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92 articlesThe Wormhole Prints Rocket Barrels Next to Thrust Stands That Simulate Mars Transfer — and NASA Is Betting 2028 on Both
NASA's selection of Relativity Space for the Aeolus Mars orbiter mission marks a pivotal shift in the company's credibility and hiring power, enabling it to attract top engineering talent with a deep-space mission on its manifest despite an unproven rocket and past launch failure.
Blue Origin's JARVIS Program Is Hiring Production Planners, Not Rocket Scientists — and 118 New Roles in a Week Show Why
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test on May 28, 2026, destroying the first stage and damaging the launch pad. The incident shifted hiring from launch operations to production, with 118 new roles focused on manufacturing at the Merritt Island facility under the JARVIS pro
SpaceX Reuses Boosters for a Decade. Blue Origin Just Hired Its First Refurbishment Engineer.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test on May 28, 2026, destroying pad infrastructure and exposing deep structural failures in its reusability program. Despite the setback, the company is aggressively hiring test and refurbishment engineers to fix the issues and resume lau
Relativity Space Has Never Reached Orbit. NASA Just Handed It a Mars Mission — and 17 New Job Postings in Seven Days Show the Clock Is Already Ticking
NASA selected Relativity Space to design and launch a Mars orbiter carrying the Aeolus atmospheric instrument suite on Terran R in late 2028. The mission anchors Relativity's Interplanetary Sciences Program, backed by Eric Schmidt's leadership and capital. Meanwhile, Long Beach has emerged as an add
Blue Origin Plans to Build 60 Rocket Stages a Year. It Has Completed Eight.
Blue Origin added 116 roles in the past seven days, outpacing SpaceX's 98 and NASA's 11 over the same period. The listings reveal a company staffing for reusability and production scaling, not damage control. Key roles include a BE-4 engine recovery stage engineer, manufacturing engineers for engine
NASA Picked a Rocket Company With No Orbital Record to Reach Mars. The 27 Jobs It Just Posted Reveal Why.
NASA partners with Relativity Space for the 2028 Aeolus Mars orbiter mission, marking a milestone for 3D-printed rockets and interplanetary exploration.
NASA Just Opened JPL's $30 Billion Management Contract to Competition for the First Time in 90 Years — and the Lab's 44 Open Roles Already Reveal Where It's Heading
NASA announced it will compete the management contract for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ending a sole-source relationship with Caltech dating back to 1958. The move is part of a broader agency realignment aimed at efficiency and faster execution. Caltech says it is prepared to compete. The article
The Moon Base is a $20 billion architecture. The people who will build it are precision welders and CNC programmers — and the entire aerospace-grade welding workforce is a fraction of what's needed.
NASA awarded $627 million in lunar surface hardware contracts on May 26, 2026, to Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, Blue Origin, and Firefly Aerospace. While headlines focused on the prime contractors, the real employment story is unfolding across sub-tier suppliers who manufacture components, machine parts,
Impulse Space just raised $500 million to hire 200 people — not build AI
Impulse Space announced a $500 million Series D on June 2, 2026, co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital,…
Amazon's Kirkland satellite factory is built to produce five spacecraft a day. It can only find 120 of the 200 workers it needs.
Amazon's Kirkland, Washington factory — a 172,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility that opened in April 2024 — is designed to produce up to…
Standard Bots' $200M Unicorn Round Signals the AI-Native Industrial Robotics Manufacturing Boom — and the Hiring to Match
On June 9, 2026, Standard Bots closed a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, crossing the unicorn threshold with a round led by RoboStrategy…
1,017 Blue Origin jobs across 3 states go unnoticed by non-aerospace engineers
On May 22, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stood at Cape Canaveral Spaceport and announced a $600 million bet on the future of American rocketry. Blue…
Skyroot tripled headcount in a year as India's space startups hire at scale
While global space firms announce layoffs, India's private space startups — Skyroot, Agnikul, Pixxel, Digantara, Bellatrix, SatSure, Dhruva Space, Garuda Aerospace — are scaling teams at unprecedented pace, transforming space from a government domain into a booming private industry projected to reac
Space Industry's $46B Boom Hits a Wall: Nobody Can Find the Workers
The space sector is creating thousands of new roles—orbital servicing technicians, in-space manufacturing specialists, lunar logistics planners—yet still recruits from the same narrow talent pools. Judith Delany's SpaceWatchGL opinion piece argues the industry's conservative hiring practices are bli
NASA shed 20% of its workforce — now it's racing to hire the engineers it needs most
After roughly 4,000 NASA civil servants left through buyouts and early retirement in late 2025, the agency launched NASA Force — a mid-career hiring program targeting engineers in thermal protection, ECLSS, and flight software to rebuild lost competencies ahead of Artemis lunar missions.
Aerospace Engineer Pay Ranges From $75K at Early-Stage Startups to $250K With TS/SCI Clearance
Aerospace engineer compensation in 2026 varies dramatically by company stage, clearance status, specialization, and geography. This guide breaks down real salary data across government, defense primes, and startups — from $75K at early-stage ventures to $250K+ for cleared senior engineers — so candi
NASA starts new PhDs at $73K as private space firms offer $130K-plus
The space industry is fighting the most dramatic hiring war in its history. Propulsion engineers are commanding six-figure packages at private firms while NASA starts doctorate-holding engineers at $73,038. This gap is reshaping who builds the future of space.
Stennis Space Center MS: 5,400 Jobs, Lowest Aero COL
Jobs at Stennis Space Center Mississippi span 5,400+ workers across 30+ organizations. Pay ranges $70K–$130K with the lowest cost of living of any NASA hub.
Which NASA Jobs Pay Most? $191,900 at the Top
The highest paying NASA jobs reach $191,900 at GS-15 level. Average across 18,000+ staff is $104,604. SES executives earn above the cap. Full breakdown.
NASA Biology Jobs in 2026: Astrobiology & Life Sciences
NASA biology jobs pay $72K–$155K across 5 research centers in astrobiology and life sciences. MS or PhD typically required. How to apply and current openings.
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