# SpaceFOMO
*2026-03-24 · spacefomo.com*

SpaceFOMO is a commercial space intelligence platform tracking 42 organizations, 14 events, 38 spacecraft, and 17 technologies across the NewSpace economy. FOMO scores (0–100) reflect current momentum based on funding activity, launch cadence, and media velocity. This file is a teaser — top 10 per category. Full dataset at spacefomo.com/export.

## Top 10 Organizations by FOMO score (of 42 tracked)

### Hyperjet Fusion
*Propulsion · series_a · Manchester, United Kingdom · $25M raised · FOMO 92*
> Fusion power for Mars and beyond.
UK fusion propulsion for deep space; direct fusion drive prototype tested.
Focus: fusion-propulsion
→ spacefomo.com/orgs/hyperjet-fusion

### Xona Space Systems
*Satellites · series_b · San Mateo, United States · $150M raised · FOMO 91*
> Unhackable navigation from space.
LEO PNT constellation (alternative GPS). $92M Series B, Pulsar-0 launched.
Focus: pnt, leo-gps

### Space Solar
*Infrastructure · pre_seed · Harwell, United Kingdom · FOMO 90*
> Unlimited clean power from space.
UK space-based solar power; GEO collectors beaming RF to Earth for net-zero energy.
Focus: sbsp
→ spacefomo.com/orgs/space-solar

### Apex Space
*Satellites · series_c_plus · Los Angeles, United States · $200M raised · FOMO 88*
> Lego for satellites.
Modular satellite buses. Common interface for rapid assembly.
Focus: modular-sat, sat-buses

### Sierra Space
*Infrastructure · series_c_plus · Louisville, United States · $1.8B raised · FOMO 88*
> Space transportation and habitats for the new space economy.
Develops Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo resupply, Orbital Reef station, and inflatable habitats (LIFE tech) for future space infrastructure.
Focus: spaceplanes, habitats, orbital-reef
→ spacefomo.com/orgs/sierra-space

### True Anomaly
*Defense · series_a · Centennial, United States · $200M raised · FOMO 87*
> Jackal for space superiority.
US space domain awareness; autonomous orbital interceptors.
Focus: sda, orbital-maneuver

### Galactic Energy
*Launch · series_d · Beijing, China · $742M raised · FOMO 85*
> Affordable rideshare launches from China.
Chinese small-lift rocket developer with Ceres-1 and Pallas-1 vehicles; multiple orbital successes, focusing on commercial responsive launch.
Focus: small-launch, responsive
→ spacefomo.com/orgs/galactic-energy

### Iceye
*Intelligence · series_d · Vantaa, Finland · $480M raised · FOMO 84*
> SAR imaging on demand, anywhere.
Finnish SAR constellation for disaster response and maritime; 30+ sats.
Focus: sar

### Cognitive Space
*Services · series_a · Los Angeles, United States · $25M raised · FOMO 83*
> AI brains for satellite fleets.
AI autonomy for satellite constellations. Real-time collision avoidance.
Focus: sat-autonomy

### Array Labs
*Intelligence · series_b · Palo Alto, United States · $60M raised · FOMO 82*
> Motion imaging from space.
Spaceborne radar for 3D velocity mapping. Maritime domain awareness.
Focus: space-radar, maritime

## Top 10 Events by FOMO score (of 14 tracked)

### Starship IFT-10: First In-Orbit Propellant Transfer Demo
*launch · scheduled · 2026-05-20 · FOMO 97*
SpaceX attempts to transfer cryogenic propellant between two Starships in LEO, a critical path milestone for Artemis.
Tags: Starship, Refueling, Artemis
→ spacefomo.com/events/starship-ift-10-launch

### Venus Life Finder Probe Enters Venus Atmosphere
*milestone · scheduled · 2026-12-25 · FOMO 92*
The VLF probe arrives at Venus and begins a 3-minute descent through the cloud layer to scan for organic molecules.
Tags: Venus, Astrobiology, Rocket Lab
→ spacefomo.com/events/vlf-1-atmospheric-entry

### Firefly Blue Ghost Completes First Fully Successful Commercial Moon Landing
*landing · success · 2025-03-02 · FOMO 91*
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander touched down at Mare Crisium on March 2, 2025 — the first fully successful commercial soft landing on the Moon. All 10 NASA CLPS science payloads powered on and collected data over a 14-day surface mission (346 hours), transmitting 120 GB back to Earth. The mission concluded March 16 when batteries depleted at lunar sunset.
Tags: lunar-landing, CLPS, Firefly, commercial-moon, Artemis, NASA
→ spacefomo.com/events/blue-ghost-m1-lunar-landing

