Huge Week For Space
Last week was really big if you’re into space.
On Wednesday, NASA launched Artemis II, a mission sending astronauts to orbit the moon.
It’s the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years.
And it’s an early step in further space exploration.
NASA’s Artemis program hopes to eventually land astronauts on the moon and establish a permanent moon base by 2040.
Eventually, the lunar base will allow for further space exploration to planets like Mars.
It’s really cool and exciting.
But it wasn’t the only space news from last week.
It was reported SpaceX, the space exploration company founded and run by Elon Musk, filed for an initial public offering (IPO).
SpaceX is currently privately owned by Musk and some other companies.
The IPO will make SpaceX public so anyone can own shares.
And people think the company will be worth around $1.75 trillion after it goes public.
If you want to buy stock in SpaceX, you need to wait.
The shares won’t be public until the summer, at the earliest.
But it doesn’t mean there aren’t some great stocks in the space industry we can buy up now.
Keep in mind these companies are all about growth.
Currently, none of them are profitable.
The hope is their revenue grows fast enough to be extremely profitable in the future.
Rocket Lab (ticker: RKLB), one of the largest space companies, is worth around $40 billion.
Rocket Lab designs and builds rockets for satellite launches.
In 2021, Rocket Lab brought in $60 million in revenue, which skyrocketed to 10x in just 4 years to over $600 million in 2025.
By 2028, analysts expect revenue to climb to over $1.6 billion.
The expected climb made its stock price more than double over the past year, but it has more room to grow.
As the race for further space exploration heats up, Rocket Lab’s rockets and platforms are going to be in really high demand.
One analyst at Morgan Stanley has a $100 price target for Rocket Lab, which is 60% higher than its current price.
Speaking of IPOs, Voyager Technologies (ticker: VOYG) went public last summer.
Voyager builds satellites and is currently in a joint venture to build Starlab, a commercial space station looking to replace the International Space Station.
Its stock price is down by about half since it first went public, but its revenue is expected to zoom.
Voyager brought in just shy of $200 million in revenue in 2025, but analysts expect revenue to climb to $750 million in the next few years.
And while Voyager’s price-to-sales of 7x is high compared to more established companies, it’s lower than the company’s historical average.
Last up is AST SpaceMobile (ticker: ASTS), a satellite cellular service provider.
AST SpaceMobile doesn’t directly impact space exploration, but it’s using space in an innovative way.
AST SpaceMobile uses low-orbit satellites to send service directly to people’s phones, and it’s very popular with cell phone carriers.
Those carriers want better coverage, but without the high costs of building and maintaining cell towers in difficult terrain.
Partnering with AST SpaceMobile is a lot cheaper, which is driving amazing revenue growth.
The company was only founded in 2017 and had revenue of just $70 million last year.
But analysts expect revenue to hit almost $2 billion by 2028, which is a 25x increase in just 3 years.
Do you own stock in any space companies?
Coach Parker
Category: Stocks
