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WASHINGTON — A tank built for Rocket Lab’s Neutron rocket was damaged during qualification testing, threatening to further delay the vehicle’s first flight. In a Jan. 21 statement, Rocket Lab

SAN FRANCISCO – Italy’s Azimut Group invested $128 million in italian space logistics specialist D-Orbit, directly and by buying out an existing investor. The investment — $53 million in new

WASHINGTON — The Exploration Company is in talks to acquire Orbex, the U.K.-based small launch vehicle developer that has reportedly been in financial distress. In a Jan. 21 statement, Orbex

WASHINGTON — Starfish Space has won a contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to deorbit satellites in a missile-tracking and communications constellation, evidence that deorbiting services are moving into

The United States cannot beat China without accelerating digital transformation: cloud-native services, edge computing, AI/ML-driven autonomy, software-defined payloads, zero-trust cybersecurity, network maneuver and automated DevSecOps pipelines. Digital transformation drives the

WASHINGTON — The United States remains “unacceptably vulnerable” to a dangerous form of escalation by Russia in space, including the possibility of a nuclear detonation that could cripple satellites and

WASHINGTON — Congressional appropriators on Jan. 20 released a fiscal 2026 defense spending bill that funds the U.S. Space Force at $26 billion, matching the administration’s request, while faulting the

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 15, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, today announced it will host Innovate Space: Finance