### New Glenn NG-2 Achieves Full Mission Success, Lands Booster at Sea
*launch · success · 2025-11-13 · FOMO 88*
Blue Origin's second New Glenn flight on November 13, 2025 achieved full mission success: the ESCAPADE twin spacecraft were deployed to their loiter orbit en route to Mars, and the first stage booster "Never Tell Me the Odds" landed on the Jacklyn platform vessel in the Atlantic — making Blue Origin only the second company ever to recover an orbital-class booster. The flight certified New Glenn for NASA and set up future Blue Moon lunar lander missions.
Tags: New-Glenn, Blue-Origin, booster-landing, ESCAPADE, Mars, reusability
→ spacefomo.com/events/new-glenn-ng2-success

### NASA Rolls SLS + Orion Stack to Launch Pad 39B for Artemis II
*milestone · success · 2026-03-19 · FOMO 87*
After helium leak repairs and final close-outs, NASA began the ~4-mile rollout of the fully stacked SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center. Rollout started ~8 p.m. EDT March 19 (delayed slightly by winds) and is expected to complete within 12 hours. This positions the vehicle for the April 1 targeted crewed lunar flyby: the first humans around the Moon since Apollo 17.
Tags: artemis, sls, rollout, kennedy-space-center, lunar
→ spacefomo.com/events/artemis-2-sls-rollout-mar2026

### Starship Flight 8: Booster Caught, Ship 34 Lost Over Atlantic
*test_fire · partial_success · 2025-03-06 · FOMO 82*
SpaceX's eighth Starship flight test on March 6, 2025 achieved a third consecutive Super Heavy booster catch at Starbase (Mechazilla), but Ship 34 lost attitude control 8 minutes into ascent due to Raptor engine failures and broke apart over the Bahamas/Atlantic, triggering FAA ground stops at Florida airports. Root cause: hardware failure in a Raptor engine causing propellant mixing. FAA closed the mishap investigation June 12, 2025 after SpaceX identified 8 corrective actions.
Tags: Starship, SpaceX, Raptor, booster-catch, RUD, FAA
→ spacefomo.com/events/starship-flight-8

### NASA X-59 Completes Second Test Flight Despite In-Flight Issue
*milestone · partial_success · 2026-03-20 · FOMO 82*
NASA's X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic demonstrator flew its second test mission on March 20 from Edwards AFB, California, lasting ~1 hour at speeds up to 260 mph and 20,000 ft. A cockpit warning prompted early termination, but the aircraft landed safely after envelope expansion objectives. This advances validation of low-boom tech for future overland supersonic travel.[web:33][web:35]
Tags: x-59, quesst, supersonic, edwards-afb, test-flight
→ spacefomo.com/events/nasa-x59-second-flight-mar2026

### Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena Lander Tips Over at Lunar South Pole
*anomaly · partial_success · 2025-03-06 · FOMO 74*
Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander Athena touched down at Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole on March 6, 2025 — the southernmost lunar landing ever — but settled on its side inside a small crater ~250 m from the target site after an altimeter failure. Power depleted within 13 hours. NASA's PRIME-1 drill could not operate, though 250 MB of data was returned. The company's second consecutive sideways landing.
Tags: lunar-landing, CLPS, anomaly, IM-2, south-pole, water-ice
→ spacefomo.com/events/im-2-athena-anomaly

### NASA Astronauts Complete U.S. Spacewalk 94 to Prep for New Solar Arrays
*milestone · success · 2026-03-18 · FOMO 72*
On March 18 astronauts Jessica Meir (4th EVA) and Chris Williams (1st EVA) conducted the first U.S. spacewalk of 2026 from the Quest airlock. They prepared the 2A power channel for future IROSA rollout solar array installation. The 6.5-hour EVA successfully completed all primary tasks. Spacewalk 95 (3B channel prep) is scheduled for the coming days.
Tags: iss, spacewalk, irosa, eva
→ spacefomo.com/events/iss-us-spacewalk-94-mar2026

### 7-Ton Meteor Explodes Over Northeast Ohio, Sonic Boom Heard Across Multiple States
*discovery · success · 2026-03-17 · FOMO 68*
At ~8:56 a.m. EDT March 17 a ~6-ft, 7-ton meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere over Lake Erie traveling ~45,000 mph. It fragmented over Medina County, Ohio, releasing energy equivalent to ~250 tons of TNT and generating a pressure wave felt as loud booms and shaking homes across northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and parts of 10+ states. NASA’s fireball network confirmed the event; potential meteorites may have reached the ground in a strewn field south of Valley City.
Tags: meteor, fireball, ohio, sonic-boom, meteorite
→ spacefomo.com/events/northeast-ohio-meteor-fireball-mar2026

