Mid Week Space News Roundup: Impulse Space, Blue Origin, Momentus, Vast Space, Exlabs & Stoke Space

In this week’s mid-week space news roundup: Impulse Space unveils plans for a lunar lander. Blue Origin practises landing on the Moon, Momentus partners with NASA, Vast Haven photos, Space Force awards Exlabs a contract. And, finally, Stoke Space raises over half a billion dollars in funding.

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00:00 Impulse Space Developing a Lunar Lander
04:52 Blue Moon Preparing for Lunar Mission
07:49 Momentus Expands NASA Partnership with Dual Contracts for In-Space Manufacturing and Propulsion Demonstrations
12:13 Vast Haven Photos
13:39 NASA Awards Solstar Space SBIR Contract to Develop Lunar Wi-Fi System
14:57 Space Force Awards Contract to ExLabs to Advance Persistent In-Space Infrastructure
16:38 Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system

Sources:

To the Moon (and Beyond): How Impulse Can Deliver More Mass to the Lunar Surface: https://www.impulsespace.com/updates/to-the-moon-and-beyond-how-impulse-can-deliver-more-mass-to-the-lunar-surface

Blue Moon Preparing for Lunar Mission: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1978124249907810706

Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system: https://www.geekwire.com/2025/stoke-space-510m-nova-rocket/

Space Force Awards Contract to ExLabs to Advance Persistent In-Space Infrastructure: https://www.satnow.com/news/details/4017-space-force-awards-contract-to-exlabs-to-advance-persistent-in-space-infrastructure

Vast Haven Photos: https://x.com/vast/status/1978168430365942130

Momentus Expands NASA Partnership with Dual Contracts for In-Space Manufacturing and Propulsion Demonstrations: https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Momentus_Expands_NASA_Partnership_with_Dual_Contracts_for_In_Space_Manufacturing_and_Propulsion_Demonstrations_999.html

NASA Awards Solstar Space SBIR Contract to Develop Lunar Wi-Fi System: https://www.satnow.com/news/details/4040-nasa-awards-solstar-space-sbir-contract-to-develop-lunar-wi-fi-system