Rachael Zisk
SDA Awards $1.3B to Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has tapped the providers to build its next batch of satellites.
Saudi Arabia Awards ASPACE $266M
ASPACE, a Hong Kong-based satellite manufacturer, is laying groundwork for a future aerospace industry in Saudi Arabia.
InSight Shows Liquid Magma Layer of Mars’ Core
Mars, near its center, is liquid rock. The composition of the Red Planet has long been a mystery. It is tough to accurately measure things like the density and composition of what you can’t see from remote observations alone, and there have been limited tools deployed on the planet that can actually probe very far…
China Opens Tiangong’s Doors to Foreign Visitors
We’re not done with astronaut news just yet. Tiangong is also open for business. A little over two years after China launched the core module for Tiangong, China’s national space station is ready and willing to host astronauts from other countries, a representative from the China Manned Space Agency announced Wednesday. The invitation comes after…
Aalyria Plans to Deploy Laser Terminals at Sea
Aalyria is building a mesh network of laser links to quickly transmit data across land, air, sea, and space. The sea-based piece of that plan is about to get a boost. Yesterday, the DC-based laser comms networking company announced that it signed an MoU with HICO Investment Group, which focuses investment in shipping and logistics…
Spacecraft Reentry Leaves a Trace in the Stratosphere, Study Finds
When a spacecraft reaches the end of its life, there are a few things you can do. You can leave it there, circling the Earth in, usually, a slowly lowering, uncontrolled orbit for potentially thousands of years, depending on its original altitude. That’s frowned upon—it makes the orbital environment more dangerous for everyone else. You…
Canada Announces $739M for EO
On the heels of a historically bad wildfire season, Canada is investing in better eyes in space.
UC Berkeley Unveils Space Center Plans
UC Berkeley has proposed construction of a new $2B facility to boost innovation in space technologies, including astronautics, quantum computing, and climate science initiatives. The university and real-estate developer SKS Partners are eyeing a 36-acre plot at NASA Ames in Silicon Valley for the new complex, dubbed the Berkeley Space Center. The center would play…
$1.6B in Q3 Space Investment, Seraphim Finds
Investment in the space economy is bouncing back from the sagging markets of last year, led by a couple of mega deals centered around investors’ growing appetite for commercial space stations.
Researchers Strike on Evidence for Starquakes
Starquakes. Like earthquakes, but in a hot, burning ball of gas, somehow.
Exclusive: Spaceium and Aphelia Partner on In-Space Recharging
In-orbit wireless charging for spacecraft, here we come.
Proteus Space Emerges from Stealth with a $4.2M Seed
Proteus Space thinks satellite manufacturing takes too damn long.
