NewSpace News: January 2017
SoftBank Invests $1B into OneWeb ● John Glenn passes away ● Virgin Galactic completes first glide test of VSS Unity ● Blue Origin plans to open Florida fleet facility in 2017 ● NASA awards Space Systems Loral satellite servicing contract. Read more here
NewSpace News: December 2016
Planetary Resources finalizes €25M deal with Luxembourg ● Firefly receives letters of intent for 42 launches ● SpaceX and Boeing file with FAA for massive constellations ● HawkEye 360 raises $11M in Series A. Read more here
NewSpace News: October 2016
SpaceX targets November return to flight ● Blue Origin announces New Glenn ● Rocket Lab receives OK to launch from NZ government ● SpaceVault offers CDs toward private spaceflight tickets ● NOAA selects commercial data contractors. Read more here
NewSpace News: September 2016
SFF Partners with Exploration Institute ● SpaceX stays busy ● Vector launches software platform, satellite design division ● DSI announces prospecting mission ● Moon Express receives FAA approval. Read more here
NewSpace News: August 2016
NASA orders second crew Dragon ● Reaction Engines secures funding for SABRE demonstrator ● NASA seeking uses for empty docking port ● Terminal Velocity Aerospace awarded SBIR for reentry proposal ● Moon Express licensing Cape Canaveral launch complexes. Read more here
NewSpace News: July 2016
Bigelow’s Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is delivered to the ISS and inflated ● Blue Origin Breaks ground in Florida ● China offers to share new space station ● ISRO launches Planet Labs’ Doves. Read more here
NewSpace News: June 2016
Vector Space Systems test fires their new second stage engine ● Accion raises $7.5M in Series A ● Luxembourg invests in space resources ● SES takes controlling share in O3B ● SpaceX recovered two more boosters intact. Read more here
NewSpace News: May 2016
SFF on the cover of Space News ● SpaceX successfully lands an orbital booster on a drone ship ● Blue Origin successfully launches and lands the same booster ● Vector Space Systems is formed and raises $1M in angel investment ● Hawking and Milner announce Breakthrough Starshot initiative. Read more here
NewSpace News: April 2016
Astroscale wins $30M grant ● Skyfi joins global internet race ● XPRIZE Foundation begins planning new prize to follow Google Lunar XPRIZE ● The FCC publicly calls out satellite manufacturers for not sharing communication bands ● Made In Space delivers second 3D printer to the ISS. Read more here
NewSpace News: March 2016
Venture Capital groups invest more in space startups in 2015 than past 15 years combined ● Virgin Galactic unveils new VSS Unity ● Boeing successfully drop-tests CST-100 Starliner ● The ISS tests 3D printing in space. Read more here
