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Spinifex Space Launches With Australian Test Ranges. payloadspace.com/spinifex-space…

Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker Mission in 2030. payloadspace.com/lunar-outpost-…

Reflect Orbital Cleared to Fly In-Orbit Mirror by FCC. payloadspace.com/reflect-orbita…

Reditus Finishes ENOS Reentry Vehicle Ahead of First Flight. payloadspace.com/reditus-finish…

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Off World (formerly the Lunar & Mars Economy Summit). Houston. Sept. 23-24. @payloadspace's Off World returns Sept. 23-24 to NASA Space Center Houston, bigger than ever. The Moon is NASA's number one exploration priority and the entire industry is mobilizing around it. Returning to the lunar surface (and staying) is the anchor of America's civil space agenda, and the commercial and policy decisions being made right now will define who builds the off-world economy for the next decade. We'll spend two days on the technology, policy, and capital behind building on the Moon: – Lunar landers, infrastructure, and habitats on the surface – CLDs and the transition from the ISS to commercial platforms – Cislunar mining and the first real off-world supply chains – The technology, policy, and capital making it all possible Falling six months after NASA announced a major shakeup of its exploration plans at Ignition, Off World is the checkpoint for how those priorities are reshaping industry and most importantly, what's coming next. SPEAKERS COMING SOON! 📍 NASA Space Center Houston 🗓️ September 23-24, 2026 EARLY BIRD TIX now on sale 👇

US Government Studying Offshore Launch Opportunities. payloadspace.com/us-government-…

Pulse Space Lands $40M Space Force Contract to Develop Laser Tech. payloadspace.com/pulse-space-la…

Blue Origin Seeks $10B at $130B Valuation, Reporting Shows. payloadspace.com/blue-origin-se…

Auxilium Demos Tech To Enable Sustainable Bioprinting in Orbit. payloadspace.com/auxilium-demos…

Venus Aerospace Raises $91M Series B to Scale RDRE Production payloadspace.com/venus-aerospac…

ispace Launches Lunar Integrator Service With Starship payloadspace.com/ispace-launche…

@SpaceX's ($SPCX) Transporter-17 rideshare mission launched humanity into a new nuclear space age this morning when it lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:12am, carrying 81 payloads to LEO. payloadspace.com/transporter-17…

NASA is officially moving forward with its original plan to support stand-alone replacements to the ISS with a draft RFP released Monday. payloadspace.com/nasa-releases-…

Can companies responsibly build a business model around Starship? .@_Eric_Romo, President & COO of @GoToImpulse doesn't think so. "Why would you (@SpaceX) sell a thing you don’t have enough of for yourself, at a bargain-basement price, to your competitors? The logic just doesn’t hold anywhere there. And it’s just sort of the wishful thinking of, “Well, because I want it,” that these companies say they’re going to get this at a low price. And the reality is, in the market, this is the same thing that happened with Falcon 9."

Exclusive: Ravee Optics Raises $6M Seed to Build Compact Laser Terminals payloadspace.com/exclusive-rave…

We’ve officially closed out the first half of 2026—and investments in the space industry are blasting off. payloadspace.com/the-biggest-fu…

This week on Valley of Depth: @_Eric_Romo, President & COO of @GoToImpulse joins the show to discuss the past, present and future of the company. Impulse is building the next major infrastructure layer in space: moving payloads once they’re already in space (to GEO, the Moon, and other high-energy destinations). 00:34 – The journey to Impulse 09:02 – Is Musk focused on Mars or data centers now? 13:57 – Reuniting with Tom 19:35 – The vision of Impulse 21:20 – Impulse's product set & the pivot to GEO 38:32 – Mira, the most maneuverable spacecraft in orbit 40:24 – Why does the government care about maneuverable satellites? 41:40 – Competitors and how to win the maneuverability race 44:41 – How exposed are GEO assets today? 53:17 – How Starship will fundamentally change the industry 59:18 – The opportunity for SpaceX competitors 1:03:06 – If Starship solves orbital refueling, will they become a competitive concern for Impulse? 1:04:52 – The $500M fundraise 1:06:17 – Impulse's existing capital needs, future fundraising, and will they go public? 1:10:23 – Biggest source of internal debate 1:12:31 – Overrated and underrated space technologies 1:15:13 – What Eric would say to his 23-year-old self at SpaceX Full episode 👇

Blue Origin appears to be recovering well from its New Glenn explosion last month—all thanks to some clever engineering. NASA gave an update on Blue's recovery timeline---and awarded more contracts for trips to the planned Moon base. Read more: payloadspace.com/nasa-praises-b…

NASA has set out an aggressive plan to build a Moon base, equipped with power, comms, mobility—you name it. But not much attention has been paid to where all of that stuff is going to live. Enter: Lunar Forge. Read more: payloadspace.com/exclusive-luna…

@RocketLab has been teasing its entrance into the “space applications” market for years, promising deeper vertical integration that would one day extend beyond launch vehicles and spacecraft manufacturing, and into services themselves. payloadspace.com/rocket-lab-ent…