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Could nuclear heaters keep astronauts warm on the moon? NASA is funding research to find out
Read more →: Could nuclear heaters keep astronauts warm on the moon? NASA is funding research to find outThis collage highlights some of the projects selected for funding through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, including…
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Building the Connectivity Backbone for the Next Era of Lunar Exploration
Read more →: Building the Connectivity Backbone for the Next Era of Lunar ExplorationOver the last half century, space-based assets have helped to provide terrestrial users with ubiquitous services like broadband…
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CSF, Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf Partner on Global Space Capability Mapping Dashboard
Read more →: CSF, Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf Partner on Global Space Capability Mapping DashboardThe Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with international partners including Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf, had signed a…
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SpaceX Sets Sights on First Starship Upper Stage Tower Catch for Flight 14
Read more →: SpaceX Sets Sights on First Starship Upper Stage Tower Catch for Flight 14The announcement followed the Flight 13 test on Friday, July 24, 2026, which ended in a controlled soft…
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Thermodynamics Does Not Care About Your Form Factor
Read more →: Thermodynamics Does Not Care About Your Form FactorThere is a familiar point in almost every spacecraft program when somebody finally asks where the heat is…
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Rocket Lab Wins $266 Million Space Force Deal, Adds Alaska Launch Site
Read more →: Rocket Lab Wins $266 Million Space Force Deal, Adds Alaska Launch SiteThe contract was awarded by Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, which provides responsive launch services for…
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China launches Tianlian II-06 data relay satellite
Read more →: China launches Tianlian II-06 data relay satelliteChina successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest…
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NASA Runs Google’s Gemma AI in Orbit, Letting a Satellite Analyze Its Own Images
Read more →: NASA Runs Google’s Gemma AI in Orbit, Letting a Satellite Analyze Its Own ImagesThe experiment, called NAVI-Orbital, was conducted aboard Loft Orbital’s YAM-9 satellite and achieved its first successful in-orbit demonstration…
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New Horizons for the Smallsat Industry
Read more →: New Horizons for the Smallsat IndustryWelcome to the annual Via Smallsat edition — where Via Satellite rebrands to focus on the smallsat industry.…
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SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
Read more →: SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flightSpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from…
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Soyuz MS-28 Returns Expedition 74 After 241 Days
Read more →: Soyuz MS-28 Returns Expedition 74 After 241 DaysDid Expedition 74 Complete Its 8-Month ISS Mission Successfully? Soyuz MS-28 touched down southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at…
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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain
Read more →: Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in SpainA fast-moving wildfire, one of many raging across Spain, bore down on the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex…