Vast Opens Lunar Programs Division, Betting on Haven Space Station Heritage for NASA’s Moon Base
Newsha Haghgoo Vast, the commercial space station company based in Long Beach, California, announced on 23 September 2026 that it…
September 2026
Satellite Bluetooth Startup Hubble Network Raises $200 Million and Opens Its Network to All Customers
Hubble Network, a Seattle based satellite communications startup, said on 23 September 2026 that it had raised 200…
Google Moves Toward First Orbital Test of AI Chips Under Project Suncatcher
Google has confirmed that a prototype satellite carrying four of its custom artificial intelligence chips is scheduled to…
Firefly Aerospace Opens Expanded Cleanroom to Scale Lunar Lander Production
Firefly Aerospace cut the ribbon on a new spacecraft cleanroom at its headquarters campus in Cedar Park, Texas,…
Iridium Shareholders Approve Rocket Lab’s 8 Billion Dollar Acquisition
Shareholders of Iridium Communications voted on 24 September 2026 to approve Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of the satellite…
Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Fourteenth Test Flight
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket into orbit for the first time on 28 September 2026, a milestone the…
NASA Says Artemis III Is Running About 90 Days Behind Schedule
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told agency staff in an internal memo, sent on 20 September 2026 and first…
Outpost Launches Orbital Manufacturing as a Service With Its Own Optical Fiber Product
Outpost Technologies Corporation introduced a commercial service on 24 September 2026 that lets companies manufacture products in orbit…
Youngest Exoplanet Yet Found Caught Still Forming Inside Its Birth Disk
Astronomers have confirmed the youngest planet ever detected outside the solar system, a gas giant designated Elias 2…
Crew 13 Cleared for 1 October Launch to the International Space Station
NASA, SpaceX and their international partners completed a Flight Readiness Review on 25 September 2026 for Crew 13,…