Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making
NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls…
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…
Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force and NASA experiment is set to launch later this week to test a new small-satellite architecture designed for…
Digantara raises $50 million to expand from space surveillance to missile defense
WASHINGTON — Digantara Industries, an Indian space situational awareness company, has raised $50 million as it expands into the United States…
EraDrive raises $5.3 million for software-hardware kits to enhance satellite autonomy
SAN FRANCISCO – EraDrive, a Stanford University spinoff developing software and hardware for satellite autonomy, raised $5.3 million in an…