US firms to trial nuclear reactor aboard satellite for space travel
Texas-based Space Ocean Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Nuclear Power Corporation to test the latter’s…
Future SpaceX Starship flights could cross Southern Arizona
Elon Musk’s Starship could one day streak through the skies above parts of Southern Arizona — and cause…
NASA fires laser message through 218 million miles of deep space
NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to meet an asteroid that is thought to contain $100,000 quadrillion…
Can Space Tourism Turn $SPCE$ Into a Star or a Falling Satellite?
Stock price and recent performance: On 1 October 2025 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) closed at $3.42, down 1.44 %…
How satellite refueling in orbit could cut space junk and extend missions
In the previous installment, we examined on-orbit refuelling (OOR), a concept that has existed since the Space Age.…
What is on-orbit refueling? Inside the technology that could solve orbital debris
Today, multiple space agencies are preparing to send crewed missions back to the Moon for the first time…
AWS selects record 67 Asia Pacific startups for space cohort
AWS has selected 67 startups from Australia, India, and Japan to participate in its AWS Space Accelerator: APJ…
Blue Origin selected to deliver NASA’s VIPER Rover to the Moon’s South Pole
image: ©Thibault Renard | iStock NASA is taking steps forward in lunar exploration by awarding Blue Origin a…
NASA are planning to launch a space weather observatory with a Rideshare Mission
image: ©AleksandarGeorgiev | iStock NASA is preparing to launch a new observatory that will help scientists better understand…
China planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
Rugged VX3124 3U VPX computing module from Kontron
A rugged 3U VPX computing module it has been built around a 16-core NXP LX2160A processor, that’s been…
Ring laser tracks Earth’s axial wobble 100 times more accurately
Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying…