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Impulse Space raises $500M to build ultra-mobile spacecraft fleet for “true space age”

Impulse Space—founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX’s first employee—has raised $500 million to develop its “ultra-mobile” spacecraft fleet, positioning the company’s architecture as a platform meant to reshape how the space economy is built and scaled.

2026-06-02T05:11:12.088754-07:00

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Voyager Technologies to buy lunar lander developer Astrobotic in up-to-$300M deal

2026-06-02T05:18:22.614963-07:00

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NASA withdraws ISS-to-commercial transition “core module” concept, keeps CLD program unchanged

2026-06-02T01:11:19.244339-07:00

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Venturi Space commits €250M for a new 16,000 m² Toulouse technology center to develop lunar/Mars mobility systems and assemble i

2026-06-02T00:41:57.780683-07:00

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Voyager Technologies to buy lunar lander developer Astrobotic in up-to-$300M deal Voyager Technologies has agreed to acquire Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and reusable suborbital rockets, in a transaction valued at up to $300 million. The purchase is positioned to strengthen Voyager’s delivery, power, and reusable-launch strategy for U.S. lunar plans.

2026-06-02T05:18:22.614963-07:00

Voyager Technologies to buy lunar lander developer Astrobotic in up-to-$300M deal

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Impulse Space raises $500M to build ultra-mobile spacecraft fleet for “true space age” Impulse Space—founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX’s first employee—has raised $500 million to develop its “ultra-mobile” spacecraft fleet, positioning the company’s architecture as a platform meant to reshape how the space economy is built and scaled.

2026-06-02T05:11:12.088754-07:00

Impulse Space raises $500M to build ultra-mobile spacecraft fleet for “true space age”

SpaceWatch Global

Opinion: Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2026 underscores shift from “ambition” to implementation in space resources A month after Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2026, the clearest signal is a sector-wide move away from aspirational planning toward execution. The piece argues the global space resources agenda is now being tested by practical delivery—turning concepts into operable capability rather than declarations of intent.

2026-06-02T03:21:20.644019-07:00

Opinion: Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2026 underscores shift from “ambition” to implementation in space resources

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NASA withdraws ISS-to-commercial transition “core module” concept, keeps CLD program unchanged NASA has pulled back on a March proposal to overhaul its strategy for transitioning from the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial stations, abandoning a “core module” concept for commercial space-station development. NASA also signaled agreement with industry to keep the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development (CLD) program “as is.”

2026-06-02T01:11:19.244339-07:00

NASA withdraws ISS-to-commercial transition “core module” concept, keeps CLD program unchanged

SpaceWatch Global

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Venturi Space commits €250M for a new 16,000 m² Toulouse technology center to develop lunar/Mars mobility systems and assemble i Venturi Space plans a €250 million investment in France to build a 16,000 sq m technology center in Toulouse dedicated to designing and manufacturing critical technologies for lunar and Martian mobility. The facility will also serve as a production hub to assemble the company’s rovers.

2026-06-02T00:41:57.780683-07:00

Venturi Space commits €250M for a new 16,000 m² Toulouse technology center to develop lunar/Mars mobility systems and assemble i

The Economist

As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb SpaceX reportedly aims to raise about $75bn from investors in a Nasdaq IPO, with trading expected to start the next day after a June 11 share sale. The planned offering is framed alongside other mega-tech debut expectations, including Anthropic and OpenAI—raising questions about liquidity and appetite for unusually large public-market entrants.

2026-06-01T14:22:55.043034-07:00

As SpaceX eyes a $75bn Nasdaq IPO, market tests whether mega listings from SpaceX and AI firms (Anthropic, OpenAI) can be absorb

Bloomberg

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France signs two-mission deal with Vast for ISS and Haven-1 flights, using SpaceX crew capsules Vast has reached a French-government agreement to fly two French astronauts on Vast’s crewed missions, targeting the ISS and Haven-1 using SpaceX capsules. Announced through France’s Choose France Summit, the partnership coincides with Vast opening a Paris headquarters and setting a 2027 crewed-mission plan as NASA narrows station funding.

2026-06-01T13:45:26.558627-07:00

France signs two-mission deal with Vast for ISS and Haven-1 flights, using SpaceX crew capsules

Space Intel Report

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal Swissto12 says the undisclosed customer for its 7th small-GEO satellite is Viasat. The order expands Viasat’s Swissto12 HummingSat backlog to four spacecraft, following Viasat’s purchase of Inmarsat—adding another GEO node to its connectivity-focused satellite plans.

2026-06-01T07:41:14.725344-07:00

Viasat to buy Swissto12’s 7th small-GEO satellite, growing HummingSat orders to four after Inmarsat deal

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Impulse Space raises $500M to build ultra-mobile spacecraft fleet for “true space age”

Voyager Technologies to buy lunar lander developer Astrobotic in up-to-$300M deal

NASA withdraws ISS-to-commercial transition “core module” concept, keeps CLD program unchanged

Venturi Space commits €250M for a new 16,000 m² Toulouse technology center to develop lunar/Mars mobility systems and assemble i

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