The question of whether SpaceX’s Starship maiden launch last Thursday was a success or a failure is a matter of perspective.

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Airbus unveiled plans for private space station modules, Axiom Space said it will offer nations customized space programs, and Sierra Space and ILC Dover announced a strategic partnership to build inflatable stations and next-generation spacesuits to further commercial human spaceflight during the 38th Space Symposium in Colorado.

SpaceX’s massive Starship/Super Heavy rocket failed just under four minutes into its maiden flight on Thursday, resulting in a fireball over the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast.

Welcome to this week’s S-SPACⁱ. Rocket Lab has entered the hypersonic market, BigBear.ai stockholders resells shares, and three space SPACs had payloads aboard SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare mission.

The Virgin Group is looking to sell bankrupt launch provider Virgin Orbit next month, according to court documents.

SpaceX scrubbed the maiden flight test of its Starship/Super Heavy booster on Monday due to a frozen valve at the start of a busy two-week period that could see the company conduct five launches.

On April 17, 2023 SpaceX scrubbed the maiden flight test of its Starship/Super Heavy booster due to a pressurization issue with the first stage. SpaceX has announced that the next attempt will be made on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

BigBear.ai’s fourth quarter revenue increase year over year by 20.6% from $33.5 million to $40.4 million. The company’s revenues for 2022 increased to $155 million, which was a $9.4 million increase from $145.6 million in 2021.

Space-as-a-service satellite manufacturer Sidus Space saw its revenue increase from $1.4 million in 2021 to $7.3 million in 2022.

With an increasing number of launches, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it is “taking steps to optimize and equitably manage the airspace in the vicinity of launch sites” using a “Set of objective factors” in order to minimize disruptions ahead of a busy summer travel season.

In two weeks, ispace will attempt to boldly go where no private company has landed before: the surface of the moon. The Japanese exploration company has set April 25, 2023, as the earliest landing date for its HAKUTO-R spacecraft.