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Register now: The energy imperative driving the push toward orbital data centers

Join us on March 31 for a virtual event, sponsored by Star Catcher and in partnership with the Commercial Space Federation
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Frontier justice: navigating the future legal landscape for private actors in space law

At the dawn of the Space Age, then President-elect John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people of “a new frontier” of unknown opportunities and perils, unfulfilled hopes and unfilled threats, uncharted science and unsolved problems.
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Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander

In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut, Air Force colonel and the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle […]
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TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing

SAN FRANCISCO — TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit.
spacenews 44h ago

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test

China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in December 2027.
spacenews 9h ago

Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race

Blue Origin is the latest company to propose an orbital data center system, filing plans for a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites.
spacenews 42h ago

Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation

South Korea’s plans for a national security constellation are coming into sharper focus after a March 18 solar array supply deal set the stage for a first demonstrator as early as the second half of 2027.
spacenews 35h ago

Space Command classified wargame to include 50 commercial players

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spacenews 21h ago

ReOrbit sells two small GEO satellites to SLI

Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has signed a contract with asset-financing company SLI for two small geostationary orbit communications satellites.
spacenews 35h ago

Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights

The contract is for 20 hypersonic flight missions over four years
spacenews 16h ago

Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space plan debris removal service

Portal Space Systems, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft, is partnering with an Australian startup to offer a commercial orbital debris removal service.
spacenews 15h ago

Kratos wins $446 million Space Force contract for missile-tracking ground systems

The agreement is for ground management and integration for the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking satellite program
spacenews 21h ago

NASA considering sharp increase in robotic lunar landings

NASA is proposing a sharp increase in the rate of robotic lunar lander missions, a move that has excited but also puzzled the space community.
spacenews 26h ago

Apex sells satellite for Japanese technology demonstration mission

Satellite manufacturer Apex has won a contract from a Japanese company to provide a spacecraft bus for a technology demonstration mission.
spacenews 45h ago

NASA grappling with planetary science funding shortfall

NASA’s planetary science program, while spared steep cuts proposed last year, is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.