Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has been untouchable in the race to develop rockets capable of reaching orbit. Now they have set their sights on being the first company to the moon. The lucky first customer? GLXP contender Astrobotic. Irene Klotz at Discovery News 

Eight New GLXP Teams

The Google Lunar XPrize roster has grown steadily ever since it was announced. Now, the XPrize Foundation has released its current official roster, revealing eight more brand new teams. Press Release at XPrize  

More Money For Commercial Space 

Not all of the news from Washington is bad. President Obama has requested more money for commercial space in the FY2012 budget. Now, let's see what happens when Congress gets their say. Jonathan Amos at BBC

XCOR Sells Seats 

XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research Institute have signed the first ever commercial reusable suborbital vehicle scientific flight contract, in which SwRI will pay for six Lynx flights. Press Release at XCOR 

CCDev2 Competitors Announced

There are dozens of commercial and NewSpace companies out there competing for NASA's Commercial Crew and Development Program. Now, NASA has chosen six companies to make proposals for CCDev round 2. Amy Svitak at SpaceNews

SpaceX Rated

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has been listed in the Top 50 Most Innovative by MIT's Technology Review. Compilation by Technology Review

Take a Look Around 

Lori Garver spent some time this month to check out Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser protoptype and to tour the facilities at Bigelow Aerospace. Elise Trivers at Daily Camera

Save the Date 

Orbital Sciences has reserved payload capacity on Iridium Communications Inc.'s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. Press Release at Iridium

The Great Isle of Man 

Market research firm, Futron Corporation, has done some research on the Isle of Man space industry, and come up with some surprising results. Press Release at Futron 

Pomerantz Joins VG

After years of working for the XPrize Foundation, Will Pomerantz has left the organization and joined Virgin Galactic as Vice President of Special Projects. Doug Messier at Parabolic Arc 

Martinez Appoints New Board 

Governor Martinez has appointed a new board for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. Press Release by Martinez

How to Make Space Stations, and Money 

Bigelow Aerospace is on the verge of putting dozens of inflatable space habitats into orbit. It sounds like something out of science fiction, but for Bob Bigelow it is very real. George Knapp at 8NewsNow

NewSpace TedX Event in NY   

The newly renovated Hotel Beacon NYC will be hosting a NewSpace TEDx event, featuring speakers and TED talks, on March 8, 2011 in New York, NY. Event listing at Space Frontier Foundation

Keep Your Promise 

The Space Frontier Foundation will head to Washington D.C. March 6-8 to tell Congress: "Keep Your Promise."

The Space Show 

Esther Dyson, Alan Stern, and Berin Szoka discuss their respective NewSpace initiatives with Dr. David Livingston on The Space Show.

Yuri's Night 

Yuri's Night is a global celebration of humanity's future in space held on or around each April 12th. Engineers, scientists, artists, educators, space enthusiasts and fans of having fun are encouraged to attend one of the hundreds of events being held around the world this April--or start an event of their own. Yuri's Night commemorates the first manned launch of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (on April 12, 1961) and the first launch of the Space Shuttle (on April 12, 1981), and Yuri's Night 2011 is conducting an exciting series of contests, competitions and partnerships to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's first flight.