Trump’s pick to lead NASA says the private sector has to lead the way in innovation

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Australia’s Fleet Space Technologies has raised $100 million to expand its satellite-based mineral exploration capabilities and take the technology to the moon.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Spaceflight training startup Orbite has raised $4 million to expand its business, which combines astronaut training with luxury vacations. After raising $4 million in a Series A […]

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HELSINKI — An Omani space company has joined China’s effort to build its International Lunar Research Station as Beijing continues efforts to attract partners. Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s […]

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The ongoing Ukraine conflict serves as a testing ground for space-based capabilities and as a laboratory for military adaptability

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The agreement grants Maxar exclusive rights to task, collect and distribute imagery from Satellogic’s high-revisit satellite constellation to support the U.S. government and international partners

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Despite recent progress, space industry executives stress the need for greater integration of commercial technology with military capabilities to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of hybrid architectures.

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HELSINKI — China appears set to launch the first satellites for a long-expected national low Earth orbit megaconstellation after rollout of a Long March 5B rocket at Wenchang spaceport. Images […]

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The director of NASA’s heliophysics division is cautiously optimistic that a major mission targeted for cancellation in the agency’s budget proposal will be saved.

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A pair of major geomagnetic storms this year led to unprecedented “mass migrations” of thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit that create new concerns about space traffic coordination.

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Brig. Gen. Mastalir: ‘We have to be prepared for spacecraft that are consistently maneuvering’

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Intelsat 33e’s break-up in geostationary orbit highlights an emerging threat for the contested space domain, an executive at U.S.-based space-tracking company ExoAnalytic Solutions said Dec. 10 during the Spacepower Conference here.

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SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the investment, the spinoff of the French […]

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Saltzman: 'Space has never been more vital to our nation, our national security, and its prosperity'

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The company is eyeing new military applications such as missile and hypersonic glide vehicle detection

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Blue Origin says it still plans to attempt a first launch of its New Glenn rocket before the end of the year as it makes final vehicle and regulatory preparations.

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European startup Atmos Space Cargo, a developer of reentry vehicles, has brought on board a former NASA deputy administrator to help the company enter the U.S. market.

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The ‘TacSat’ mission marks the second launch under Lockheed Martin's multi-launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio won a $26.1 million contract to build a space weather instrument for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – German thermal data startup constellr announced a multiyear contract Dec. 9 with the German Space Agency DLR. Under the contract, constellr will begin supplying 30-meter native resolution […]

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TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile’s shares soared more than 16% Dec. 9 after the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator announced a 10-year commercial arrangement with Vodafone, one of Europe’s largest telcos with […]

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HELSINKI — China is developing a dependence on space-based space situational awareness as its space activities expand, according to a new report. China’s on-orbit presence has grown dramatically in recent […]

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In September 2004, NASA’s Genesis return sample capsule tumbled from the sky and slammed into the Utah desert in a remote part of the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground, shattering […]

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As the FAA kicks off a committee to study ways to refine launch and reentry regulations, two members of Congress are asking the agency to move even faster.

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