Sierra Space

Sierra Space has completed a key test of its inflatable space habitat, as the company progresses toward launching and operating a private space station with Blue Origin before the end…

Successful failure: Sierra Space’s inflatable habitat blows up as planned

Sierra Space is joining Rocket Lab as a current or formerly VC-backed space company to land a major satellite deal with the military.

Sierra Space joins defense primes in landing massive military satellite contract

Sierra Space has raised $290 million in a Series B round to scale its Dream Chaser spaceplane and commercial space station projects, bringing its valuation to $5.3 billion. The company…

Sierra Space raises $290M at a $5.3B valuation

Orbital Reef, the in-progress private space station headed by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, is coming to the big screen. The companies announced today that the space station will be…

Blue Origin’s private space station is starring in a new movie — but it’s firmly grounded for now

Rocket Lab and Sierra Space have signed separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to explore how their respective flight systems — Rocket Lab’s Electron and Neutron rockets,…

Rocket Lab, Sierra Space sign agreements under US military’s rocket cargo project
Space

Max Q: Scrubbed

3:00 pm PDT • August 30, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Max Q. I’m writing to you from Florida, where NASA scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt of the Artemis I mission. In this issue: NASA’s Artemis I…

Max Q: Scrubbed
Space

Max Q: All eyes on Astra

3:00 pm PDT • March 21, 2022

Hi folks, welcome back to Max Q. This week we have news on rockets both small (Astra’s Rocket 3.3) and very, very large (NASA’s Space Launch System). Plus further fallout…

Max Q: All eyes on Astra

It feels odd to be living in a time when companies are announcing their plans to develop commercial space stations and yet, here we are!

Max Q: Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing and others stake out space real estate

The orbital real estate rush is just getting started as Sierra Space released more details on its plans to launch a private space station, with news that Blue Origin and…

Blue Origin, Boeing and others join Sierra Space to build commercial space station