China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions
HELSINKI — China is rapidly building a broad, diverse satellite manufacturing base capable of producing thousands of spacecraft annually, but…
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 declared lost following New Glenn launch
1 Following Blue Origin’s milestone of successfully landing a previously flown first-stage booster for the first time on Sunday during the…
Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is exploring whether it can resume flights of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket without using the solid…
Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket’s third flight April 19, stranding its payload…
Can the US be trusted with the moon? A law scholar rais…
The successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement — the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the…
Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation
WASHINGTON — Rhea Space Activity, a Washington, D.C.-based space technology startup, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round to…
Science news this week: Physicists witness faster-than-…
This week’s science news followed last week’s climactic splashdown of the Artemis II mission with a flurry of space and physics…
The Space Force’s ‘commercial first’ strategy in action with Col. Tim Trimailo
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Col. Tim Trimailo on how the Space Force is working with industry. They discuss what the…