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In this issue:
- Artificial gravity space station startup Vast makes its first acquisition
- Relativity Space sets a launch date
- News from Momentus, United Launch Alliance and more
Vast acquires Launcher in quest to build artificial gravity space stations
Vast Space, a company that emerged from stealth last September with the aim of building artificial gravity space stations in low Earth orbit, has acquired space tug startup Launcher.
The acquisition, a first for Vast, will give the company access to Launcher’s Orbiter space tug and payload platform and its liquid rocket engine, E-2. Und...