30 October 2017
Virgin Group and Saudi Arabia announce $1 billion deal
..., The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit, alongside Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments,” according to a press release by the company. Nonetheless, Virgin will still retain the majority interest in the three space companies. PIF...
23 October 2020
First 4G cellular network on the Moon to be built by Nokia
... and biometric data exchange, and deployment and control of robotic and sensor payloads,” Nokia said recently in a press release. Inspired by Earth-based communications technologies, Nokia Bell Labs said they will “space-harden” their communications...
20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
... U.S. National Science Foundation will begin plans to decommission the 305-meter telescope,” say the NSF in a recent press release. The NSF, who along with Universidad Ana G. Méndez and Yang Enterprises Inc. operate the observatory...
11 December 2020
A US company is aiming to race rovers on the Moon next year
... the betterment of humanity is something that resonates with us,” said Justin Cyrus, Co-Founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost in a press release last month. “We look forward to enabling racers on the Moon and being a part of the journey to bring space...
03 February 2021
SpaceX announces Inspiration4, the first ‘all-civilian’ mission to space
... who will be selected to represent the mission pillars of leadership, hope, generosity and prosperity,” SpaceX said in a press release. According to Issacman, one of those seats has already been allocated to a female health care worker at St. Jude...
02 August 2021
US GAO upholds SpaceX's Moon lander contract
... agency would make was subject to the amount of funding available for the program,” the GAO said in a press release. Last year, NASA awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three private US space companies – SpaceX, Dynetics and Blue...
