MDA Space generated significantly more revenue than Intuitive in 2025. It's also expected to generate as much as $1.9 billion in 2026, while Intuitive expects sales to range between $900 million and $1 billion. Also, MDA Space has a backlog of $3.7 billion, while Intuitive's is less than $1 billion.

As the larger aerospace industry continues to grow, space technology companies are pursuing innovations for in-space manufacturing. This technology includes producing and/or assembling structures or other items in orbit, or otherwise in a lower gravity ...

Rocket Lab has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California-based Motiv Space Systems, adding space robotics and precision spacecraft mechanism technologies to its space systems portfolio.

Solar farms in orbit, nuclear power on the moon, space elevators and interstellar travel — which might we see happen first? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. World Space Week this ...

KTOS pushes deeper into space communications with software-based ground systems like OpenSpace, aiming for flexible, scalable control of complex satellite networks.

World Space Week, held each year from October 4–10, is the largest global celebration of space science and technology. Established by the United Nations in 1999, it highlights how space exploration contributes to the betterment of life on Earth and ...

Some of today’s most ubiquitous appliances for compact living have rather unexpected backstories. Case in point: We can thank NASA for the Dustbuster. Welcome to Origin Story, a series that chronicles the lesser-known histories of designs that have ...

Innovations in satellite, telescope and spacecraft technology are not only essential to space exploration, but are also helping to better monitor and mitigate climate change on Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next? The systems flying today are the result of years (or ...

Space could be a $1.8 trillion opportunity, and these two companies are positioning themselves to grab a big piece of the action.