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What ‘commercial space’ really means depends on who’s buying — and why

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo tug developed under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program approaches the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 in February. Credit: NASA ORLANDO, ...

Space Northwest teams up with Commercial Space Federation on business accelerator program

Watch this space: Initiative aims to provide guidance for up to 10 early-stage space businesses with local support from the City of Kent.
Aviation Week

Axiom Space To Invest $350M In Commercial Space Station, Spacesuit

HOUSTON—Axiom Space has announced $350 million in investments to develop a commercial successor to the International Space Station (ISS) and a new generation of spacesuits. The commercial space ...
SpaceNews

Commercial space’s critical role in the race to outpace adversaries

We’re in a race for space agility, and America is falling behind. Irresponsible weapons tests, such as Russia’s Nov 2021 destructive test of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile test, provided a ...
Defense One

Will Space Force shift contracts to commercial? ‘Everything’s on the table,' official says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative. “Nobody got a pass.

Chinese rocket sends 8 satellites into orbit; commercial space sector seeks increasing payload capacity, lower costs: expert

Chinese private space company CAS Space's Kinetica-1 Y14 carrier rocket blasted off at 11:44 am on Monday from Northwest ...

Commercial rockets shortlisted for Qingzhou cargo spacecraft launch service, a concrete step in China’s push to expand role of commercial space: analyst

China's commercial rocket companies have moved a step closer to participating in the country's space station cargo transport ...