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SpaceRyde, formerly Loonify, has released a video of the first test flight of its stratospheric balloon launch system.

A few weeks ago the Creative Destruction Lab’s (CDL) inaugural space stream had their first “super session”, where teams that had successfully made it through the competitive CDL process presented their technologies, people, and business model to the entire CDL business network, including Fellows, Associates, venture capitalists, scientists, and many others. 

If you’re a serial entrepreneur and you want to start a New Space company, what type of business should you start? Well, how about Gas Stations in Space?

What do you do when you’ve been a successful managing director at CITI Bank for 20 years based in Singapore and Australia? Naturally, you quit and start a rocket company.

The Creative Destruction Lab’s first Space Stream will graduate 13 companies this week after completing a nine month program.

It was just two months ago that Telesat announced that it had selected unproven, but well funded, Blue Origin as a launch partner for its low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Today, they’ve also selected startup Relativity Space to be a launch partner.

Dedicated space accelerator programs are beginning to pop-up across the globe. The latest one launching a new cohort this year is the Los Angeles based Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator.

Investment in space startups by angels and the venture community is growing at a rapid rate according to Space Angels, and that bodes well for the future of the commercial space sector.

Maritime Launch Services submitted its environmental Focus Report to Nova Scotia Environment on March 11 and yesterday it was posted online.

If the goals of the first InvestmentSpace was to attract investors, startups and to start a dialogue, then the event was a success.