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 right engineer comes through, the...
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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 proposed slashing the agency's funding...
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 aren't enough engineers. The pipeline...
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 technology, opens a customer base...
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Artemis II Is Around the Moon. Here’s What Happens Next for Space Hiring
On April 1, four astronauts launched from Kennedy Space Center aboard the most powerful operational rocket in the world. By...
The Most In-Demand Role in Space That Most Companies Can’t Hire For
There's a role that keeps appearing across our active searches this quarter, and it's one that barely existed as a...
How Space Companies Lose Candidates Between Final Interview and Signed Offer
The search went well. The candidate cleared every stage. The technical interview confirmed they could do the work. The hiring...
Artemis II Launches This Week. Here’s What It Means for Space Hiring
On Wednesday, 1st April 2026, four astronauts are scheduled to leave Earth on a trajectory that will carry them around...
Why Space Companies Lose Engineers After 18 Months – and What It Actually Costs
There's something that shows up repeatedly when you look at talent retention across Series A and Series B space companies:...
What Space Engineers Are Really Asking Before Accepting An Offer
The conversations we're having with engineers in the US space sector have shifted noticeably over the past 12 months. Not...
What the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Means for Space Hiring in 2026
On March 17, the House passed a five-and-a-half-year reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs by a 345-41 vote. The...
Why Space Companies Can’t Afford to Get Hiring Wrong in 2026
In the first quarter of 2026 alone, Vast raised $500M to scale its space station program (Satnews). Sierra Space closed...
Why Space Companies Outgrow Their Hiring Process After Series A Funding
Most early-stage space companies have a hiring process that works. The founder knows exactly who they want. The team is...