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Apr 8This Week in Space Tech #33Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers March 30 through April 5, 2026.
Apr 6Space Startups Participating in Artemis: Intuitive MachinesNASA’s Artemis program is humanity’s most ambitious return to the Moon, and commercial partners like Intuitive Machines are playing a crucial supporting role in making it happen.
Apr 6Artemis II Flies Past the Moon: Far Side Science and a Rare Solar EclipseThe Artemis II crew conducts a six-hour lunar flyby on April 6, photographing 30 surface targets and witnessing a solar eclipse from beyond the Moon's far side.
Apr 5Meet the Artemis II Crew Making History on Their Way to the MoonGet to know the four astronauts aboard Orion - each breaking barriers as Artemis II approaches its lunar flyby on April 6.
Apr 5This Week in Space Tech #32Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers March 23 through March 29, 2026.
Apr 4Artemis II Sends Four Astronauts Around the Moon in Historic First Since ApolloNASA's Artemis II launched on April 1, 2026, sending four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby mission - the first crewed voyage beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
Mar 26This Week in Space Tech #31Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers March 16 through March 22, 2026, a week packed with genuine milestones and genuine problems in equal measure.
Mar 19This Week in Space Tech #30Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers March 9 through March 15, 2026.
Mar 10This Week in Space Tech #29Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers March 2 through March 8, 2026, a week that delivered enormous momentum across every corner of the industry.
Mar 8Equatys D2D Satellite Network Plan Unveiled by ViasatViasat and Space42 shared progress on Equatys, their joint venture to build a 2,800-satellite D2D infrastructure platform, at Mobile World Congress 2026.
Mar 8Vast Secures $500M to Accelerate Haven Space StationsVast raises $300M Series A equity and $200M in debt to advance Haven-1 and Haven-2 commercial space stations as the ISS nears retirement in 2030.
Mar 4This Week in Space Tech #28Welcome to This Week in Space Tech. This edition covers February 22 through March 1, 2026.
Mar 1ISPTech Raises €5.5M to Scale Non-Toxic PropulsionGerman space startup ISPTech secures €5.5M in seed funding led by Join Capital to expand manufacturing and deploy its green propulsion systems for satellites.
Feb 27Rocket Lab Completes ESCAPADE Spacecraft Commissioning Ahead of 2027 Mars ArrivalRocket Lab's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft Blue and Gold have completed commissioning at L2, with Mars arrival set for September 2027 to study atmospheric escape.
Feb 27NASA's Perseverance Rover Pioneers AI-Driven Autonomy on MarsPerseverance completes its first AI-planned drive and deploys Mars Global Localization, giving the rover GPS-like capabilities on the Red Planet.
Feb 27Sophia Space Raises $10M Seed RoundPasadena-based Sophia Space closes a $10M seed round to develop modular space computers, targeting orbital data centers by the 2030s.
Feb 27This Week in Space Tech #27Welcome to This Week in Space Tech, for period of February 16 through February 21, 2026. A week that brought turbulence in the Artemis program, a milestone SpaceX reuse record, and more.
Feb 22SpaceX Keeps Starlink Momentum with Rapid Falcon 9 LaunchesSpaceX continues its relentless Starlink deployment cadence in February 2026, hitting the 600th Falcon 9 launch milestone while expanding the constellation past 9,700 satellites.
Feb 21Axiom Space Secures $350MAxiom Space raises $350 million led by Type One Ventures and Qatar Investment Authority, accelerating development of its commercial space station and NASA's next-generation lunar spacesuits.
Feb 16This Week in Space Tech #26Welcome to This Week in Space Tech (February 9-15, 2026), your weekly guide to the most significant developments in the space industry.