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New Houston stand puts Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine through mission-like tests
Venus Aerospace also fired its Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine on the new Houston stand.
2 days ago
Space nuclear reactor secures $161M defense deal to end 60-year orbital power gap
Antares plans to test its Mark-1 reactor for more than six months in 2027 on a ground-to-space demonstration.
3 days ago
World’s first zinc Hall-effect thruster fires in space on its maiden attempt
Muon’s Starlight thruster has demonstrated solid-zinc propulsion in orbit.
3 days ago
World’s largest atlas of universe’s gas bodies compiled, could decode how galaxies form, evolve
The significance of the project extends well beyond simply counting galaxies.
4 days ago
How spacecraft survive the trip back to Earth after leaving the planet
Engines, parachutes and wings guide vehicles through their final descent.
5 days ago
Radio astronomy helped us land on the Moon. It could now enable ‘first contact’ with aliens
Dr. Emma Chapman (astrophysicist, University of Nottingham) on SETI and becoming “better listeners” of the cosmos
5 days ago
US boosts its on-orbit threat inspection capability with new successful demonstration
The demonstration was conducted as part of the VICTUS HAZE tactically responsive space mission.
8 days ago
Helogen plans to manufacture medical materials in orbit with autonomous factories in space
A space factory could soon make materials for artificial retinas and implants.
11 days ago
US Space Force turns to Leonardo DRS to track hypersonic projectiles from space
The US Space Force has tapped Leonardo DRS to advance a new space sensor designed to detect, identify, track, and target fast-moving threats.
12 days ago
Earth-moon space laser communication verified at 248,000-mile distance
The optimized system hit 1.25 Mbps uplink and 100 Mbps downlink speeds.
14 days ago
NASA launches new telescope that can scan the universe 1,000 times faster than Hubble
Nancy Grace Roman telescope can scan vast areas of the sky rapidly, surveying the universe up to 1,000 times faster than Hubble.
14 days ago
This startup’s space mirrors could extend solar power into the night. Astronomers have concerns
Reflect Orbital’s satellites “are fundamentally incompatible with astronomy,” astronomer Samantha Lawler told IE in an interview.
14 days ago
Inside the 10-foot space telescope designed to hunt distant alien worlds
The telescope’s instruments can fit inside a commercial rocket fairing.
16 days ago
World’s first space-based quantum gravity sensor to map Earth’s shifting water and ice
NASA’s quantum gravity sensor mission will test ultracold atoms in space to track water, ice, and underground resources.
17 days ago
Four hours instead of 15,000 years: Interlune makes gas-rich moon dirt on Earth
The company embedded helium-4 into ilmenite using an accelerated helium plasma process.
18 days ago
Phased array antennas steer space signals without moving for military satellites
Redwire is investing in phased array antennas to boost data links for future U.S. military satellite networks.
19 days ago
Elon Musk’s SpaceX unveils world’s biggest $100B Louisiana spaceport with 10 launchpads
“SpaceX makes sci-fi real.” Elon Musk’s reaction to the company’s colossal new Louisiana launch site.
20 days ago
New orbital power grid targets 10x boost for space-based computing and data centers
Wireless power beaming could give orbital computers up to 10x more power without larger solar arrays.
21 days ago
20 GW of computing capacity: NVIDIA-backed US startup to build data centers in space
US company Starcloud is developing satellites equipped with high-performance GPUs, including NVIDIA hardware, to run AI workloads in space.
22 days ago
China’s reusable rocket advances could strengthen the PLA’s space-based kill chain
China’s answer to reusable rockets could make its military satellite network more resilient.
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