Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge
TAMPA, Fla. — Austrian satellite propulsion startup Gate Space has won 6.3 million euros ($7.2 million) in funding from Europe’s government-backed…
BlackSky’s Lyn Chassagne on using satellite imagery to solve problems
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with BlackSky’s Lyn Chassagne about AI’s role in the imagery sector, how international…
Creotech plans $118 million capital raise, investment in new satellite factory
WARSAW, Poland — Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has announced plans for a $118 million fundraise that will allow the…
Failing to pass a defense budget is a self-inflicted wound in the space race
As we have learned from the current conflicts in Ukraine and Iran, space-enabled capability has become critical to all we do in the military.…
Cowboy raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages
TAMPA, Fla. — Cowboy Space, founded less than two years ago as Aetherflux to develop space-based solar power, has raised $275 million at a $2…
Special Operations Forces test mobile platform for direct satellite imagery access
WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations Command is evaluating a mobile software platform that would allow operators in the field to access…
‘More than 100 million years of evolution’: How snakes …
Back when dinosaurs stomped the Earth, dinky mammals scurried about in their shadows. The little furballs, hiding out in underground burrows,…
Former NASA chief of staff returns to lead agency launch operations
WASHINGTON — NASA’s former chief of staff has returned to the agency in a new role overseeing launch operations, a move that raised some…
Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station
HELSINKI — China launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft late Sunday, docking with the Tiangong space station hours later to deliver…
ESA and JAXA finalize agreement on Apophis asteroid mission
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study…
James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that coul…
A unique, X-ray-spewing black hole may help to confirm the enigmatic identity of “little red dots,” a curious class of objects…