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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Lockheed Martin Advances 100 kWe Fission Power for Lunar Missions
Lockheed Martin develops a 100 kWe fission reactor to provide continuous power for lunar bases, supporting NASA’s 2030 lunar exploration goals.
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Applied Aerospace Acquires Vestigo Aerospace for Space Debris Solutions
Applied Aerospace & Defense acquires Vestigo Aerospace, adding Spinnaker® passive deorbit systems to meet FCC satellite disposal rules.
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FAA Approves SpaceX Starship Launches at Kennedy Space Center
FAA clears SpaceX to conduct up to 44 annual Starship launches and landings from Kennedy Space Center with environmental safeguards in place.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gains Autonomous GPS-Like Localization on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover now autonomously determines its precise location on Mars using a new software update and advanced image processing technology.
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Artemis II Launch Set for March 2026 Lunar Flyby Mission
NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch in March 2026 with four astronauts on a lunar flyby, powered by Airbus’s European Service Module.
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NASA Classifies Boeing Starliner Test as Type A Mishap with Fixes Underway
NASA classifies Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test as a Type A Mishap citing thruster failures and helium leaks. Boeing implements 61 corrective…
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Vast Space Selected by NASA for Sixth Private Astronaut Mission to ISS
NASA selects Vast Space for the sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS, focusing on science with a launch planned for summer…
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Hypersonix Announces Launch Window for Cassowary Vex Hypersonic Mission
Hypersonix sets launch window for Cassowary Vex mission in Feb 2026 to test 3D-printed hydrogen scramjet at Mach 7 from MARS, Virginia.
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NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Launches for Eight-Month ISS Mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 launched from Cape Canaveral with an international crew for an eight-month ISS mission focusing on medical research and tech…
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NASA and SpaceX Prepare for Crew-12 Launch to ISS in 2026
NASA and SpaceX plan to launch the Crew-12 mission to the ISS on Feb 13, 2026, with a four-person international crew conducting…
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Sodern Opens First US Facility in Colorado for Star Tracker Production
Sodern launches its first US industrial subsidiary in Colorado, producing Aurigaâ„¢ star trackers and expanding in the US aerospace market.
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Isar Aerospace Opens Acceptance Test Facility at Esrange Space Center
Isar Aerospace launches a new test site at Esrange, Sweden, to support industrial-scale production of Spectrum rocket ahead of March 2026 flight.
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