Sierra Space secures $290m in Series B at $5.3bn valuation
The new financing round, which brings the American commercial space company’s total capital raised to $1.7bn, was co-led…
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India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on lunar south pole
24 Aug 23The historic mission saw the national space agency soft-land the spacecraft's lander module dubbed Vikram on the moon…
BAE Systems to acquire Ball Aerospace in $5.6bn deal
17 Aug 23Headquartered in Colorado, Ball Aerospace offers spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and antenna systems with advanced technologies, and…
Voyager Space, Airbus to form JV for commercial space station Starlab
03 Aug 23The new commercial space station, which is intended to succeed the International Space Station, will have a European…
Capgemini to develop Japetus mission centre for Prométhée
13 Apr 23The French IT company is expected to develop the mission centre in an optimised cloud environment and integrate…
Amentum secures $4.6bn US Air Force IDIQ contract for buying solutions
15 Mar 23As part of the tri-service capable contract, Amentum will provide commercial buying solutions covering supply, maintenance, and task…
Japanese space tech company Astroscale raises $76m in Series G
27 Feb 23Following the closing of the funding round, the on-orbit services technology provider has raised a total amount of…
Lunar Resources, Wood secure grant to study feasibility of LSPoP pipeline on Moon
15 Feb 23The LSPoP pipeline is envisioned to be laid at the South Pole of the Moon for transporting oxygen…
NASA awards launch service contract to Blue Origin for Mars mission
10 Feb 23Under the contract, ESCAPADE will launch from Space Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida…
Boeing secures $425m for fuel-efficient airliner project from NASA
19 Jan 23The American aircraft manufacturer will collaborate with NASA to develop, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft and…