Boeing wins $2 billion Space Force contract for communications satellites
WASHINGTON — Boeing won a contract worth up to $2 billion to build two next-generation military communications satellites for the U.S. Space Force,…
Sophia selects Apex bus for on-orbit computing demonstration
SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the selection June 22 of an Apex bus for its first orbital computing node. Pasadena, California-based…
Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha
Kenya’s Lake Naivasha has long been a place of change and reinvention. In precolonial times, the nomadic Maasai people used the lake and…
Loft Orbital to test AI models on spacecraft for Earth observation
WASHINGTON — Loft Orbital is working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test the use of artificial intelligence on spacecraft to improve…
Satellogic partners with SynMax to build intelligence services around upcoming Merlin constellation
WASHINGTON — Earth observation company Satellogic is partnering with analytics firm SynMax to develop AI-powered intelligence products built…
Report: U.S. needs framework for responding to hostile acts in space
WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon races to build more resilient satellite constellations and other space capabilities to defend against threats…
China appears to be developing 7-meter-diameter reusable rockets
HELSINKI — A state-funded tender for tank tooling, a delivered stainless steel forging and launch pad planning suggest that China is…
NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight
WASHINGTON — NASA’s safety advisers say that while the agency and Boeing continue to make progress in addressing problems with the CST-100…
Trump executive order directs NASA to plan quantum space applications
TAMPA, Fla. — The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including…
Rocket Lab launches satellite for U.S. Space Force Victus Haze responsive space exercise
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force to begin a military exercise focused on rapidly identifying and…