## Programs (10 shown)

### Artemis
*active*
NASA program to return humans to the Moon and establish a sustainable lunar presence. Uses SLS/Orion for crewed lunar transit, HLS (SpaceX Starship) for surface landing. Gateway lunar station planned.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/artemis-program

### Blue Ghost
*active*
Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander program under NASA CLPS. Blue Ghost Mission 1 made history March 2025 as first fully successful commercial Moon landing. Annual cadence planned. Mission 2 targets Moon farside via Elytra orbital vehicle.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/blue-ghost-program

### Blue Moon
*active*
Blue Origin's lunar lander program. Blue Moon Mk1 is an uncrewed cargo lander targeting 2026 launch on New Glenn. Blue Moon Mk2 is the crewed Artemis HLS lander contracted by NASA.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/blue-moon-program

### Commercial Crew Program
*active*
NASA program certifying and funding commercial crew transportation to the ISS. SpaceX Crew Dragon is the primary provider following Boeing Starliner's anomaly and return without crew.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/commercial-crew-program

### Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
*active*
NASA program contracting commercial companies to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface. Companies include Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, Firefly Aerospace.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/clps-program

### DAVINCI
*active*
Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging. NASA Discovery Program mission to send an orbiter and descent probe to Venus. Will be first Venus atmosphere entry since Soviet Vega probes in 1985.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/davinci-program

### EnVision
*active*
ESA's flagship Venus orbiter mission. Will map surface, subsurface, and atmosphere at unprecedented detail. Launches ~2031 on Ariane 6. Complements NASA's DAVINCI and covers the orbital/radar science DAVINCI doesn't do.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/envision-program

### Haven Station
*active*
Vast's commercial space station program. Haven-1 is the minimum viable single-module station launching NET Q1 2027. Haven-2 is the multi-module ISS replacement targeting continuous crew presence by 2030.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/haven-program

### Helios OTV
*active*
Impulse Space's high-energy orbital transfer vehicle for rapid GEO/MEO delivery. Deneb engine burns methalox. Can move large payloads from LEO to GEO in hours rather than months. First commercial customer: SES for multi-launch agreement.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/helios-program

### International Space Station
*active*
Joint US-Russia-Europe-Japan-Canada orbital laboratory operational since 2000. Planned for deorbit in 2030 via SpaceX-built deorbit vehicle. Congress pushing for extension to 2032.
→ spacefomo.com/programs/iss-program

## Spacecraft (10 shown of 38 tracked)

### ADRAS-J
*other · operational*
Active Debris Removal by Astroscale Japan. First spacecraft to perform proximity operations around a large piece of uncontrolled orbital debris, a 3-tonne Japanese H-IIA rocket body. Demonstrated station-keeping and inspection at close range in 2024.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/adras-j

### Alpha
*launch_vehicle · operational · 54,000 kg*
Small-lift orbital rocket. 1,000 kg to LEO. Had a rough start (two anomalies) but reached operational status 2023. Uses in-house Reaver and Lightning engines on LOX/RP-1. Competes with Rocket Lab Electron for smallsat market.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/alpha-rocket

### Aries Satellite Bus
*cubesat · operational · 100 kg*
Productized 100 kg satellite bus platform with up to 150 kg payload capacity. Set world record for fastest clean-sheet-to-orbit satellite. Built for Anduril, BAE Systems, and commercial remote sensing customers. Production rate targeting 18 per month.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/apex-aries

### Athena (IM-2)
*lander · destroyed*
Nova-C class lunar lander. Reached the southernmost point ever for a lunar landing at Mons Mouton in March 2025, but tipped sideways inside a crater after an altimeter failure. Second consecutive sideways landing for Intuitive Machines.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/athena-im2

### Blue Ghost
*lander · operational · 750 kg*
Commercial lunar lander under NASA CLPS. Mission 1 completed the first fully successful commercial Moon landing in March 2025 at Mare Crisium. 45 m3 payload volume, 400W power, LEROS-4 main engine. Designed for annual missions.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/blue-ghost

### Blue Moon
*lander · in_development*
NASA Artemis Human Landing System. Selected to land astronauts on the lunar south pole.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/blue-moon

### Blue Ring
*orbiter · operational*
Multi-mission space vehicle for in-space transportation, hosted payloads, and power delivery. First flew as DarkSky-1 pathfinder on NG-1 in Jan 2025. Supports 4,000 kg payload across 13 ports with 3,000 m/s delta-v capability.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/blue-ring

