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Trump’s second term could push Space Force to take bolder stance (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump embarks on his second term, all eyes are on the future of the U.S. Space […]
Kratos to develop ground system for U.S. missile defense satellites (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — The technology company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a $116.7 million contract from the U.S. Space Development […]
Rheinmetall + ICEYE to provide satellite imagery to the Ukraine — plus — ICEYE + Aechelon Technology partner for SAR satellite and ML technology solutions (Image Credit: Sat News) The strengthened cooperation between Rheinmetall and SAR satellite company ICEYE, announced in September 2024, is already bearing fruit — to meet Ukraine‘s urgent […]
‘Crumb trails’ of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth (Image Credit: Space.com) Comets that rarely swing past the sun could ram into our planet, but we could spot them using the “crumb”-like meteoroid trails they leave behind, a new study suggests. Many comets visit the solar system […]
Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time (Image Credit: Space.com) Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close-up glimpse of the seventh planet […]
China’s Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean (Image Credit: Space.com) Happy Martian New Year! Today marks the start of a new year on the Red Planet, the 38th since humans began counting in 1956. The Martian new year begins with data from a now-defunct rover spotting what […]
‘I weigh the same’: NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Don’t believe the tabloids: NASA astronaut Suni Williams says she’s doing just fine aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Last week, media outlets such as The Daily Mail and The New York Post published stories speculating […]
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s chief center for robotic planetary exploration is conducting another round of layoffs. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California — which manages many of NASA’s high-profile robotic missions, such as the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers — […]
NASA’s Mars Rovers Are Having a Rough Time Out There (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers have been roaming Mars for years, exploring different parts of the Red Planet hundreds of miles apart. Over the past few months, however, both robots have been struggling to complete a crucial part of […]
China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] China has unveiled the design of a new reusable shuttle to take cargo to and from the country’s space station. The Haolong space shuttle is being developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under […]
