( PREFIRE) cubesat deployed. Both spacecraft are in similar sun-synchronous orbits but ...

Astra founders reduce offer to take company private Original Publication Date: 2024-02-28 00:02 Founders of satellite propulsion and launch vehicle company Astra cut offer. Chris Kemp and Adam London slashed by two-thirds their offer to buy outstanding shares of company. In November, Kemp and ...

Investors grant Astra extension on loan Original Publication Date: 2023-11-18 08:30 Astra Space gets four-day extension on loan to give company more time to line up longer-term funding deal. Investors had provided bridge loan, originally valued at $3.05 million, as part of interim financing ...

Canadian government backs 2024 space accelerator in Southern California Original Publication Date: 2023-11-07 04:38 Canadian space entrepreneurs are invited to join the 2024 SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator. The two-month virtual accelerator is backed by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. ...

NASA awards “crossover” spacesuit task orders to Axiom and Collins Original Publication Date: 2023-07-11 02:51 NASA issues task orders to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to begin design work. The companies are already working on spacesuits for the International Space Station and Artemis ...

Falcon Heavy delay affects space station manifest Original Publication Date: 2023-04-25 01:00 A SpaceX launch of commercial satellites on a Falcon Heavy could upend the schedule. A private astronaut mission that was scheduled for early May would likely be pushed back. The April 28 spacewalk ...

AST SpaceMobile discloses further satellite delays and cost increases Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 21:53 AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch the first five BlueBird satellites by the end of this year. The company's cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024. ...

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 10:11 Chinese research institutes are working to construct a quantum communications network. Network would use elements of quantum mechanics for encryption and secure transmission of ...

NASA to assess SLS work and next launch opportunities after rollback Original Publication Date: 2022-09-28 00:49 NASA is studying what work to do on the rocket to prepare for a next launch attempt. SLS and Orion spacecraft arrived back in the VAB at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Sept. 27. The agency is now ...