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The SpaceX veterans at Impulse Space are joining Relativity Space to launch the first commercial mission to Mars in late 2024. We spoke with Impulse's COO Barry Matsumori to learn more. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Today is International Moon Day and the 53rd anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on NASA’s famed Apollo 11 mission. It’s is also yet another day NASA has attempted to set dates for the oft-delayed Artemis I mission.

NASA’s schedule for the Artemis program was always unrealistic at the funding levels it had to work with. Now comes another delay, this time for NASA’s VIPER lunar rover mission.

If all goes to plan, the Department of National Defence’s (DND) trio of ‘Gray Jay’ microsatellites will be launched into Low Earth orbit in the fourth quarter of 2023. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

In the last couple of days a trio of industry reports has been released from Euroconsult, Space Capital, and Bryce, sources we track. Here’s a glimpse into each report.

Student rocketry is becoming an increasingly important source of engineers for companies looking for innovation. Two of the most important student rocketry events are happening right around this time: the Spaceport America Cup just concluded, and the new Launch Canada Rocket Innovation Challenge is happening in early August as part of the Stardust Festival in Cochrane Ontario. These and other events are are helping to …

MDA announced yesterday it had secured yet another antenna contract, this time with Denver based York Space Systems.

Among the first science images from the deep-space James Webb Space Telescope was an incredible Canadian feat, finding water molecules in the exoplanet WASP-96 b.

Today NASA and its partners, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency released another four first images from the newly commissioned and fully operational James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The first image of the James Webb Space Telescope did not disappoint. Although it’s just one sample of what the telescope can achieve, it is stunning.