Tom Mueller built the rocket engines that gave Elon Musk outer space. Now, he's racing to create a fleet of cabs for the cosmos.

NASA has selected Relativity Space to build the rocket, spacecraft, and cruise-stage systems that will carry an agency science payload to Mars, with a 2028 launch target. Under the deal, NASA will ...

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Jan 14, 2026 at 8:15 am January 14, 2026 at 12:51 pm An artist’s conception shows a spacecraft with robotic arms ...

Redwire had previously targeted its Otter demo for 2027. Credit: Redwire Redwire has received $44 million from DARPA to build the Otter very-low-Earth-orbit (VLEO) spacecraft. VLEO is 90-250 km ...

The last time Jim Bridenstine shaped America’s space ambitions, he ran NASA. Now he is betting he can build the hardware for the next phase of the space race, and he wants public investors to fund it.

WASHINGTON — Spire Global has secured a contract from Deloitte to design, build and operate eight satellites that will support the consulting firm’s push into on-orbit cybersecurity, the companies ...

WASHINGTON — Belgian satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab has won a contract to build eight spacecraft for California-based startup Xona Space Systems, which is developing a commercial positioning, ...

As part of its plan to develop a private space station, Vast Space built and then launched a small demonstration spacecraft in early November. This vehicle then completed dozens of test objectives ...

Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build spacecraft that can be repaired, reused, or recycled instead of abandoned.

Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator. The company’s $170 ...