Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel towar…
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Nebraska’s Wide, Rolling Domain – NASA Science
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the June Puzzler. The undulating landscape of north-central Nebraska may be easy to…
Geospatial industry launches maritime initiative
WASHINGTON — The race to monitor the world’s oceans from space is driving a wave of investment in maritime surveillance technologies and…
Deep Space Network antenna mishap blamed on poor training and procedures
WASHINGTON — A NASA investigation blamed millions of dollars in damage to one of its largest Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas on poor…
Tianwen-2 makes series of burns on approach to asteroid, according to radio tracking
HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has carried out a series of small propulsive maneuvers following a main burn June 7, setting up an…
Space Force orders two more GPS satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514 million
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $514 million contract to build two additional GPS 3F satellites. GPS 3F is the…
Gilat to buy Comtech satcoms business six years after failed merger
TAMPA, Fla. — Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks plans to expand its defense capabilities by acquiring most of Comtech’s space-related…
Sustained maneuver has a propulsion problem
For years, space architecture was treated mostly as a question of placement: where to put a spacecraft, and how reliably it could hold…
DARPA to explore ways to rapidly rebuild satellite networks if attacked
WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting input from the space industry on how the United States could rapidly…
Pumice Rafts Encroach on Admiralty Islands
On May 8, 2026, satellites detected signs of an unexpected submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea near the islands of Papua New…