### Cassini
*orbiter · destroyed · 2,523 kg*
NASA/ESA/ASI flagship mission to Saturn. Orbited Saturn 294 times over 13 years. Grand Finale: intentional atmospheric entry Sep 15 2017. Discovered Enceladus ocean plumes and Titan lakes.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/cassini

### Dragon
*crew_capsule · operational · 12,519 kg*
Reusable crew and cargo spacecraft. Primary ISS crew transport under NASA Commercial Crew.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/dragon-crew

### Dragon Cargo
*crew_capsule · operational · 10,455 kg*
Reusable cargo variant of Dragon. Delivers supplies and experiments to ISS and returns samples to Earth. Only operational spacecraft capable of returning significant cargo from orbit.
→ spacefomo.com/spacecraft/dragon-cargo

## Technologies (10 shown of 17 tracked)

### propulsion
**Ion propulsion** → spacefomo.com/tech/ion-propulsion: Electric propulsion using ionized xenon or krypton. Extremely high Isp (1500–10000s) but very low thrust. Dominant for deep space and station-keeping.
**Methalox propulsion** → spacefomo.com/tech/methalox: Liquid methane / liquid oxygen propellant combination. Higher Isp than RP-1, full reusability potential, Mars ISRU compatible. Used in Raptor, BE-4, Prometheus.
**Nuclear thermal propulsion** → spacefomo.com/tech/nuclear-thermal-propulsion: NTP: nuclear reactor heats propellant (typically LH2) for high Isp (~900s). DARPA DRACO program, NASA MEATBALL. Key Mars mission enabler.
**Reusability** → spacefomo.com/tech/reusability: Rocket stage recovery and reflight. Propulsive landing (Falcon 9, Starship), parachute recovery, or wing-based return. Core economics driver for new space.
**Solar electric propulsion** → spacefomo.com/tech/solar-electric-propulsion: SEP: large solar arrays power ion or Hall effect thrusters. Used on Dawn, Starlink, commercial GEO satellites. Power-limited in outer solar system.
### materials
**Aerogel insulation** → spacefomo.com/tech/aerogel: Lowest-density solid material. Extreme thermal insulation. Used in Mars Perseverance (MOXIE insulation), Venus probe thermal protection concepts.
**Carbon fiber reinforced polymer** → spacefomo.com/tech/cfrp: CFRP: lightweight, high-strength composite. Dominant in modern launch vehicle structures. Lower density than aluminum with higher specific strength.
**Inconel** → spacefomo.com/tech/inconel: Nickel-chromium superalloy. Maintains strength at extreme temperatures. Used in Raptor engine turbopumps, combustion chambers, heat shields.
**PICA-X heat shield** → spacefomo.com/tech/pica-x: SpaceX variant of NASA's Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator. Used on Dragon capsule. Ablative TPS — chars and erodes, carrying heat away.
### science
**Atmospheric entry** → spacefomo.com/tech/atmospheric-entry: Aerocapture, direct entry, and skip entry dynamics. Heat shield sizing, peak heating rates, deceleration profiles. Key for Venus, Mars, and Earth reentry.

## Engineering Tools (10 shown)

### cfd
**ANSYS Fluent** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/ansys-fluent: Industry-standard commercial CFD. Dominant in established primes (Boeing, Lockheed, Airbus). $50k+/seat. Most NewSpace startups use OpenFOAM or Star-CCM+ instead.
**OpenFOAM** [open_source] → spacefomo.com/tools/openfoam: Open source CFD toolbox. Most widely used open CFD solver in aerospace R&D. C++ library. Large community, poor UX, very capable.
**Star-CCM+** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/star-ccm-plus: Siemens CFD solver. Competitive with Fluent. Slightly better meshing UX. Used by Rocket Lab, some EU launch startups.
### fea
**ANSYS Mechanical** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/ansys-mechanical: Structural FEA. Standard for aerospace structural analysis. Modal, harmonic, transient dynamics. Pairs with Fluent for FSI.
**Nastran** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/nastran: NASA-originated FEA solver. MSC Nastran and NX Nastran variants. Dominant in legacy aerospace. Required by many NASA contracts.
### mission_analysis
**GMAT** [open_source] → spacefomo.com/tools/gmat: General Mission Analysis Tool. NASA open source. Full-featured trajectory design, maneuver optimization, spacecraft propagation. Python scriptable.
**Orekit** [open_source] → spacefomo.com/tools/orekit: Java space mechanics library. Highly accurate propagators (Eckstein-Hechler, Runge-Kutta). Used by ESA, CNES, many European NewSpace startups.
**STK** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/stk: Systems Tool Kit (AGI/Ansys). Industry standard for orbital analysis, coverage, access windows, sensor modeling. $50k+/seat. Free academic license.
**poliastro** [open_source] → spacefomo.com/tools/poliastro: Python astrodynamics library. Quick trajectory calculations, Hohmann transfers, Lambert arcs. Good for prototyping before STK/GMAT.
### cad
**CATIA** [commercial] → spacefomo.com/tools/catia: Dassault Systèmes MBSE and CAD platform. Dominant in prime contractors. Required by many aerospace supply chain partners. CATIA V5 and V6 (3DEXPERIENCE).

