MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:18 AM ET (1418 GMT)
MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies. MDA Space announced Friday morning it reached an agreement to acquire Blue Canyon for $620 million...

Private equity firm buys Exolaunch
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:16 AM ET (1416 GMT)
Exolaunch, a company that has arranged the launches of hundreds of satellites on rideshare missions, is being bought by a private equity company. EQT announced...

NASA selects space science mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:14 AM ET (1414 GMT)
NASA has selected a space science mission for development. NASA announced Thursday the Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer, or DAPHNE, mission will proceed into the next...

SpaceX launches NRO mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:13 AM ET (1413 GMT)
SpaceX launched a National Reconnaissance Office mission early today. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:50 am...

Relativity Space announces private Mars mission
Posted: Sat, Jun 20 10:12 AM ET (1412 GMT)
Relativity Space announced Wednesday plans to launch a Mars orbiter mission in 2028 whose payload includes a NASA instrument suite. The company rolled out its...

SpaceX shares rise in IPO
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 10:21 AM ET (1421 GMT)
SpaceX went public Friday in the largest IPO in stock market history. Shares in SpaceX closed up nearly 20% in the first day of trading...

H3 rocket returns to flight
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 10:08 AM ET (1408 GMT)
Japan's H3 rocket successfully returned to flight Thursday night. An H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:54 p.m....

Thales and Airbus to build next-generation radar imaging satellites
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space won contracts to build next-generation radar imaging satellites. ESA signed contracts Wednesday with the companies for...

NASA announces Artemis 3 crew
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 10:01 AM ET (1401 GMT)
NASA announced Tuesday the crew of Artemis 3 and revealed more details about the low Earth orbit test flight of lunar landers. The mission, slated...

Iceye closes one billion euro funding round
Posted: Sat, Jun 13 9:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
Iceye, a Finnish company that builds and operates radar imaging satellites, announced Tuesday a funding round worth more than one billion euros ($1.16 billion)....