In August 2023, Axiom Space secured $350 million in Series C funding led by Aljazira Capital and Boryung to advance development of its commercial low-Earth orbit platform, Axiom Station. The raise brought the company’s total investor backing to more than $505 million, as it prepares to launch the station’s first module to the ISS as early as 2026.

Beginning Feb. 12, STARBASE Maxwell pivoted its classroom focus to introduce future innovators to the Artemis program, the long-term mission aiming to return humans to the lunar surface. The mission also includes a milestone of the first woman and person of color establishing a sustainable lunar presence near the South Pole by 2026 or 2027.

Feb 27, 2026 // Diplomatic Courier’s Stephanie Gull brings you weekly under–the–radar stories from around the world. This week in the Hinterlands: Scientists around the world are exploring how AI can be used for space exploration.

While NASA’s ancien régime imposed a death sentence on the International Space Station, the super-icon can still be saved by NASA’s new wunderkind leader and by Congress.

Anyone who knows even a few facts about space probably knows the name Neil Armstrong, who was the first man on the moon, but if you are from Northwest Ohio, you may have more of an

Pittsburgh companies lead lunar exploration efforts

The space economy today is best understood not as a single industry but as a layered system, one that begins in Earth’s orbit, extends to the moon and beyond and increasingly delivers intelligence that informs decisions on Earth. Seen this way, space is no longer the final frontier. It is the next one, and it is already here.

Feb.23 - Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model for astronomical imaging that significantly enhances scientists' ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the cosmos. A cross-disciplinary research team from Tsinghua University developed the model,

As the United States accelerates its push for lunar dominance, nuclear power is emerging as the essential energy solution, but critical testing infrastructure on Earth remains elusive.

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