## People (10 shown of 13 tracked)

### Bence Mátyás
*founder · CEO & Co-founder, Genesis SFL*
Co-founder and CEO of Genesis SFL. Building autonomous reentry capsules for microgravity research. Based in Croatia — one of the few NewSpace founders in the Western Balkans.
→ spacefomo.com/people/bence-matyas

### Sebastian Klaus
*founder · CEO, ATMOS Space Cargo*
CEO of ATMOS Space Cargo. Leading development of the PHOENIX inflatable reentry capsule for cargo return from LEO. ESA BIC alumni.
→ spacefomo.com/people/sebastian-klaus

### Daniel Pérez Grande
*founder · CEO, IENAI Space*
CEO of IENAI Space. Electrospray electric propulsion pioneer — first IENAI thruster reached orbit on Firefly Alpha. PhD in aerospace engineering.
→ spacefomo.com/people/daniel-perez-grande

### Sara Seager
*scientist · Professor of Planetary Science, MIT*
MIT astrophysicist and planetary scientist. PI of the Venus Life Finder mission. Pioneered the field of exoplanet atmospheric characterization. Class of 1941 Professor at MIT.
→ spacefomo.com/people/sara-seager

### Geoffrey Landis
*scientist · NASA Scientist & Science Fiction Author*
NASA Glenn Research Center scientist specializing in Venus atmospheric flight and Mars solar power. Hugo Award-winning SF author. Key figure in the Venus aerial platform concept.
→ spacefomo.com/people/geoffrey-landis

### Janusz Petkowski
*researcher · Research Scientist, MIT*
MIT astrobiologist. Co-investigator on Venus Life Finder. Research focus: phosphine detection, atmospheric chemistry, and biosignature frameworks for Venus.
→ spacefomo.com/people/janusz-petkowski

### Jim Garvin
*scientist · Chief Scientist, NASA Goddard*
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Scientist. Venus mission advocate and principal investigator on multiple planetary science missions including DAVINCI+.
→ spacefomo.com/people/jim-garvin

### Chad Anderson
*investor · Managing Partner, Space Capital*
Founder and Managing Partner of Space Capital. Author of "The Space Economy". Pioneer in space-focused venture capital, backing companies like Rocket Lab, Planet, and Spire.
→ spacefomo.com/people/chad-anderson

### Tess Hatch
*investor · Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners*
Partner at BVP focusing on frontier tech and aerospace. Board member at Spire, Rocket Lab, and Phantom Space. Aerospace engineer turned VC.
→ spacefomo.com/people/tess-hatch

### Shahin Farshchi
*investor · General Partner, Lux Capital*
General Partner at Lux Capital investing in space, robotics, and deep tech. Backed Planet, Relativity Space, and Hadrian.
→ spacefomo.com/people/shahin-farshchi

## Intelligence Sources (10 shown)

**SpaceX** (press_release · reliability 100%): SpaceX official mission updates and press releases. https://spacex.com
**ESA** (government · reliability 100%): European Space Agency official news. https://esa.int
**Rocket Lab** (press_release · reliability 100%): Rocket Lab mission updates, press releases, and investor news. https://rocketlabusa.com
**Blue Origin** (press_release · reliability 100%): Blue Origin official mission and company updates. https://blueorigin.com
**Firefly Aerospace** (press_release · reliability 100%): Firefly Aerospace official news including Blue Ghost mission updates. https://fireflyspace.com
**Vast** (press_release · reliability 100%): Vast Space official updates on Haven-1 development and commercial station progress. https://vastspace.com
**Axiom Space** (press_release · reliability 100%): Axiom Space press releases covering private astronaut missions and station development. https://axiomspace.com
**Stoke Space** (press_release · reliability 100%): Stoke Space updates on Nova development, engine tests, and launch complex progress. https://stokespace.com
**Impulse Space** (press_release · reliability 100%): Impulse Space updates on Mira and Helios OTV missions and contracts. https://impulsespace.com
**NASA** (government · reliability 100%): Official NASA news, mission updates, and press releases. https://nasa.gov

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