April 2018
Developing Mars
... length of stay on Mars. Legal certification The US regulatory environment is becoming more supportive of commercial space ventures. For example, the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017 aims to establish a certification authority for...
13 December 2023
Orbex awarded £3.3 million as part of ESA initiative
..., Orbex, has been awarded £3.3 million in funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 'Boost!' initiative, part of ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support programme designed to further the...
03 March 2025
Blue Ghost lander operations underway on lunar surface
...). The Texas-based company became only the second commercial space company to land on the Moon after its robotic...the tone for the future of exploration across cislunar space as the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful soft...
19 June 2020
New US-UK agreement boosts UK’s spaceport plans
...the first ever launch into space from British soil. This is a key moment for our commercial space industry, and I look ...towards US companies launching from UK spaceports. The commercial space sector already represents hundreds of millions of dollars...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
.... This will require greater funding for FAA/AST, which the bill supports. With the expansion of commercial space utilisation, the absence of appropriate regulation will result in de facto regulation of industry by increasing costs and eventually...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
...’s achievements are largely driven by its low price advantage, a weak point for China’s commercial space sector.” “Competition with India for commercial space launches may be inevitable and the most urgent action needed for China is expand its...
