Japanese lunar exploration company ispace is buying space on a future Starship lunar lander mission to deliver larger payloads to the moon. The post ispace to send larger payloads to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship appeared first on SpaceNews.

Appropriators, like fans of hard-luck sports teams, say every year that this year will be different. That this will be the year that “regular order” returns to the appropriations process, The post Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill? appeared first on SpaceNews.

AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for a space-based cellular broadband network of 45 to 60 satellites by the end The post The satellite industry’s most expensive problem isn’t in orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.

Pet technology company Fi launched a dog tracker July 8 that uses T-Mobile’s Starlink-enabled T-Satellite service to remain connected across the United States, even outside the telco’s terrestrial network. The post Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking appeared first on SpaceNews.

Funding will support development and production of the company’s rotating detonation rocket engine The post Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale rocket engine technology appeared first on SpaceNews.