In-Orbit Servicing: A $3 Billion Market Still Finding Its Footing
Satellite life extension, debris removal, in-orbit inspection: the servicing market is gaining shape. Novaspace projects $3 billion in cumul…
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The NASA Engineer Who Never Wanted to Leave Home
Growing up in rural West Virginia, Fletcher Newell stumbled upon a NASA facility during a fourth-grade field trip. Years later, he works the…
NASA Repurposes a 737 to Train Astronauts in Lunar Gravity
A former US Air Force Boeing 737 is being converted by NASA into a lunar-gravity parabolic flight platform. The aircraft recently received f…
Astranis steps into orbital surveillance with a geostationary inspector satellite
Best known for compact communications satellites, Astranis has revealed a sharp strategic pivot: a dedicated surveillance spacecraft built t…
Golden Dome Hits a Funding Wall Heading Into 2027
Defense contractors are starting to book Golden Dome work, but the money is already running thin. A funding cliff looms in 2027, and General…
Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket Likely Pushed to 2027
Rocket Lab has signaled to investors that a 2026 debut for its Neutron medium-lift rocket is increasingly unlikely. Yet Kepler Communication…
Webb Turns Its Gaze on NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced striking new images of NGC 2392, the so-called Lion Nebula. Captured in infrared light, these ob…
SpaceX fires off back-to-back Starlink missions in under 48 hours
With its 72nd and 73rd Starlink flights of the year launched within 48 hours from two separate pads, SpaceX is sustaining a launch tempo tha…
Blue Origin to hot-fire New Glenn upper stage at Stennis
Blue Origin has finalized an agreement with NASA to hot-fire test New Glenn's second stage on the B-2 stand at Stennis Space Center, keeping…
Wildfires in Spain Threaten Two Critical Deep-Space Ground Stations
In late July 2026, wildfires sweeping across Spain pushed dangerously close to two of the world's most important deep-space ground stations.…
US Commerce Department Opens Door to Novel Space Mission Authorization
For years, US companies pursuing novel space operations had no clear path to federal authorization. The Commerce Department's new voluntary …
Chris Williams Wraps Up 241-Day ISS Mission Before Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is headed home after eight months aboard the International Space Station. Alongside two Russian cosmonauts, he…
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