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.

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has successfully shipped twin satellites to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre located in Florida for an upcoming launch into orbit.

Aerospace company Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) has officially completed construction of their new state of the art manufacturing facility located in Arizona.

Space technology company MDA Space (TSX:MDA) has announced they have been awarded $1 billion from the Canadian Space Agency.

Aerospace company Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) has announced they are officially preparing for their second ever trip to the moon later this year.

Varda Space has purpose built a satellite and reentry vehicle that can bring materials back safely from space, unlocking microgravity biotech research.

Starship finally getting into orbit is enormous validation for the space exploration and rocket technology developed by SpaceX.

Interlune has developed patent pending technology that uses small machines to excavate lunar soil and extract Helium-3 from the moon.

Fleet Space and Stanford’s Mineral-X have announced a new research collaboration to accelerate energy transition metals discoveries with satellite technology.