Space Industry: Latest News and Analysis
Space is now an industry with launch cadences, order books and supply chains, and AirPro News covers it the way we cover aviation: from the announcement, with the numbers. That means SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Arianespace, Blue Origin and the launch start-ups; NASA, ESA, JAXA, ISRO and the other agencies; satellite operators and manufacturers; and the growing in-space services, station and lunar economies. This page gathers every AirPro News story on space, newest first.
What we watch
- Launch. Starship’s test campaign and its path to operational missions; Falcon 9 cadence; Vulcan, Ariane 6, New Glenn and Neutron entering service; and the small-launch companies fighting for the remaining market.
- Agencies and exploration. NASA’s Artemis lunar programme and commercial crew and cargo contracts, ESA’s launcher and science missions, and the national programmes in Japan, India, China and the Gulf.
- Satellites. Constellation build-outs and their launch contracts, Earth-observation and communications operators, and the manufacturers and component suppliers behind them.
- Defence space. Space Force and allied military procurement, missile-warning and communications satellites, and the industrial contracts that follow.
- The in-space economy. Commercial stations, life-extension and servicing vehicles, lunar landers, in-space manufacturing, and the funding rounds that decide which of them get built.
Latest space coverage
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SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Splashes Down After 30-Day ISS Mission
NASA’s CRS-34 Cargo Dragon splashed down June 17, 2026, returning bioprinted tissue, research samples, and station hardware.
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Dawn Aerospace Raises $25M Series B for Spaceplane and Refueling
Dawn Aerospace closes $25M Series B at $195M valuation to advance its Aurora spaceplane and Loop in-orbit refueling network.
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NASA Names Artemis III Crew for 2027 Earth-Orbit Test Flight
NASA has assigned four prime crew members for Artemis III, a 2027 orbital mission to test commercial lunar lander docking ahead of…
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Isar Aerospace Raises EUR 270M to Scale Spectrum Launch Vehicle
Isar Aerospace secured EUR 270M in Series D funding to produce up to 40 Spectrum rockets annually and expand sovereign launch access.
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Quantum Space SPAC Merger Values Orbital Firm at $1.2 Billion
Quantum Space merges with Inflection Point VI in a $1.2B SPAC deal to fund Ranger spacecraft production for U.S. national security.
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Airbus Leonardo Thales Satellite Merger Faces EU Antitrust Review
Project Bromo, a proposed €6.5B satellite joint venture, faces EU antitrust scrutiny and opposition from smaller manufacturers.
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NASA Low-Altitude Research Flights Over Houston in June 2026
NASA deploys five aircraft including NOAA’s WP-3D Orion for low-altitude environmental research over Houston from June 3-13, 2026.
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Advancements in Orbital Data Centers for Space-Based Computing
Orbital data centers advance with new hardware and funding to address space data processing and terrestrial infrastructure limits.
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Northrop Grumman Ships Final Artemis III Booster Segments for NASA
Northrop Grumman shipped the last solid rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis III mission, powering the Space Launch System for lunar exploration.
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NASA Awards Contract to Modify Boeing 737 for Lunar Gravity Testing
NASA contracts Denmar Technical Services to convert a Boeing 737-700 into a reduced-gravity test aircraft for Artemis lunar missions.
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Impulse Space Raises $500 Million Series D to Expand In-Space Mobility
Impulse Space closes $500M Series D, reaching $4.26B valuation to scale spacecraft mobility and expand workforce across aerospace sectors.
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Voyager Technologies to Acquire Astrobotic Technology for Lunar Expansion
Voyager Technologies will acquire Astrobotic Technology for $300M to expand lunar infrastructure aligned with NASA’s Artemis program, closing in July 2026.
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