Payload Field Guide: Golden Dome
When Golden Dome was first announced (under a different moniker) in January 2025, companies immediately got to work, positioning themselves to compete for the ambitious missile defense program aiming to protect the US.
Opportunities Beyond the Moon Opened by CLPS
NASA said it intends to launch monthly uncrewed missions to the Moon starting next year. That’s good news for more than just Moon-focused companies.
Economics of Orbital Data Centers Report: Part 1
Today, we’re kicking off the first analysis article in a four-part report unpacking the economics of orbital data centers.
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NASA’s 2028 Moon Landing Has A Spacesuit Problem, New Report Says
NASA’s 2028 Moon-landing date for astronauts is threatened by delays in spacesuit development, according to an Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report released Monday.
Latvia To Join Artemis Accords Today
“While I’m thrilled with 61 countries, a third of the world having signed, that’s wonderful. But we need to transition those signatures from supporting norms of behavior, which is important, to making contributions to the Artemis program,” Mike Gold, Redwire’s president of civil and international space, said Wednesday during a panel at Space Symposium.
SpaceX Won A Mars Mission That Might Get Cancelled
SpaceX is tasked to fly the ESA Rosalind Franklin rover as soon as late 2028, for a reported $175.7M. But the White House’s FY2027 budget request also suggests canceling NASA’s participation in the Mars mission. What comes next is anyone’s guess.
Rocket Lab Enters the Thruster Market with Gauss
“Early technology development can be done at these small mom and pop shops, but when it really comes prime time to make things at scale, people like ourselves who are procurers of that, if they don’t vertically integrate, they get very nervous,” Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice told Payload
Axiom Space’s Suit Set to Fly in 2027
“From a production standpoint, we’re putting together the first qualification suit,” Michael López-Alegría, the company’s chief astronaut, told Payload. “That continues regardless of what they say.”
Voyager Technologies Wins Its First Private ISS Mission
Axiom Space was the only provider for the first five PAMs awarded by NASA, but new players have entered the competition in 2026.
Seraphim Space Aims To Shape Strategy With New Advisory Council
The council will look at the most complex challenges plaguing the industry—from sustainability, to regulatory hurdles, to national security, to working across national borders.
ORBX ETF Launches Amid Wave of Space Tech IPOs
The goal is to track companies that earn more than half of their revenue from space tech—everything from transportation, to space software, to satellite-enabled data services.
Kepler Leads Team to Test ESA’s ‘Fiber in the Sky’
ESA has picked a Kepler Communications-led team to test the agency’s “fiber in the sky” HydRON orbital communications network, the companies announced Tuesday.
