The ultimate backup: why humanity needs a lunar seed vault — now
Humanity is losing the genetic diversity that sustains life on Earth at a pace that should alarm every nation. According to the UN Food and…
Voyager Technologies acquires Estes Energetics
WASHINGTON — Voyager Technologies announced Nov. 20 it acquired Estes Energetics, a supplier of solid rocket motors and energetic materials.…
Space Force roadmap set to define what the service needs and why
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is nearing completion of a strategic blueprint that will map out what the service must build, buy and field…
Coros Pace Pro sports watch: Review from a hiker’s pers…
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Electron launches confidential commercial satellite
BREMEN, Germany — Rocket Lab launched a payload for an undisclosed commercial customer Nov. 20, just hours after the company announced plans…
Blue Origin announces New Glenn upgrade plans
MUNICH — A week after successfully launching and landing the current version of New Glenn, Blue Origin announced a series of upgrades to the…
Eutelsat approves nearly $1 billion capital boost
TAMPA, Fla. — Eutelsat is a step closer to the financing needed to refresh its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation, after the…
The next generation of radar needed to detect micro-debris and enable a safer LEO
As someone deeply involved in the space sector, I’ve seen firsthand how low Earth orbit (LEO) is becoming increasingly congested. Satellite…
Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’
As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of a coming lunar “gold rush,”…
Extreme bloom of toxic algae swirls in Nevada’s ‘Pyrami…
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Pyramid Lake, Nevada [40.063141310, -119.561560320] What’s in the photo? A massive bloom of toxic cyanobacteria…