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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Firefly Aerospace to Deploy Volta Wireless Power on Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace will carry Volta Space Technologies’ wireless power receiver on its 2026 Blue Ghost Mission 2 to the Moon’s far side,…
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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Returns After 245 Days on ISS
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts safely return after 245 days in orbit, completing extensive research onboard the ISS.
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SKY Perfect JSAT Teams with SpaceX for Next-Gen Satellite Launches
SKY Perfect JSAT signs with SpaceX to launch JSAT-31 and JSAT-32 satellites starting in 2027, enhancing communications capacity and flexibility.
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Raytheon and AWS Collaborate to Enhance Space Mission Capabilities
Raytheon teams up with AWS to deploy AI-powered cloud and edge computing solutions for improved satellite data and mission control operations.
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Russian Cosmonaut Removed from SpaceX Crew-12 Over Security Breach
Oleg Artemyev was removed from SpaceX Crew-12 for alleged ITAR violations photographing sensitive SpaceX tech; replaced by Andrey Fedyaev.
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Boeing X-37B Enables Rapid Testing for U.S. Space Force Missions
The Boeing X-37B supports the U.S. Space Force’s rapid testing strategy through reusable operations, aerobraking, and advanced tech demonstrations.
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LandSpace Zhuque-3 Reaches Orbit on Maiden Flight with Booster Crash
LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket successfully reached orbit but its first-stage booster crashed during landing in a partial mission success.
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Air Force Approves SpaceX Starship Launches at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force approves SpaceX to launch up to 76 Starship-Super Heavy missions yearly from Cape Canaveral, supporting national security launch needs.
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Isar Aerospace to Launch ESA ΣYNDEO-3 Mission in 2026
Isar Aerospace signed with ESA to launch the ΣYNDEO-3 mission from Norway in 2026, featuring European tech on the Hammerhead satellite bus.
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WISeKey and SEALSQ Launch Next Generation Secure IoT Satellite to LEO
WISeKey and SEALSQ successfully launch a next-generation satellite featuring post-quantum cryptography and SDR to enhance global secure IoT connectivity.
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Soyuz MS-28 Launch Successful Amid Critical Baikonur Launch Pad Damage
Soyuz MS-28 reached ISS safely but Baikonur Site 31/6 launch pad failed, raising major concerns for Russia’s crewed spaceflight future.
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UniSQ and DLR Successfully Complete GAsFEx-2 Hypersonic Flight Test
UniSQ and DLR execute GAsFEx-2 mission using a cost-effective ride-along model to advance hypersonic research and data collection.
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