Want a Job in Space? Start With the Roles Companies Can’t Fill
"Space experience required." It's the line that stops a lot of good engineers from applying for a job in space. But the space industry has...
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Four Signs (Besides Funding) a Space Startup Is a Safe Bet
Candidates weighing an offer from an early-stage space company instinctively check the funding before they sign. But funding alone doesn't tell you whether a space...
10 US Space Companies to Watch in 2026
Both startups and publicly listed companies are racing to build what space needs next. Some are building cheaper rockets. Others are building what happens after...
Why Founders Hiring Rare Space Talent Should Care About Time-to-FillÂ
You didn't start a space company to become an expert in recruitment metrics. But there's one number worth understanding: time-to-fill, the number of days between...
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AST SpaceMobile Just Proved That Setbacks Don’t Define a Space Company
Yesterday at 2:39 AM, three AST SpaceMobile satellites launched successfully from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. BlueBirds...
What the Largest IPO Means for the Space Talent Market: Space X
On 12 June, SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, in the largest IPO in history. It...
Why Space Engineers Leave the Primes for Fast-Growth Companies
There's a move we're seeing a lot of right now: experienced engineers leaving the primes - the large, established players...
Why Space Companies Lose Their Best Candidates at the Offer Stage
A hiring process can do everything right and still lose. The role gets scoped well, the search runs clean, the...
The Hidden Space Talent Pool NASA’s Budget Fight Left Behind
For most of 2025, the question hanging over NASA was how deep the cuts would go. The administration's budget request...
The Space Sector Doesn’t Just Have a Talent Shortage. It Has an Attention Problem.
Ask almost any space company why hiring is hard right now and you'll hear the same phrase: talent shortage. There...
The Hiring Mistake Space Companies Make When They Win Their First Government Contract
A first government contract changes a commercial space company in ways the revenue line doesn't capture. The award validates the...
Golden Dome’s Biggest Winner: SpaceX Just Picked Up $6.45 Billion in Defense Contracts in One Week
In the space of four days, SpaceX picked up two Golden Dome contracts worth a combined $6.45 billion. On May 26,...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Just Exploded on the Pad. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
Last night, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral. The 320-foot rocket erupted...