Space Initiatives Inc

07/22/2026

NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission
by Jeff Foust
I feel for team Draper. They have worked very hard on this.

https://spacenews.com/nasa-terminates-draper-lunar-lander-mission/

06/13/2026

REMORA: Autonomous fleet-based asteroid rendezvous missions

Asteroids preserve the solar system's earliest history and pose real threats to Earth. Strengthening the UK's capabilities to detect, track, and characterise Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) is vital for national security, world-leading planetary science, and future space resource opportunities. The UK has...

06/09/2026

Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit
Officials say civil-military overlap with NASA grows as lunar activity accelerates

Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit

05/15/2026

This is a major major plum for IM.

Intuitive Machines to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (“Goonhilly”) has today announced that it will be acquired by leading space infrastructure company Intuitive Machines, subject to regulatory approval.

12/17/2025

Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment

The STP-S30 mission will test flat, disk-shaped smallsat design for sustained operations in very low orbit

Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment

12/06/2025

China Outlines Future Plans in New Video, Including Finding Earth 2.0
By Matthew Williams

These plans include a radio astronomy experiment destined for the far side of the Moon, a solar observatory that will investigate space weather, a space telescope that will monitor black holes and neutron stars, and an exoplanet-hunting satellite that will search for Earth-like planets.

A video that appeared on CGTN's Hot Take details four missions that China will be sending to space in the coming years, including a survey telescope that will search for Earth 2.0.