Aria Alamalhodaei

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: An “operational pause” at Virgin Orbit Behold: New moon suits! News from Project Kuiper and more CNBC broke the bombshell news that Virgin Orbit was pausing operations for at least a week while it looked for funding to support the business. As part...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Relativity scrubs first Terran 1 launch attempt Claims of age discrimination in hiring at Blue Origin News from Starfish Space and more Relativity Space called off the first launch attempt of the Terran 1 rocket last Wednesday, a little more than half an...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: The Chinese subsidiaries of U.S. VC firms investing in space tech ispace eyes April lunar landing News from Rocket Lab, United Launch Alliance and more Over at TC+, I have a new story about some outbound U.S. space investing. According to data reviewed...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! Today we’re thinking of the four astronauts heading to the International Space Station. See you guys soon! In this issue: Artificial gravity space station startup Vast makes its first acquisition Relativity Space sets a launch date News from Momentus, United Launch Alliance and more Vast acquires...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Intuitive Machines enters the public market Silicon Valley goes to war News from Transcelestial, Umbra and more Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines received far less cash from its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) than it forecasted, but despite this rocky start...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: 31 engines make fire A mission for Blue Origin’s New Glenn News from Rocket Lab, Seraphim and more The long-awaited static fire test of Starship’s Super Heavy Booster took place last week, with SpaceX managing to fire 31 Raptor 2 engines at full...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Voyager Space’s new funding Orbital Sidekick’s hyperspectral ambitions News from The Exploration Company, Capella Space, LeoLabs and more Voyager Space, a company developing a private space station, has raised $80.2 million in new capital. The new funding comes as Voyager continues its development...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Rocket Lab enters a new era with Virginia launch SpaceX moves closer to Starship’s first orbital flight test News from Quindar, AstroForge and more Rocket Lab — and the United States — got a major win this week with the company’s first Electron...

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will head to space twice this year, as it attempts to do what no other company has been able to before: unlock the potentially limitless value of precious minerals in deep space. When TechCrunch covered AstroForge’s seed round last April, we noted that the company...

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! I hate writing intros, so let’s get to it, shall we? In this issue: A startup tackling the “unsexy” parts-ordering workflows Space tech predictions from Seraphim Space News from Varda, ClearSpace and more There is very little room for error in aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing....