Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has successfully completed testing and integration of its Pioneer spacecraft to be used by pharma company Varda in-space.

BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) has won a United States Navy research contract to explore new applications for optical intersatellite link terminals.

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has successfully launched their most recent Electron mission from Mahia, New Zealand and has also deployed five more satellites.

Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) has announced they have been awarded the Near Space Network contract from NASA that has a maximum value of up to $4.82 billion.

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) has successfully launched their first five commercial satellites into orbit from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Space infrastructure company Redwire (NYSE: RDW) has officially acquired spacecraft development company Hera Systems that specializes in national security.

Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) has won a new contract from NASA to deliver multiple science and technology payloads to the Moon’s South Pole.

Publicly traded aerospace and space exploration companies have been making a flurry of new moves recently, spurring a new excitement in space stocks.

Planet Labs (NYSE: PL) has entered into a new deal with the NATO Communications and Information Agency to leverage their high resolution satellite data.

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has raised $40 million in a new Series A financing round led by Nova Threshold.