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Crew-7 Arrives on ISS Following NASA, SpaceX Launch


On Saturday, Aug. 26, SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station — each representing a different agency. This is the first SpaceX Crew mission where every member is from a different country.

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India P.M. Calls Safe Landing of Lunar Probe 'Dawn of a New Era'


Space workers in India celebrated Wednesday's landing of the nation's Chandrayaan-3 probe, making it the fourth nation to safely land a spacecraft on the Moon, and had their efforts lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "India is on the Moon," Modi boomed in a broadcast to the...

main header As India and Russia race to land spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, America’s space agency is staring down proposed budget cuts that could threaten its ambitions to return astronauts to the lunar surface.

As Russia, India Reach for Moon, NASA Supporters Work to Stop Budget Cuts


As India and Russia race to land spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, America’s space agency is staring down proposed budget cuts that could threaten its ambitions to return astronauts to the lunar surface.

main header An illustration of commercial satellites in low Earth orbit shows Space Systems Command's future Plans. Credit: Space Force

Pentagon Pivots with Big Bet on Commercial LEO Satellites


The Pentagon placed a big bet on commercial space services when it issued its first open-ended contracts worth as much as $900 million to 16 companies offering communications and remote sensing services from low-Earth orbit.

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While most people may think of ChatGPT or deep fake images when they hear “artificial intelligence”, AI methodologies are proving beneficial for a variety of applications, especially in data-heavy industries such as Earth observation.

As Global Satellite Data Expands, Space Companies Rely on AI

September 1, 2023

While most people may think of ChatGPT or deep fake images when they hear “artificial intelligence”, AI methodologies are proving beneficial for a variety of applications, especially in data-heavy industries such as Earth observation.

Crew-7 Arrives on ISS Following NASA, SpaceX Launch

August 27, 2023

On Saturday, Aug. 26, SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station — each representing a different agency. This is the first SpaceX Crew mission where every member is from a different country.

India P.M. Calls Safe Landing of Lunar Probe ‘Dawn of a New Era’

August 23, 2023

Space workers in India celebrated Wednesday’s landing of the nation’s Chandrayaan-3 probe, making it the fourth nation to safely land a spacecraft on the Moon, and had their efforts lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “India is on the Moon,” Modi boomed in a broadcast to the India’s 1.4 billion residents. The landing came as Modi was on a trip to South Africa, touting his nation as a model for growth at an economic conference also involving Brazil, Russia and China.

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Commercial Human Spaceflight, 2018-2022

Commercial human spaceflight revenues were estimated at $0.5 billion in 2022, which is reflected in the section below on human spaceflight.

Commercial human spaceflight revenues were estimated at $0.5 billion in 2022, which is reflected in this chart on human spaceflight.

Lunar-focused Company Performance

The two new lunar-focused companies that entered the market in the first half of 2023, Intuitive Machines and ispace, are showing a relative degree of stability in their share prices after some initial volatility in the early days. Intuitive Machines experienced a dramatic spike right around the time it completed its SPAC merger and began trading under the ticker LUNR on the Nasdaq Stock Market in late February 2023. The stock settled down within several weeks and traded around $8 from April onward, or 80% of the $10 nominal share price for the SPAC that took Intuitive Machines public.

The two new lunar-focused companies that entered the market in the first half of 2023, Intuitive Machines and ispace, are showing a relative degree of stability in their share prices after some initial volatility in the early days.

S-Network Space Index vs. Benchmark Indexes, H1 2023

In the first half of 2023, the S-Network Space Index (SNET SPACE) underperformed other benchmark indexes, declining 0.6%. This compares to a 17% increase for the S-Network U.S. Equity 3000 Index (SNET 3000), which tracks the 3,000 largest (by market capitalization) U.S. stocks.

In the first half of 2023, the S-Network Space Index (SNET SPACE) underperformed other benchmark indexes, declining 0.6%. This compares to a 17% increase for the S-Network U.S. Equity 3000 Index (SNET 3000), which tracks the 3,000 largest (by market capitalization) U.S. stocks.

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