The term ‘dual-use’ is misleading and dangerous
There is only technology. How it is employed is a question of intent, context and political will, not of the technology itself. A precision optical…
Centre for Space Futures, Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf Sign Agreement to Develop Global Space Capability Mapping Dashboard
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – June, 2026 The Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with leading international partners including Novaspace, and…
Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed
HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a small, elongated…
NASA and Small Business Administration partner on funding key space technologies
WASHINGTON — NASA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on an effort to attract capital to invest in companies…
Airbus to build Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor to a wind-monitoring satellite.…
Superintelligent AI in space could explain the Fermi Pa…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact on ever more parts of humanity. But what does it mean in the long run?…
‘Next-door neighbor’ exoplanet has a much higher chance…
A hefty “super Earth” lurking in one of the closest star systems to our planet may be much better suited to supporting…
GAO flags satellite costs, launch risks in Space Force portfolio
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has earned a reputation inside the Pentagon for moving faster than traditional military acquisition…
Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
WASHINGTON — A Pegasus XL launched a mission to reboost a NASA astrophysics spacecraft on what may be the final flight of that rocket. A…