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NASA taps Firefly for 2029 Moon South Pole mission with $180 million contract
(Reuters) -Firefly Aerospace said on Tuesday it has secured a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver five NASA payloads to the Moon's South Pole in 2029, marking ano...
Jul 29, 2025
How SpaceX's rocket diplomacy backfired in the Bahamas
By Joey Roulette NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) -When SpaceX was negotiating a deal with the Bahamas last year to allow its Falcon 9 rocket boosters to land within the island nation's territory, Elon Musk'...
Jul 29, 2025
Russia's Roscosmos, NASA to hold first in-person talks at heads level since 2018, Russia says
(Reuters) -The head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, has arrived in Houston for talks with the interim head of NASA, Sean Duffy - the first in-person meeting at the agencies' heads l...
Jul 28, 2025
NASA says 20% of workforce to depart space agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About 20% of the employees at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are set to depart the space agency, a NASA spokesperson said on Friday. Around 3,870 individu...
Jul 25, 2025
Thales Alenia Space and Italian Space Agency to develop first human outpost on the moon
(Reuters) -Aerospace group Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Italian Space Agency ASI said on Friday they have signed a contract to develop the first human lunar outpost, an important step in the NASA-led...
Jul 25, 2025
Iran telecoms satellite Nahid-2 goes into space on Russian launcher, state media says
(Reuters) -Iranian telecommunications satellite Nahid-2 was carried into space on Friday aboard a Russian Soyuz launcher, Iranian media reported. The locally made satellite was successfully launched f...
Jul 25, 2025
Errol Musk eyes Bosnia for research hub on gravity and space
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -South African businessman Errol Musk, the father of billionaire Elon Musk, visited Bosnia this week to assess its potential as a location for a research institute on gravity, space...
Jul 24, 2025
France says European satellite venture talks are making progress
PARIS (Reuters) -Efforts to set up a European space project alliance involving Italy's Leonardo, France's Thales and Airbus and aimed at challenging Elon Musk's Starlink are making progress, said Fran...
Jul 24, 2025
Space startup iRocket to go public via $400 million SPAC deal
(Reuters) -Reusable rocket developer Innovative Rocket Technologies, commonly known as iRocket, will go public in the U.S. through a $400 million merger with special purpose acquisition company BPGC A...
Jul 23, 2025
New Zealand introduces new laws to govern space infrastructure
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -The New Zealand government passed legislation on Wednesday to regulate the use of ground-based space infrastructure following concerns about foreign actors using ...
Jul 22, 2025
