space logistics

Destinus wants to bring air cargo to the edge of space

Destinus raises $29 million to build out autonomous, hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft for near-space cargo delivery

For all of the ire and criticism directed toward the “billionaire space race” sparked by Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, humanity is getting closer to delivering not just people, but cargo through the farthest reaches of the atmosphere.

Investors seem to think so, at least, after they poured $29 million into Destinus SA in a seed funding round announced on Wednesday. The latest venture from serial Russian entrepreneur Mikhail Kokorich, who previously founded and headed up space infrastructure...

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James Webb Telescope’s path to deep space goes through Panama Canal

A blue cargo ship prepares to dock at a small river port.

The James Webb Telescope that NASA plans to launch on Christmas day will travel about 1 million miles into orbit, where it will look into deep space in hopes of solving mysteries about the origins of the cosmos. The most expensive, complex space observatory ever built has already taken a 5,800-mile terrestrial trip by truck and vessel, through the Panama Canal, to the launch site on the northeastern coast of South America under some of the most stringent requirements the logistics industry has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/james-webb-telescopes-path-to-deep-space-goes-through-panama-canal

SpaceWaves: DHL’s place in space logistics (with video)

Justin Baird for DHL

Dooner and The Dude learn how carrier DHL will fit into the commercial space world

Where does carrier DHL fit into the world of space logistics?

DHL is one of the largest logistics companies on Earth, and it aims to take its presence into space as well. 

Justin Baird is the vice president and head of innovation for the DHL Asia-Pacific sector. He joined Dooner and The Dude to discuss the projected footprint in space. 

Baird says DHL produces a two-year research program called a Trend Radar, which...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-dhls-place-in-space-logistics-with-video

SpaceWaves: ‘Out of this world’ commodities opportunities abound in space (with video)

Commodities and finance expert Tom James (right) with FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill discuss commodities in space during the SpaceWaves conference.

Trillions of dollars worth of commodities exist in the vastness of space just waiting for someone with the technical know-how, technology and logistics capabilities to extract them from asteroids and get them back to Earth. 

“It’s out of this world, literally,” remarked Tom James, a commodities and finance expert who edited “Deep Space Commodities: Exploration, Production and Trading.” The book offers a practical guide for navigating the future of commodities outside the confines of Earth –...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-out-of-this-world-commodities-opportunities-abound-in-space-with-video

NASA to develop deep-space freight corridors

Artists image of flood light illuminating a giant rocket ship on launch pad at night.

Same-day delivery may be the last great frontier on Earth, but now logistics innovators have another star to shoot for: deep space supply chains.

NASA is gearing up to establish the first permanent colony on the moon as a transshipment point for even further missions to Mars, and it needs a reliable delivery system to shuttle supplies back and forth.

On Thursday, Mark Wiese, manager of deep space logistics for NASA’s Gateway program, solicited logistics and freight technology companies to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nasa-to-develop-deep-space-freight-corridors