Rakuten to offer satellite-to-cell service in Japan with US startup
Telecommunication AST SpaceMobile tie-up comes as rivals offer similar service using SpaceX’s Starlink Rakuten Group CEO Mikitani answers…
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes New Associate Member
June 23, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Sophia Space, a company…
Space Force goes to (pretend) orbital war following record-fast Rocket Lab launch
offbeat Less than 17 hours after receiving orders, Rocket Lab put Pioneer in orbit for close-range maneuvers with…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope reaches Kennedy eight months ahead of schedule, with a Falcon Heavy launch now set for Aug. 30
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 21,…
What is Starfall? A look at SpaceX’s mysterious new return capsule
SpaceX just launched a brand-new return capsule that it has been developing in the dark. That vehicle, called…
World’s Oldest Known Asteroid Crater Is 3 Billion Years Old, Study Confirms : ScienceAlert
When scientists disagree, sometimes the truth is somewhere in the middle. That has turned out to be true…
NASA Names Sean Gallagher as Chief Information Officer
NASA has selected Sean Gallagher as the agency’s chief information officer (CIO). In this role, he is responsible…
Ubotica raises $11 million to scale maritime-intelligence platform
SAN FRANCISCO – Ubotica Technologies, an Irish company focused on artificial intelligence for spacecraft, has raised $11 million…
SpaceX launches $25 billion notes offering, source says
June 23 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched a five-tranche notes offering aimed at raising at least…
M82 Cigar Galaxy (Webb + Hubble Fade)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared imaging survey of Messier 82 (M82) is the most recent observation of…
CSDA Selects Eight Commercial Satellite Data Providers for On-Ramp 2 Contract Awards
NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced contract awards with eight commercial satellite data providers offering a…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station can see flashes of light even with their eyes closed — not from light entering the eye, but from high-energy space particles passing through their body and triggering the retina or visual pathway directly.
Float in a darkened module on the International Space Station, close your eyes, and wait. Before long, most…