Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026
NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA Administrator with the White House…
Senate confirms Isaacman as NASA administrator
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator Dec. 17, concluding arguably the most unusual effort to select a leader…
Lux Aeterna to land first reusable satellite in Australia
TAMPA, Fla. — Denver-based Lux Aeterna announced plans Dec. 17 to land its debut reusable satellite at the Koonibba Test Range in South…
Max Space unveils plans for commercial space station
WASHINGTON — Max Space, a startup developing expandable module technologies, plans to build a commercial space station that could launch on a…
What Germany got right (and wrong) in its first ever space strategy
Germany’s first national space security strategy was unveiled last month to much fanfare. And who’s surprised? It was long overdue, and puts…
Speed, risk, and the future of national security space
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss moderates a timely panel discussion at the Spacepower conference on how commercial space…
James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidd…
NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a supermassive black hole hiding in an ancient “Jekyll and Hyde”…
Ariane 6 launches Galileo navigation satellites
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 rocket placed two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit Dec. 17. An Ariane 62 lifted off from…
OQ Technology links commercial IoT chipset to LEO satellite
TAMPA, Fla. — Luxembourg-based OQ Technology said Dec. 17 it has connected a commercial Internet of Things (IoT) chipset directly to one of…